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So Harris get 200 staffers from Bush, McCain, and Romney. Plus a retired 4-star general, and several former Whitehouse officials who worked for the Trump administration.
And Trump gets.... Tulsi Gabbard, and maybe a couple of other shitheels who pretended to be Democrats.
Bit of a lop-sided divide there!
But Trump has... Kid Rock? 🤣
And he can fucking keep him.
And Ted Nugent!
Don't forget about Hulk "the brain damage" Hogan.
Was it the drugs or the pretend wrestling that messed up his brain?
Or just the Peter Thiel money.
Yes
Kid Rock is the perfect artist for trump. Just like Trump's campaign, kid rocks music was funny as a joke years ago, but it stopped being funny a long time ago and I just want the talentless fuck to go away and stop showing up in the media.
Or was that Turd Nugent....?
but republicans are trapped so far in the twitter bubble they actually think rfk and tulsi is a huge get
I mean... I don't WANT these asshats feeling welcomed to our side just like I don't want a billionaire talking at the DNC, and I don't want a Republican getting speaking time while others with much more important less ethically reprehensible things to say aren't allowed even 3 minutes on stage.
I want us to win despite these people, with folks like Lena Khan getting more props. I don't want the endorsement of these rats jumping from the sinking R ship to the D ship because they smell some cheddar they might can come nibble on.
Your concerns are valid but all the Rs coming out like this is more about how terrible Trump is and less about anything else. Don’t underestimate how many moderates there are in both parties and these Rs help there - progressives need their votes. After Trump is gone, we can hopefully go back to trying to improve the voting system, pushing Dems more left and hope that anyone on the right exchanges some of their selfinterests for social interests - but that’s best we can dream for.
Adding Republicans won't push the Democrats to the left. It's just going to keep ahoving the overton window further and further to the right.
Your feelings don't matter.
Trump has a 43% favorable rating, and there's a good chance he could win in November.
Even after the Nazis had taken Paris, there were French monarchists who felt they were too good to unite with the Communists in the Resistance.
When the Dems have an unbreakable, veto proof majority in Congress and the Senate, and the White House, then we can start to pick and choose.
I know we need to partner with everyone who will join us at the ballot… I just do NOT want the policies being reshaped in order to “better attract” the right-wingers - whose gutting of our already laughable social safety net was a key aspect that made so many increasingly desperate Americans far more vulnerable to demagoguery like that which is constantly espoused by figures like Trump.
The real solution is clearly laid out as history has multiple examples to show.
When people can’t meet their base socioeconomic needs, they are more vulnerable to this shit. So raise the baseline standards such that everyone who isn’t a billionaire is far better off - no medical debt, no student debt, affordable rent and housing, job and financial stability, and being able to afford to have a family.
Do NOT do cuts to our already barely-existing social and economic safety nets.
When the Dems have an unbreakable, veto proof majority in Congress and the Senate, and the White House
Create an unbreakable veto-proof majority of Romney Staffers and you're going to end up with an unbreakable veto-proof policy written by Romney Staffers.
If you listened to Harris's acceptance speech at the DNC, its definitely becoming a two-way street with these neocon ghouls. She's accepting their endorsements today. And she's going to start taking their advice tomorrow.
Blah blah Trump Worse Blah blah. But Harris surrounding herself with the Bush/Cheney crowd does not bode well for our foreign policy going into 2025. And I'm not exactly bullshit about our economic prospects when Mr. "Let Detroit Go Bankrupt" is whispering in the next President's ear.
i mean look bro i'll welcome whoever admits the faults of the republican party, we've got a low bar set here. We gotta take what we can get you feel me?
actually, on second thought, don't touch me.
Ok how about this :
They can join, but I’d better not hear the D leaders basically saying to Romney and McConnell ilk : “Sit up here, friend! 😘Now you can join us and take the wheel to help us steer our country somewhere better!”
If they don’t want to fuck this up, they’d better say to any of these likely turncoats : “sit down and row ya bilge rat. If I think yer not tryin’ yer damndest or look to not be doing yer part I’ll lock ye cockle shells in irons and toss yer ass as a meat anchor to the bloodthirsty sharks in the depths below.”
I am a former Romney staffer (true story) and wholeheartedly support Harris/Walz. But it's been many years since I left the dark side.
Democrats celebrating their appeal to right wingers. Noice.