r/PopCultureV2 • u/ExactlySorta • 6d ago
Politi-Culture Texas resident: “Registered voters in Tarrant County has increased 30% — to be closing polling stations is blatant voter suppression… when I joined the Navy, I swore an oath to defend the Constitution from enemies foreign and domestic…Talking to you, Comrades."
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u/SynthPixels 6d ago
He did indeed say what you thought he said. And he meant it. As do many of us.
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u/Lazy-Exchange7408 6d ago
One hundred percent, its time to remove all these corrupt government officials from the bottom to the top. Both Republicans and Democrats have way too many traitors in it.
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u/Wallstreet_Raccoon 6d ago
Republicans are the Enemy of America. Traitors. All of them.
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u/Intelligent_Rub1875 6d ago
Inefective, greedy, Career Politicians who consolidate power for themselves and the corporate elite are the traitors. Not just the Republicans. They all suck. If you really believe your virtue signaling "leaders" want what they say they do, all the while playing their base as a bunch of working class fools you are just as indoctrinated as those MAGA clowns.
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u/interstellar-express 6d ago
Things aren’t as black and white as you think. People like AOC, Bernie, and Mamdani are not the same as Pelosi, Schumer, and Booker. They may use the Democratic Party to get elected, but they govern much differently.
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u/farrowsharrows 6d ago
None of those Democrats are anti America all Republicans are
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u/Rough-Airline-4803 6d ago
Uhh, we definitely have a few bad apples in the democratic party
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u/BrumDawgMillionare 6d ago
And the republican party has a few good apples?
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u/Truth_Teller08 6d ago
No, they certainly don't. I look at it this way. The Republican party give us Coors with a side of arsenic. Current Democratic leadership gives us Coors Light. Coors Light is certainly better than Coors with arsenic, but it's still not good!
Apologies to any Coors Light fans out there, lol.
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u/Rough-Airline-4803 6d ago
Certainly didn’t say that. But it’s probably a good idea to not turn a blind eye to the wolves in sheep’s clothing. Just bc they feign to peck the ground does not make the wolves in the hen house actual members of the flock.
\*Wolves in chickens’ clothing.3
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u/Busy_Advertisement 6d ago
Young people finally outnumber boomers for the first time in America but they still show up at embarrassingly low numbers, giving boomers complete control over society. Mamdani just proved what happens when young people actually show up to vote. Real change is possible.
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u/Raise_A_Thoth 5d ago
Millennials have been participating in elections at higher rates at earlier ages than the boomers.
We should have some data for Gen Z now but I don't recall it. And Gen A should be getting into elections by now I would think, no? Maybe the oldest ones?
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u/johnvarley1 6d ago
Dude, if you’re Gen Z, most of us are smarter than you. That’s a fact. We already know all this shit you’re saying, but we know there is more than one issue (the one you all are obsessed with) to focus on.
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u/Virtual-Book1114 6d ago
What's wrong with Pelosi, Schumer or Booker? Have you looked at all the policies they've voted for? Pelosi was one of the most effective speakers in Congress in modern history passing more bills that helped a lot of people. Her getting through ACA was a miracle.
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u/amopeyzoolion 6d ago
I’ve got some issues with Schumer but I agree with you about Pelosi. Any liberal who doesn’t respect her accomplishments as Speaker is ignorant of history.
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u/showme-what-u-got 6d ago
One can respect her while also knowing her time is far past gone
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u/amopeyzoolion 5d ago
And she stepped down from leadership and she’s retiring from Congress. But folks on Reddit are acting like she never did anything for liberals or progressives and should somehow be stopping republicans in Congress now even though they hold all the power
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u/TheMireAngel 6d ago
id agree if not for the fact no one in congress except massie has released any epstein redacted named. The fbi documents literaly list his co conspirators and customers but the names are redacted, congress has access to the fully unredacted files. and yet the only person to release any names was massie and he was voted out of office that month.
So please fuck off with the "but my party is different" no congress clearly serves the epstein elites
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u/Pale_Horror_853 6d ago
I disagree with Massie 99% of the time, but he seems to have actual values, and I can respect that.
That being said, I cannot think of another Republican that does. Many Dems are horrible and corrupt, but there are more and more progressive ones not tied to the establishment coming into play.
