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Hey, so you know how when you hire a new female employee and the boss has to send out an email reminding everyone to resist being racist and sexist?
Yeah, neither do I. Probably because we don't hire Republicans.
Years ago I predicted Republicans in their desperation to win and for lack of an actual popular platform would have to pivot further and further right, appealing to more extremists. This because Democrats effectively absorbed any decent policy platforms they once held. They are thus only holding on by 1) Lies, 2) Right-wing nut jobs, and 3) The Electoral College + Gerrymandering.
Now, they've forked themselves. If they try to put the brakes on appealing to racist sexist uneducated bigots, then they alienate those same people and it backfires for them. They've hitched their party to Trump and I'm loving it.
This is why they now openly embrace un-democratic and un-American views about how to run a government. If they seize power, they will do everything possible to have minority rule (theirs) encoded into the system they use to replace the American one.
That's like urging a pig not to stink.
Also republicans:
Don't forget the part where they blame everyone else for "making" them do it, too.
“Well I’m already here drinking a Mountain Dew, might as well go all-in and drop some N-bombs”
Republicans, probably
The fact that Republican leaders have to even "urge party members to avoid racist and sexist attacks against Harris" in the first place should tell you all you need to know about how deep the bigotry is embedded in the Republican party.
Notice how Democrats don't have to, for example, tell their party members not to use racial slurs when campaigning against Tim Scott.
Subtext is about to become text, and I seriously hope it results in the backlash it deserves.
Urging water not to be wet
Water isn’t wet.
"everything water touches is wet" But let me ask this, doesn't water touch other water?
Ah but can you have dry water?
You can dehydrate it. You just add water to reconstitute it.
I don't know, do you touch yourself?
Nevermind
The dog whistles that they pack into their everyday speech was always racist and sexist but now that they have to say it to a woman of color, everyone can hear the whistle.
So, be normal and healthy, at least until Nov 6?
LOL, they know their own, don't they?
HAHAHAHAHA
“We might need to stop saying the quiet part out loud for a few months guys” - the GOP right now
That headline again:
Republican leaders urge party to hold their breath until November
If only.
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