Their bigotry or mental health doesn’t make their votes worth less. You can cry about their sensibilities all you want but you need those votes to win regardless. Welcome to democracy.
Which is why the do-nothing Secretary of Transportation and McKinsey grad who got the job to repay a favor is the wrong choice.
If anything, it could be awful for LGBTQ+ people if the first representation in the White House is a corporatist small town mayor who keeps failing upwards.
Anybody that wants to know they have a representative that… represents them. Particularly for those that have never had someone of their class act as a representative.
There are several experiences/issues I wouldn’t have the first clue about good intentioned or not. To say ‘muh, just do the job well’ fails to appreciate that one cannot ‘do it well’ without intimately understanding under-represented constituents issues through… experience.
Who the fuck cares if they’re black white gay straight trans, just so the fucking job well. That’s all anyone wants.
Aww, you’ve never met a republican, huh?
I have. And I’m telling them to get over it and not care. Even though I know they’re too mentally unstable to accept the feedback.
We should stop selecting our candidates based on what Republicans think.
Who cares?
as outlined above, republicans care an unhealthy amount
So?
sigh
They aren’t voting D anywayso again… Who gives a fuck?
people whos rights are on the line believe it or not
Oooohhhh, a lot of people reeeaaaally care. They shouldn’t, but they really do.
Yes, the ones with mental health issues.
Their bigotry or mental health doesn’t make their votes worth less. You can cry about their sensibilities all you want but you need those votes to win regardless. Welcome to democracy.
So… No Republicans. Got it.
Which is why the do-nothing Secretary of Transportation and McKinsey grad who got the job to repay a favor is the wrong choice.
If anything, it could be awful for LGBTQ+ people if the first representation in the White House is a corporatist small town mayor who keeps failing upwards.
Madness
Unfortunately, many or most people.
Anybody that wants to know they have a representative that… represents them. Particularly for those that have never had someone of their class act as a representative.
There are several experiences/issues I wouldn’t have the first clue about good intentioned or not. To say ‘muh, just do the job well’ fails to appreciate that one cannot ‘do it well’ without intimately understanding under-represented constituents issues through… experience.