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I mean Harris ran on "Trump said he would build the border wall and didn't, I will" so it's not like he's unique

the Democratic party seems to be quite aligned on anti-trans and anti-immigration policies, which is sad

“We shouldn’t have to be aware of what’s going on with immigration enforcement”

"I'm racist"

"ICE 2.0" "rigorous training" "and absolutely no masks (except in those instances where an agent's safety could be at risk)"

both parties and politicians from both parties suck and have for decades, but some are worse than others. that's our shitty situation

Well hes also speaking to the issues rhat matter to his voters.

They're implying that radicals and communists couldn't win in Texas, while ignoring the group of people who don't vote at all, assuming those people are either centrists or further right.

I mean the imaginary Texas full of would-be leftists does not exist. People who live here think I’m a communist, and I don’t think anyone in this thread would agree.

Comrade! 🫂

I do live there, and there are whole counties full of people who think Talarico is a communist who wants to trans their kids and open the borders. You did not take the measure of people outside your own bubble.

is your solution to being in proximity to bigots always to join them?

If only left libertarianism was compatible with running for office. We need the anarchist Ron Swanson

“So you’ve heard of shooting yourself in the foot right? Well have you ever seen anyone shoot themselves in both feet”*bang* *bang*

This is probably the best you're going to get from Texas, but still a shit position.

Blue Maga has their despot

What about being a democrat makes you weeks away from trouncing Ken Paxton and think, “actually, some of his ideas are pretty good”?

you know i jokingly wished that my state would stop electing fascist republicans on my last year's birthday and i see the monkey's paw thought of a funny way to spin that one

Yeah, he’s just another spoiler / rotating villain waiting to happen.

talarico is a demon he's going to be fettermen 2.0 guaranteed

Racism is a spectrum, not a y/n proposition. And yeah, it probably will help him.

racist.

And that there is why the only type of liberation theologist I'll ever take seriously and trust in where opposing authoritarianism goes are the ones who adamantly refuse to seek government office.

“I am a border security Democrat.” Anyone who supports borders can go fuck off and [REDACTED].

Once Again, a democrat snatching defeat from the jaws of victory.

Do you need to take a bite of shit to understand it tastes badly, Tom?

how is that relevant actually since you're incapable of judging something without an immediate contrast: how does shit shit help him win jesus christ you nerds have no scruples which explains your job history. bet you fucking throw fits at baristas you fuck.

He folded on trans rights on fox news. He folded here. This guy keeps telling me he needs some money so he can take the fight to Washington. Then he shows me again and again he can't even take the fight to an interview. It sickens me. This is just cowardice, and politics doesn't need more cowards.

Did anyone ever think he was good?

YES

"The genocide guy wasn't racist enough" - demoKKK-Rat platform

There’s no capitulation, he just agrees with Paxton’s politics. He just don’t like the guy, as he should. Even though he’s also a scammer, because he wasn’t saying that before the primary, yeah?

I bet he's not capitulating, that this is what he actually believes.

Well it worked so well for her.

Why do you think there has been an open border policy at all?

We are talking about the people who live in GOP bullshit land, Texas.

Biden's policy of continuing to use Title 42 to use public health as pretext to ban all Asylum for most of his term was in fact far to the right of Trump and Miller 1st term prior to them beginning (illegal) use of title 42 in early 2020 under pretext of Covid.

At this stage if your idea of what ICE should be focused on isn't "what their defence attorneys are going to say to appeal to the mercy of the court", you probably shouldn't be in politics in 2026.

I'll let the historical record demonstrate that I made this exact connection almost half a year ago, when he was demonstrating this pattern over another issue - and I did so without ever stepping on foot on your continent.

He’s so close to saying ICE needs more women agents.

It's the only time you have any leverage!

No politician has ever moved firmly left on an issue in office that they campaigned to the right on. It is always 'surprise, I actually don't care about progressive policy' and never 'fuck you conservative freaks, I can finally ditch you to enact real change'

I think it depends what you are criticising them on. Not doing enough on healthcare, corporate greed, worker protections, cost of living.. sure. Dem border policy woes are largely Republican fear mongering. To agree with it plays into a made-up Republican narrative.

Honestly it could be exactly like the "kids in cages" move where literally everyone just stopped talking about it with zero effort to tie it up as a loose thread.

Oh but OUIOUIOUIOUIOUI *Fart*

Not even Pythagoras was triangulating this hard.

oh fuck off

I’m talking about her being a “strong borders democrat” She literally ran on strong borders and on curtailing asylum seekers www.politico.com/news/2024/08...

"BoTh SiDeS aRe BaD ☝️🤓" Fucking garbage person.

Also, I hate his stupid fucking face.

How is he even different from the other guy

So brave of you.

If you give a shit about American jobs or housing for Americans, then prosecute the bosses. Take our manufacturing out of prison. But that will never happen, because a precarious, quasi-legal slave force is the fucking point.

Politician man gonna politician. Old as civilisation.

He mean intersex people, but it don't make any of this better. Calling people abnormalities is never good.

Woah, what the shit?

He hired a Republican Senate staffer to be his deputy policy director. It's showing! 🙃

yeah, you should vote for ken paxton

That is what hes saying

exactly the same as "too much crime"

that's correct

no, you're getting it

It means he accepts right wing framing like an absolute rube and dumbass

It's a dogshistle to other white people to signal he's also "concerned about immigration".

Of course he does: it's texas. But paxton is a pedophile, so its back to defensive voting.

Easy to do when you’re just a Republican

You a big fan of Senate Majority Leader Thune?

your legendary racist pfp and name are not making a compelling argument for you

You mean what the random guy you talked to said?

What I think every time I hear that shit

yes. he does

Take it from a Texan - what's wrong with our state is bone-deep, the ethos of "screw you, got mine" cheapens, undermines, and destroys what good people try to build. Talarico's just another shitbird whistling a tune he thinks people'll pony dough for. All he has going for him is that Paxton's worse

he was already going to lose, but jesus christ he's really gonna lose. idk if even the entire Texas GOP hating Ken Paxton's guts will save him this time

If the DNC secures a seat in Texas then how will they beg for $12?

Oh so it isn't even just trans people he moves right on

The other guy is a transphobic border gimping authoritarian too.

Everybody is "tough on crime" and "tough on immigration," but one side is more psycho about it

yeah not feeling super safe to rely on anyone who implies Biden's admin is "a type of extremism" that's full bore capitulation

God fucking dammit. We don't need more blue flavored white supremacy.

that he'd rather have the Dems control the Senate is not a rebuttal to Talarico politics being awful

Blue no matter how much of your beliefs and soul you have to sacrifice.

sorry if you're sitting at a table full of nazis and agreeing with them out if cowardice then you're also just a fucking nazi

Everyone's been pinning their hopes on this mediocre white dude to make a big showing in a red state when we ought to be lifting Angie Nixon up to a big blowout win in Florida.

Yeah he doesn’t sound like any liberal religious person that I’ve ever met

If he'll throw me under the bus, he'll throw you under there too. Trans people are at the start of the damn poem, but we sure as shit aren't the only ones in there.

Well, Texas kinda sucks too, so he's well suited for them.

he was always sus