This got removed from politics because “Video links are not allowed” apparently? Pretty weird considering that most politicians say stuff on video nowadays and not really writing articles anymore since the invention of the radio pretty much lol. Hope it’s a better fit here, this is the kind of stuff people should be aware of.
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/73859928
cross-posted from: https://lemmygrad.ml/post/13118934
Josh Turek of Iowa, Democrat, comes out with one of the worst anti-trans ads yet.
Not only is it an anti-sports ad, it proposes a ban on federal funding for gender affirming care. That would hit all medicaid and medicare patients, and any ACA federally-subsidized plans as well.
My choices would be between “the person that wants to kill me”, and “the person that wants to kill me”. I’m a target of their genocide.
Also where does this person want to kill you? Amazing how you made that up so you don’t have to face that not voting for them will lead to deaths by your inaction
Trans healthcare is lifesaving. It’s really fucking telling that you either don’t know that or choose to ignore it so you can come in on your high horse and tell the trans people that they’re overreacting because a Democrat wants to ban trans healthcare.
Fact is you have two real choices because of how elections work
Fact is if you don’t push for the lesser, even going as far as to push people to not vote for them, you are actively pushing for the worse person to win
Fact is the more dems that win, the more power the whole party gets. That means more progressives have real power to change and can sway the more right members of the party.
Fact is anyone pushing “they are the same” and not voting are responsible for the bad caused by the right winning more and more and helping to push their Nazi agenda.
In your words one who wants to kill you, and one who wants to kill you and many others and you would rather the second win so you can feel smug about it.
Where is the line? At what point are you unwilling to support a candidate over their anti-trans stance? Banning trans healthcare should be enough.
What are you going to do? How are you standing up for all of those that they are going to hurt over 4 years?
That doesn’t answer the question. At what point is a Democrat’s anti-trans stance unacceptable to you?
It is. But they are both anti Trans and the republicans anti even more.
One of them will take over for 4 years.
Which of those would you rather have power?
Do you not think the dem can have their mind changed?
Both are unacceptable. Voting for either will indicate to the dnc to move right. The only way forward is to show Democrats that people will not vote for anti-trans stances.
I’ve watched this play out for decades.
Not voting because they aren’t left enough and the right wins, means they move farther right. I’ve seen it constantly. Please explain how this time its different?
You are okay with the republican winning? You arent voting to stop it.
You aren’t fucking listening. I didn’t say don’t vote at all. I said don’t vote for this seat. This isn’t a god damn purity test, this is a candidate openly saying that I shouldn’t have rights.
You really expect Trans people to vote for someone who advocates their death? I mean really?