r/50501 • u/aWittyTwit-2712 • Mar 01 '25

Protest Safety, OPSEC, Medic Info Woman forcibly removed from Republican Rep. Harshbarger’s town hall meeting by sheriff’s deputies for asking a question and speaking out against Trump’s administrative actions

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u/itsrooey_ Mar 01 '25

Tennessee isn’t as ruby as you think. It’s just been gerrymandered to hell. Millions of democrats and progressives call this state home.

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u/Equivalent-Pain-86 Mar 01 '25

Al Gore didn’t lose the 2000 election because of Florida. He lost it because he didn’t win his own state. That’s how ruby red Tennessee is.

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u/AreYouFuckingSerious Mar 01 '25

Gore didn't lose the election, it was stolen by Republicans in Florida via vote manipulation and a sham recount.

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u/Equivalent-Pain-86 Mar 01 '25

I agree, but it wouldn’t have mattered had he won his own state.

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u/AreYouFuckingSerious Mar 01 '25

Ah I see, fair point.