• Zachariah@lemmy.world
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    5 months ago

    Simmons, a queer Black woman and labor organizer from Houston, watched her Democratic state representative break with her party and vote in favor of three Republican-led bills limiting rights for transgender teens and children. All of them became law.

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    Good, vote out people who vote for bad things. And good for her for stepping up and taking on the fight for what is right.

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    There is some hope out there. I hope more of this continues, getting rid of bad actor Dems instead of blind support due to (D) would go a long way.

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    Oh “challenged” as in attempted to actually accomplish something and did. Nice. I’m too used to headlines using energetic verbs when the reality is that one party Twote at another.

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      When discussing politicians, “challenged” almost always means “ran against them in a campaign”.