drew retweeted
he's a good man having a paperwork issue? his wife and children are devastated?
I thought this was called toxic empathy.
Getting republicans to concede a Dem isn’t a socialist is nuts haha
“I know Josh Turek isn’t a socialist, but can we trust him to say no to his party?” asks an Americans for Prosperity ad.
Grassley told Semafor that “even if he is a different kind of Democrat” — emphasizing the “if” — Turek’s association with his party leadership is still damaging
Turek called it “fearmongering” to portray his candidacy as empowering the left, vowing to “100%” be a check on his party’s liberal impulses: “‘What do you think about impeachment?’ No interest in that. I believe we should look forward, not backwards"
Iowa is not a swing state! It’s a red state that’s only remotely contestable this year because Trump 2 is the worst president ever, loudly raising prices and claiming credit for that, on top of normal midterm dynamics
In general I find it interesting how relatively non strategic and triangulating politicians are.
The GOP does barely any strategic positing outside of the northeast here and there. Totally coasts on easy mode structural biases.
Also a lot of reddish state Dems could support
things that a guaranteed to be implemented by republicans or oppose things that are DOA in a Dem Congress.
This is going to come off elitist but I don’t think people really understand how backwards red states are and it messes with what people think moderation should be.
drew retweeted
rebranding as a sports guy right before you run for president is unbecoming
Not enough red state dems are saying they want to give Cheesecake Factory a Michelin star
Is this a policy Dems should act on, no. Politics of it are not exactly a mystery though.
Every Dem senator improves the chance of a liberal SCOTUS being possible. Thats kinda the whole ball game on civil rights and shit like gun control, wealth taxes, etc.
Replying to @rowanfornow
You want to prove Democrats aren't abandoning trans people and never will? Condemn Josh Turek.
But on this topic, I have seen people say that “sports by sex at birth” is the red meat to republicans that a red state candidate has to do…. That’s not red meat! Thats what the Dems in the state also believe (although it’s much closer to a push)
Politicians also believe it. In hilarious ways.
One of Manchin’s anti CTC expansion in BBB arguments was that it wasn’t truly temporary—“once you have an entitlement politicians don’t let it expire”—at the same time the previous expansion recently expired