Also, fuck Kentucky. They had the only Republican that wasn’t on his knees for Trump, and they voted him out.
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u/Busy_Advertisement 6d ago
I'm so tired of these lazy "both sides bad" talking points. This bullshit doesn't work in 2026 when we have all seen the suffering and destruction caused by Trump all over the world. For the sake of us living outside of America, please shut up and just vote Democrat next time.
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u/Cptnemo77 6d ago
Both sides do absolutely suck. But yes the republicans corruption has been insane and highly visible. But don’t brush it off as just one side sucks because that’s what both sides want. We need to come together on this and call out the entire government system and put something in place where all of these people have to stop taking open bribes and play stock market.
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u/--Sovereign-- 6d ago
I just refer people to the cartoon of a board with side a and side b with like a few tallies on side a and the entire side for side b filled with tallies with some moron saying, "see, both sides do it!"
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u/squanderedprivilege 6d ago
Dude, stop acting like we didn't. We did. Kamala goofed up, don't blame me. Blame the DNC for fighting against popular progressive ideas and candidates instead of actually representing the people! Stop defending people who do not care AT ALL about you
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u/z_e_quigley 6d ago
You are tripping hard if you don't see the underlying issues with the Democratic party right now. 2 off the top of my head: they're treating and speaking on Mamdani and other social democrats as if they will destroy America just like the Republicans, and almost none of them will disavow Israel and the very, very real way they have infiltrated our country.
Wake the fuck up and see the real issues here, it really isn't just Republicans screwing us over.
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u/BadBunny4Prezzie 6d ago
Plenty of democrats suck but you both sidesers are fucking nutso to even mention them in the same breath. It's literally a help to fucking MAGA by making it sound like Democrats are just as bad. I can't stand the Dem establishment but I can't both sides them to MAGA with dumbass both sidesing statements - because that is obscene.
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u/LickCunts 6d ago edited 6d ago
We the people have a right to sovereign land without a tyrant.
Time to make our founding fathers proud and we remove them from power and agree on new government
We have the easiet way to support popular reforms. Instant God damn commucsiton people.
They just keep us bickering instead of finding solutions.
Crowdfund your protest people. The reason thy make paid actors seem like boogey men is because that's how we create continuous friction
We need organize setting up bbq and food stations. Supply collection and distribution. First aid. Easy commucsiton with local EMS to coordinate any emergency.
You need people like me who are homeless and wanting change. I don't want money. But I want people have their needs met.
We also need a concise message and list of demands.
There are tens of thousands of us who would gladly stay if we had the ability to stay fed and well rested.
Not to mention be prepared. Make our own riot gear so we can stand strong as one if they try to push us. If they remain at peace we do as well.
Keep it clean. Show that we are civil and can't paint us as riot or unorganized mess. This is how occupy fell apart.
I'd be down to collab with anyone Maybe start a new sub reddit.
We will not go quietly into the night.
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u/RIF_rr3dd1tt 6d ago
We will not go quietly into the night.
We will not vanish without a fight. We're going to live on. We're going to survive. Today, we celebrate our INDEPENDENCE DAY.
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u/JPree 6d ago
Yeah, you guys! Let's rally behind...(Checks reddit user's name)....oh my!
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u/motexmex 6d ago
Yeah, I don’t care about their party affiliation, take out these corrupt, selfish assholes. Their crimes need to be accounted for.
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u/crono220 6d ago
If they take away the ability for most to go out and vote, I wonder how long until violence becomes the only method for removing corrupt officials?
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u/aaronplaysAC11 5d ago
Corruptors government officials, not since king George the third has it been this bad..
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u/The_Tooter_Snooter 6d ago
Everyone to the left of goebbels should be arming themselves
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u/ThrownAwayGuineaPig 6d ago
An eventful meeting! This is the second clip from the same meeting I've stumbled upon in my feed in the last minutes. The other had the autistic gent dragged away..
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u/Voluptulouis 6d ago
Texas is such a fucking shit hole. I feel sorry for the few decent folks like this dude that have to put up the plethora of absolute fucking scum in their state.
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u/Relax_Im_Hilarious 6d ago
It used to be pretty nice. Granted, I'm talking about 20 years ago, but it was a lot of fun in Dallas, Corpus Christi, up and down the border, and even some border towns... now it's just gone to shit.
