Texas stunner: Democrat Taylor Rehmet flips Republican state Senate district Trump won by 17 points
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Democrat Taylor Rehmet has won a special election for the Texas state Senate and flipped a reliably Republican district that President Donald Trump won by 17 points in 2024.

Democrat Taylor Rehmet won a special election for the Texas state Senate on Saturday, flipping a reliably Republican district that President Donald Trump won by 17 points in 2024.

  • Jumbie@lemmy.zip
    35·
    2 months ago

    I appreciate the positivity but I doubt this statement.

    Republicans are capable of doing the right thing only when their own policies severely burn them. Conservatives do not care about (thing) until the (thing) directly affects them.

    We can appreciate them doing something decent without lying to ourselves about their motive. Given the reason and opportunity, they will vote Republic卐n again.

    • FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.worldOP
      5·
      2 months ago

      Given the reason and opportunity, they will vote Republic卐n

      You can keep telling yourself that, but with more than two dozen districts flipped this year, the evidence for your point of view seems to be lacking. (At least from where I’m sitting.)

            • Cowbee [he/they]@lemmy.ml
              112·
              2 months ago

              If Trump was a communist, that would be nice, but no, I genuinely don’t know what you’re saying here.

              • floofloof@lemmy.ca
                51·
                2 months ago

                I’d guess that either they think communism = all things bad (because they have no clue what communism is), or they think Trump is on Putin’s side and they didn’t notice that Russia hasn’t been communist for 35 years now. The most charitable reading is that they think Trump is authoritarian and that the USSR was not so much communist as an authoritarian dictatorship despite its communist rhetoric. That last one is at least debatable, but it requires more nuance than is probably there in sticking a hammer and sickle in the middle of Trump’s name.

                • Cowbee [he/they]@lemmy.ml
                  61·
                  2 months ago

                  The USSR was a socialist country, and was democratic, so I really don’t know what to make of their comment to be honest.

                  • freagle@lemmygrad.mlEnglish
                    7·
                    2 months ago

                    Well, when you refuse to answer direct questions about what you mean, you’re going to see a lot of interpretation. You could try being less of an ass.

        • whiskers165@lemmy.ml
          41·
          2 months ago

          Your childish understanding of politics is perfectly congruent with the immaturity evident in your behavior

          Guy who thinks Trump is a communist also acts like an insufferable child, go figure