• givesomefucks@lemmy.world
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    4 days ago

    which really shouldn’t be necessary spending

    The single primary he’s bragging about cost 120 million and just pissed off a shit ton of Texas Republicans too.

    So it’s going to cost Republicans a shit ton of money later, but it’s already wasted a lot of their money too

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      Hopefully those pissed off Republicans stay home during the midterms. I think Talarico has a decent chance at winning.

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        https://www.advocate.com/politics/national/dnc-calls-stephen-miller-ugly

        Stephen Miller made an anti-trans post about James Talarico. The DNC response hit its mark

        The White House deputy chief of staff falsely claimed the Senate candidate was transgender after the DNC promoted him online. The Democratic Party responded with a biting retort.

        Talarico, who won a Democratic primary for Senate in March, is cisgender and heterosexual. He has drawn attention for his outspoken allyship and advocacy for LGBTQ+ equality, something Republicans have pounced on as the Democrat poses the first serious threat in years to flip Texas blue.

        The DNC, from its official account, posted a blunt reply to Miller, writing, “shut up you ugly fuck.”

        I suppose that it’s going to be a culture-war-based campaign, and probably not a very polite one.