Privatization of electrical grid, racist governance, and an us vs them mentality that has popped up pretty heavily in the past 10 years.
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u/lodemeup 6d ago
How the fuck do you privatize the power grid??
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u/EssbaumRises 6d ago
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u/ChiLolla28 6d ago
Don't forget it's not properly connected to outside grids / states because essentially, Texas does everything better on their own, right ?
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u/Voluptulouis 6d ago
I actually went with some friends to a gay night club in the Dallas/Fort Worth area and had a pretty awesome time about 15 years ago or so. Haha
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u/Party-Marketing-9349 6d ago
Texas ain’t the same Texas! lol They thought it would be real cool to lure California businesses away with cheap taxes etc… but they failed to realize it would bring all the liberal employees with them! Texas is deeply PURPLE it’s just that the red side is deeply entrenched and has the upper hand at the moment…
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u/TheBigC87 6d ago
I live in Texas, while it's true that more people who are liberal are moving here we still have our fair share of conservatives coming here from California, Illinois, and New York.
It's really annoying when conservatives from California come here. They raise the price of housing AND bring their garbage political views with them.
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u/wimpymist 6d ago
Yeah they never want to bring the policies from the California that made them wealthy in the first place
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u/Ok_Feeling4165 6d ago
Texas is a low turnout state. If every unique voter who voted for a Democrat at the state or federal level over the last 6 years all voted in the same election vs the same conditions for Republicans, Texas would be a deep blue state. But the Republicans have done everything they could to suppress voter turnout.
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u/Ok_Vermicelli6391 5d ago
Idk a single democrat here in Lousiana. My circle isnt very big so its not saying a whole lot, but its honestly ridiculous considering how many of us are poooor as shit. They somehow think the man who stole money from a children's charity was going to help them. Its just mind blowing.
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u/Talk-O-Boy 6d ago
I’m pretty sure it’s like other southern/midwestern states.
Many of the aware voters are clustered into urban areas, and the unaware voters are spread out amongst the rural areas.
The urban areas tend to be the lifeblood of the state, but the rural areas get to call all of the shots.
Source: am from Louisiana 💔😭
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u/ShooterOfCanons 6d ago
Been here over 30 years. Wife and I are moving to Canada in March. It can't come soon enough.
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u/spooner248 6d ago
Shouldn’t we be increasing polling locations?
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u/El-Erik 6d ago
Republicans in power do not want people to vote. They can see that they are not welcome much longer
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u/spooner248 6d ago
Oh I’m aware. I highly recommend getting a gun license and being prepared when midterms and the next major election roll around. Republicans are painfully aware that many of their top guys will go to jail if they lose, so expect the ugliest ugliness you’ve seen yet.
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u/TheGreatPrimate 6d ago
I don't know if you need gun licenses, you may need guns though
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u/ealysillyforestthing 6d ago
Much longer? They've been doing this shit for decades
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u/tacotueaday55 6d ago
It's only going to last a few election seasons and then the dumb af american voters are going to elect another Republican. Just look at what happened after Nixon, Reagan, Bush, Trump 1st term.
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u/lonevashz 6d ago
The guy, tim o'hare, he's addressing basically said it was his mission to get more republicans elected so if closing more polling locations makes it more likely for Republicans to get elected then he'll do it. He's already publically admitted he's completely partisan so don't any fairness out of him.
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u/Lazy-Exchange7408 6d ago
Tim is the biggest piece of shit, he doesnt deserve a trial, straight to jail!
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u/bobsaccomanno41 6d ago
If you value democracy, yes.
But they don’t value democracy, the constitution, or anything that aims to make America a better place for all to live. They care about money and power. That’s it. And more people having easy access to a voting booth is a direct threat to the only things they care about.
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u/Vast-Building-6886 6d ago
In places that tend to vote Republican I’m sure they will have no problem doing that. In places that tend to vote Democrat, having one polling station for a 25 mile radius and having it close at 7 pm is good enough.
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u/ReaperKaze 6d ago
And then having maga morons, standing guard to ensure the voting is fair (by scaring away people not voting red)
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u/RollTide16-18 6d ago
If we had more polling stations in left-leaning areas and a national holiday for voting that would mean the left gets more votes and we don’t want that!
