FYI, this is basically the same argument made by segregationists in opposition to the integration of public schools post Brown v. Board. The GOP knows its bigoted base has a muscle memory for despising the mitigating hand of the federal government & public school system. #JimCrow
Also it’s no coincidence that they’re stirring up a shit storm about CRT, LGBTQ, BLM and abortion simultaneously. They wage a culture war on every front possible b/c hatred and oppression of marginalized groups is what unifies Republican voters to GOTV. #SouthernStrategy101👺🤡👹
Evangelicals “seized on abortion not for moral reasons, but as a rallying-cry to deny President Jimmy Carter a second term. Why? Because the anti-abortion crusade was more palatable than the religious right’s real motive: protecting segregated schools.” politico.com/magazine/story…
IOW, all the while folk were telling us “identity politics” needed to take a back seat to WWC “economic anxiety”, the GOP was booting up Jim & Jane Crow 2.0. They do it b/c it works without fail and it works without fail b/c White supremacy thrives on White fragility and denial.
I’ve said it before and I’m gonna keep repeating it until folk stop allowing themselves to be so easily distracted and discouraged by the GOP doing the same exact bigoted shit from yesteryear over and over again. Their destination is more White power, culture wars are their 🚌.
Youngkin’s gubernatorial campaign in VA literally gave us a fully guided tour of the *only* viable strategy they have left to navigate the shifting demographic terrain of ‘22 & beyond. Ain’t a damn thing changed, we STILL have to VOTE LOUDER than OUR haters do. #ExpectUSToVote
They have no choice but to be deplorable because deplorable brought them to the dance way back when and will forever more. If you’re still waiting for the GOP to pivot to anything but a deeper level of hell, you need to give up on that fantasy now b/c they CANNOT/WILL NOT.
The bottom line is STILL that the GOP has NOTHING to offer anyone who isn’t a Christofascist or vulture capitalist. It isn’t a mystery or surprise, it’s literally #SouthernStrategy101 in broad daylight, for the umpteenth time, and it’s deadly. #VOTE them ALL the FUCK OUT. 🗣🔥💣
They said Joe wasn’t a strong enough man to debate Trump & pushed him out. Now they’ll get to see a strong enough woman *prosecute* the ENTIRE case against Trump & drag *him* out for good. Justice. Is. On. The. Ballot. That’s what y’all wanted, that’s what you’ll get. #Harris2024
One thing about the narcissist psyche is it *can’t fucking stand* not being the center of attention. So much so that Trump’s exploitation of the shooting at his Klan rally is now the 2nd time he’s frantically spun controversy & chaos to reposition himself in the media spotlight.
IOW, Trump’s so hungry for attention/ faint praise that he’s willing to take the risk of diverting 👀 away from 2-week wall to wall coverage of Biden’s age/political viability (that per conventional wisdom served Trump well) to sensationalize a mass shooting by a Republican perp.
Though he’s constantly clamoring for the spotlight/manipulating the MSM, I’m counting this as the 2nd time in reference to how he contends w/Biden stealing his shine on the campaign trail. In ‘19 he committed an impeachable offense b/c he couldn’t abide Joe’s frontrunner status.
The story of the Trump rally shooting isn’t the prospect of “sympathy votes” or MAGA’s perennial martyrdom of Trump, it’s that the gun violence visited upon America by the NRA/GOP has now been directly visited upon Trump/MAGA too. They’ve inevitably victimized their own selves.
When you stoke domestic terrorism you don’t get to feign shock, awe and martyrdom when domestic terrorism eventually comes for you. The call is coming from inside the GOP’s house.
Bitter fruits have come home to roost. Trump/the GOP’s outright refusal to treat White domestic terrorism & guns as an existential threat to public health/safety is responsible for lowering the defenses of the law enforcement agencies who didn’t prevent the Trump rally shooting.
Maybe it’s b/c Kamala was my 1st choice in ‘20, but the “Biden isn’t being the bridge he said he’d be” gripe is so absurd. The millisecond he announced her as his choice for VP, I had ALL the confirmation I needed that Biden was a bridge to Kamala. Misogynoir kills brain cells.
The bridge is staring you in your face but you’re pretending it’s not there because it eventually leads to a Black woman being your POTUS one day. We see you.
You know who else sees you? Joe Robinette Dark Brandon Biden, that’s who. Matter of fact, he saw the fuckery of today from YEARS away and hopped off of the sidelines to be the bridge before the alt-left, White “moderates” and the MSM blew up the whole Democratic foundation.
It’s not so much that the “cut-and-runs” don’t trust Biden/Harris in 2024, it’s that they didn’t (still don’t) trust the *predominantly Black woman base of the Democratic Party* who ultimately chose BOTH halves of the winning 2020 ticket. They never wanted US to be the deciders.
These are the same mostly White “moderate” pundits & electeds who thought Obama should be primaried/replaced & Hillary deserved a brokered convention instead of a “coronation”. They started ‘20 vilifying both PBO & HRC in favor of their preferred alternatives. Ain’t shit changed.
They’re still PISSED that despite their best efforts and media blitz to shove Bernie & the also-rans down our throats in the early stretch of the primary, we STILL voted for the most reliable White ally left on the stage and mobilized the Obama/Clinton coalition to nominate Joe.
As I’m wont to do, I’d like to take y’all for a quick stroll down memory lane b/c the conversation around Biden’s age is so severely lacking in couth and nuance that I’m about to crawl out of my skin….
When Biden announced his candidacy in April 2019, he literally framed it as ‘look, I know I’m old, but America is in such tremendous peril that I’m compelled to un-retire and lead the battle for the soul of our nation.’ We had a ginormous field of youthful candidates, but HE WON.
As he is today, he was met with a resounding chorus of “he’s too old,” but you know what?! He didn’t give a flying FUCK! He watched how the primary unfolded & knew the MSM-built field was *incapable of mobilizing Black voters/the Democratic base*. Battle for the SOUL of a nation.