This was the last night I spent with my mother. She was in the final stages of leukemia. She was adamant that I bring her absentee ballot to the hospital so that she could cast her vote for him, and the very last thing we did together was watch the election results before I left the hospital that night. She died the next morning.
Texas Democrats can’t win without Black voters and black female voters in particular. There was just a primary that left this particular group alienated. The least you could do is put one Black person on from Texas, which has the largest population of Black people of all 50 states. So don’t tell me that it doesn’t matter.
I shared a list of the countless Black women who could have been included especially TX candidates like Alisa Simmons.
But a key part here - good allies help bring others to the table.
They didn’t “find” anything.
These are legitimate ballots post-marked by Election Day arriving to legitimate ballot counting centers — as has been standard practice for years and a process that takes place in numerous states regardless of the party in power.
We’d also like to remind the President that HE HIMSELF VOTED BY MAIL.
If Black women are the backbone of the Democratic Party, why does the headline lineup for the Texas State Convention make us feel like an afterthought?
We’re 20 days out and coming out of a primary where the isms and micro/macro aggressions were LOUD.
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I lowkey love this because now the Texas Democratic Party is stuck between a rock and a hard place. A dilemma of their own creation.
Because if we’re being honest, the only Black woman who should be headlining this convention is…
Jesus Christ, the victimization. Hillary lost an election in large part because the media and James Comey were insanely obsessed with "hEr eMaILs". Oppo research is the name of the game and heaven forbid we want to know more about a guy with a literal nazi tattoo
I still haven’t seen any real evidence that the guy has actual nazi beliefs. Pretty sure I theorized this exact explanation aloud to my chat last week.
Would have been better to just admit it and be done with it. But yeah. Blatant lie that he’s now boxed himself in with.
Yeah the Trump administration needs to own this 100%
The "Cut Spending Cut Spending Cut Spending" crowd just targeted really good worthwhile programs, the deficit is higher than ever, and now we're seeing the effects of letting teenagers and Elon Musk LARP as libertarian budgeters
Never let these idiots touch power again