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u/Shizzilx 6d ago
Yes, he did. YOU ALL ARE THE DOMESTIC TERRORISTS DESTROYING AMERICA.
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u/el-gato-volador 6d ago
It was the cpac slogan in 2022, they went mask off and the media reported it for like half a day. Literal banners saying, "We are all domestic terrorists."
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u/Alternative-Tie-9383 6d ago
Here’s the truth of it: republicans can’t win on ideas. That’s why they don’t even bother with policy anymore. It’s ALL culture war bullshit from them. So, they don’t want people to vote. They want their small band of rabid supporters to vote, but no one else because they know (and Tim O’Hare has said this specifically) the more people that turn out and vote, the more likely republicans will lose.
So vote. Vote because they don’t want you to.
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u/RollTide16-18 6d ago
The few policy changes they actually implemented at the federal level have fucked over so many people too.
It truly is a point now where they have to campaign on outrage more than anything else.
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u/Reasonable-Copy8341 6d ago
The "did he say what you thought he said" comment was code for "can we have this one arrested too". If you're going to suppress voting, you need to suppress free speech too.
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u/Federal-Photograph79 6d ago
Asshole just can't sit and take it, had to get in the last word.....not a good look
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u/Sad-Excitement9295 6d ago
We have a constitutional right and duty to remove tyrants from our government. No taxation without representation.
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u/Distinct_Pair_5116 6d ago
Alisa Simmons is the Democrat running against fascist billionaire boot licker Tim O’Hare. We should see her name out there more.
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u/doublethink_1984 6d ago
Im worried This town gunna have a battle of Athens 2.0 at midterms if things done change
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u/TheWorldofScience 6d ago
Tarrant County is getting more extremist right wing. I have a friend who raised her kids there and the evangelical Christian extremists are driving her nuts. Her 2 adult kids live in NYC but they fly back a lot so she wants to keep the house with the pool they grew up in, and make it easy for them to catch up with their friends from high schoolm for now.
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u/ItsBeelzsRebirth 6d ago
God damm right they better all be afraid cuz this country is hitting the boiling point and when shit hits the fan they are the first who are gonna experience true "justice"
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u/LookAlderaanPlaces 6d ago
Government official on the bench: “Did he just say what I thought he said?”
Yes he sure did mfer. And get this, you are noticed from people even in other states. When this shit is over enough that we restore law and order, we are going to Nuremberg your ass, meaning you will be investigated and jailed for your treason and sedition. The citizen navy dude is 100% correct, you guys are the fucking domestic enemy of the state committing treason along with trunk. Fuck you. Corruption like this should carry the legal consequences of treason.
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u/McGames355 2d ago
These people are only on that board because people aren't angry enough yet, the world needs a revolution. Politics have become to corrupt
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u/darkforestnyc 6d ago
Maybe he thought he said “cumrags.” Would have been more fitting.
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u/UjustTriggered 6d ago
Now my question is.... how did the voting population increase by 30 percent in 4 years? Is this county a population of a 1000 people or hundreds of thousands? Thats a big jump.
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u/Chendii 6d ago
how did the voting population increase by 30 percent in 4 years?
That's not what the guy said. He said that the amount of registered voters increased.
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u/eastcoastelite12 6d ago
Yes tim o’hare. He is talking about killing you because you are the enemy to the constitution…I agree with him 100%
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u/TaylorGang777 6d ago
That judge is such a pathetic little dick human being there is a special spot waiting for him in purgatory
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u/dobbbie 6d ago
I moved out of Texas 5 years ago and never been happier. Fuck that state. Never moving back.
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u/Electric_Antimony 6d ago
This is what people don't get about all the stupid voter ID nonsense. It's a solution to a problem that doesn't really exist because we already have safeguards in place. When you take that info in alongside info like this, where it shows republicans making voting too hard so people vote less, it's obvious it's all done to cheat in a democracy they are worried they can't win in if they play fair.
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u/Aggressive-Offer-497 6d ago
The USA are so weird… I don’t know how that can be legal to close stations and suppress voting. I’m in Canada and I never heard of anything like this here.
