Incumbent Democrat Who Voted to Ban Gender-Affirming Care in Texas Loses Primary
Incumbent Democrat Who Voted to Ban Gender-Affirming Care in Texas Loses Primary
Thierry’s district ... is not a swing district. ... Previously, Thierry had beaten a Libertarian candidate 87%-13%, with no Republican running in the race.
In case anyone thought this might have been a tactical ploy by a dem in a heavily republican area, it was not. Just a crazy person shooting themself in the foot with their own cruel thoughts.
Literally no excuse
Thanks, I was wondering exactly that.
A big hearty fuck you and fuck off to her. The Overton window has not moved that far. The gap has just widened as the conservative right moves into open fascism.
Always nice to see a bigot lose
If Democrats want change, this is how to do it:
This actually works, as we've seen with the GOP and their turn to rabid fascism. It can also work for good.
This is hard in some races. I just had to do a bunch of digging to figure out which state supreme court candidates were secretly Republicans because they're all required to run as unaffiliated and pretend not to be biased. So they all make the same damn comments about judicial overreach but one is talking about preserving our democracy by preventing it and one is talking about imploding our democracy by doing it. My head hurts but I figured it out omfg.
Win general elections; vote blue no matter who.
Staunchly supporting Henry Cuellar and Bob Menendez during the general and then getting very confused when my party loses in a landslide two years later.
arguing that conversion therapy was the true solution to gender dysphoria
"Abuse is the solution"
I think she ment to say "final solution"
Can’t transition if you kill yourself
Which incidentally I’ve said to talk teenagers out of suicide
Real Uncle Tom energy to the suggestion that you can whip people straight.
Ah the classic "Beat the gay away".
Tried for over 70 years by American bigots and still not succeeding in doing anything but causing extreme anguish. but its the right wingers we're talking about, so the suffering is the point.
"The beatings will continue until mental health is improved."
Diet Republican will always lose, Glad a real progressive took your place.
When asked about her anti-trans votes, [Thierry] called gender-affirming care “Black genocide.”
Does anybody even know what this is supposed to mean??
I’ve heard that stance used for abortion, so I assume it’s a statement trying to equate consensual sterilization (which shouldn’t be required to transition, but sometimes is) to the history of nonconsentual sterilization of people of color in America.
Now it’s a batshit take, but I’ve found transphobes tend to use whatever legitimate grievances they have against anybody and slap it on trans people.
The only way in which I can try and make some sense of it would be if a black person, who's mostly in an environment where there's mostly black people, and therefore the majority of or the only trans people they know are black, thinks that non-black trans people are insignificant, and that trans people can't ever have children.
Personally, I'm grading this conspiracy theory with a F. Grifters used to put in more effort back in my days.
This is politics. You don't have to say things that mean anything as long as they sound good.
You’re so right and it’s so depressing.
It's roughly the same as swatting criticism of the Zionist Genocide by claiming that said criticism is anti-semitic - it conflates two quite different groups (in one case Jews and Zionists, in this case LGBT and Blacks) in order to weaponize the humanist moral position about the treatment of one of those groups to stop criticism of immoral actions by or (in this case) against a different group.
This is quite a common element of the gaslighting which is so typical of Liberal politics (a very common example is female liberal politicians defending the kind of legislation that will hurt the poor claiming that criticism of their position is due to their gender), though this specific example is an especially exagerated and ridiculous version.
Good.
The real story:
Democratic primary 2020, total votes: 14,263.
Democratic primary 2024 total votes (before run-off): 12,761.
~10% drop in Democratic primary voters (reliable D's).
Lauren Ashley Simmons will win this district, but the things that is telling is the drop in voter engagement. These are the only data points we'll be getting on this going into the election.
But a 10% drop in reliable D's electoral engagement should be more than concering to Democrats.
Primary runoff elections were held on some random Tuesday, just after a recent election on property taxes and other local issues. If you want voter turnout, elections need to be held on consistent days every year, and not some weird date pulled out of a hat when voters already just went to the polls.
Better yet, give us ranked choice primaries so there aren’t any runoffs.
I agree that dems have cause for concern broadly, but I'm not sure that a 10% drop during an uncontested incumbent primary translates to a "10% drop in reliable D’s electoral engagement".
Just another data point.
Put it on the pile.
In Texas?
Yep, data from the 146th.
(reliable D’s).
heheheh
Lauren Ashley Simmons will win this district, but the things that is telling is the drop in voter engagement.
Negative campaigns often depress voter turnout. In this case, you've got a candidate espousing some really vile beliefs. Folks who aren't enthusiastic about the incumbent and don't know much about the challenger stay home as a result.
But a 10% drop in reliable D’s electoral engagement should be more than concering to Democrats.
In Texas its something of a push. But Texas Democrats love putting up shitty milquetoast moderate candidates and then getting rolled in the general election.
Its the same district, same primary, slightly different slate of candidates.
Its about as close to a controlled experiment as you'll ever get in politics.
But Texas Democrats love putting up shitty milquetoast moderate candidates and then getting rolled in the general election.
Aint that the theme. The number of shitty rightwing Democrats being handed safe blue districts is ridiculous. Its a good thing that in this district in particular, its a pretty left-wing candidate.
Just shows that political affiliation takes a backseat to ideologocal beliefs
Good. Rest in piss you fuck.
This is in the Texas House of Representatives (Houston).
Do we still do crab rave?
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We try, we try...
What are the odds she will vote republican?
She looks like my mom
Actually..
Thag's rich conzidering Queerphobic, Racist Comstock laws. Literally projection.
Between these two episodes (i think these are the relevant entries, may be more) the realities, contrast to this politician's disinformation, are explored in depth:
1: Death Panel Podcast: Statues of Limitations https://m.soundcloud.com/deathpanel/teaser-statutes-of-limitation-w-melissa-gira-grant-042423 https://m.soundcloud.com/deathpanel/statutes-of-limitation-w-melissa-gira-grant-unlocked I'll edit in a quote/excerpt which iirc is what we should be doing rather than having to be getting caught up debunking disinformation from bad-faith actors like the incumbent
2: Death Panel Podcast: The Comstock Mindset https://m.soundcloud.com/deathpanel/the-comstock-mindset-w-melissa-gira-grant-032824
Good. Fuck you and fuck off. The fact that you lost to a queer person is just icing on the cake.
Don't call yourself a Democrat and be blatantly anti-trans. Of course you're going to lose, you moron.
Here I was thinking "oh please tell me she didn't lose to a regressive GOP tool" but seing who she actually lost to absolutely made my day.
The keyword here is "Primary"; in a Primary election, you are running against one or more candidates from your own party, and if you win, your name goes onto the General ballot.
That just makes my day. Maybe even my whole week.
Piss off ye regressive in Democrat clothing.