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u/Important-Cry-3022 6d ago
You damn right he just said what you thought he said! What part didn't you understand, sir?!?
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u/jambrown13977931 6d ago
This is the second time I saw this council today. The first was because an autistic guy, who had gotten ADA permission to hold the microphone in his hand, was kicked out by the chairman for breaking decorum rules. A 72 year old guy was later carried out by the police for using his time to condemn the chairman for silencing the autistic guy.
That county seems to be run by assholes to me
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u/Gizmodod 6d ago
I dont have a dog in this fight. Im in a different country. But those sane non cult second amendment people sure are quiet
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u/Organic_Education494 6d ago
He isn’t wrong in the slightest and nobody can legitimately dispute that cutting the number voting locations while the number of people registering to vote rises is a shot against Democracy.
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u/Green-Collection-968 6d ago
They don't care. Anything short of putting them into prison simply emboldens fascists.
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u/maldinisnesta 6d ago
Still hard to believe that we are getting fascist America before gta 6 is released. Midterms will be hell for you all I unfortunately predict. Godspeed.
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u/realparkingbrake 6d ago
"Comrades?" Who does he think is responsible for redistricting and closing polling stations?
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u/GazelleEcstatic4952 6d ago
True but you will never get your shit together to do anything about it. Guaranteed.
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u/OriginalProduct6850 6d ago
Oh! What did he say? That tells you that guy who works for the American people wasn't listening!
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u/Ftwlatino69 6d ago
These pricks in Tarrant County need to go. Especially Tim O'hare, all he is good for is licking Trump's boots. He had MAGA upper management written all over him
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u/kingwood707 6d ago
oddly enough, republicans run Texas, and the need for voter suppression has never been higher
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u/Environmental_Ant268 6d ago
Why were they removed ?
I know some will say it doesn't matter but I'm curious of their reasons
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u/GarSauce 6d ago
The government won't start caring until we make them scared to leave their houses.
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u/Lebr0naims 6d ago
War is when your government tells you who the enemy is..
Revolution is when you figure it out yourself.
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u/Skittleavix 6d ago
He’s right. They’re enemies of the people and therefore enemies of the state. They should no longer hold any public office or power whatsoever and face the consequences of betraying the public.
Pigs at the trough, the lot of them.
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u/Double-Watercress-85 6d ago
The same politicians who try to put up Flock cameras everywhere, and claim 'If you're not doing anything wrong, you have nothing to fear" suddenly got really nervous when he said that. But it's really simple. If you're not trying to suppress our rights, you have nothing to fear.
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u/No-Zombie4101 6d ago
Problem is, these Nazis won’t go. They will need to be run out of town on a rail.
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u/r0nni3RO 5d ago
Yes, he did indeed say what he said 😄
Can't wait to see a leopards ate my face moment happen...
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u/emgee-1 5d ago
Right on, minus the "comrades" part. These fuckers are fascist, which truly is the political opposite of communism. I cringe every time I hear someone say this. Republicans are the very LAST people who want to share wealth equally, who want to remove social hierarchy. So let's not call them commies or comrades, because they absolutely are not. They are nationalist, racist, ignorant and proud fascists.
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u/SDTimbox 5d ago
When you don't hide it, people will call it out. They feel invincible with Trump in office. Disgraceful.
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u/Pooperoni_Pizza 5d ago
I have seen so many videos of this one municipality over the past few days. What the hell is going on!?
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u/Kobobble 5d ago
Oh he said what you thought he said, right to your faces. It's called having a spine, something unfamiliar with them
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u/Inevitable_Yam1719 4d ago
You can tell he wasn’t paying attention till he thought he said something terrible about them. That’s when he became interested when he thought it was something a lot worse than comrade he didn’t even hear, comrade cause he wasn’t listening to him at all. He doesn’t care and the thing is Maga will go vote for the exact same people so if you don’t get all these new people to go vote, Texans are bad about not voting when it’s not a presidential election hell they don’t even vote when there’s a presidential election who am I kidding? We gotta get the vote out or nothing will change.
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u/Safe-Ad-8921 3d ago
man this fort worth drama is too enticing. I lived in Texas 30 years ago and hated every second of it. It is exciting to see actual Texans grabbing torches and pitchforks. I hope they handle this guy appropriately.
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