Interesting for democrats to be pivoting on illegal immigration but not on trans people. Regardless they should be applauded for having the courage here, when public opinion is pretty bad on this issue. Hopefully those on the left who always bash democrats will give them kudos for this (they won’t)
riderfan3728 on
Going to be honest. While it’s good this was rejected, I do think that Senator Ossoff should have at least voted abstain or just not voted. [Look what Governor Brian Kemp just tweeted](https://xcancel.com/BrianKempGA/status/1896737793344479655). I think all indications are there that Kemp will launch a Senate run soon against Ossoff and as a very popular Governor (who has done a decent job on economics I’ll admit) of a lean-red state who is SEEN as moderate (not saying he is) by many swing voters, I can absolutely see him winning. He would probably be favored barring a 2006 or 2008 like event. So Ossoff should be pretending to be somewhat of a moderate instead of constantly voting party line over & over. We need to not only allow Dems in competitive races to vote against the party line some times (when their vote isn’t decisive), we should absolutely encourage it.
Fish_Totem on
Wish they’d give bill tracking numbers in these articles. If Dems were smart they’d have introduced amendments to ban genital inspection of minors and gotten Republicans on record voting against that
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Interesting for democrats to be pivoting on illegal immigration but not on trans people. Regardless they should be applauded for having the courage here, when public opinion is pretty bad on this issue. Hopefully those on the left who always bash democrats will give them kudos for this (they won’t)
Going to be honest. While it’s good this was rejected, I do think that Senator Ossoff should have at least voted abstain or just not voted. [Look what Governor Brian Kemp just tweeted](https://xcancel.com/BrianKempGA/status/1896737793344479655). I think all indications are there that Kemp will launch a Senate run soon against Ossoff and as a very popular Governor (who has done a decent job on economics I’ll admit) of a lean-red state who is SEEN as moderate (not saying he is) by many swing voters, I can absolutely see him winning. He would probably be favored barring a 2006 or 2008 like event. So Ossoff should be pretending to be somewhat of a moderate instead of constantly voting party line over & over. We need to not only allow Dems in competitive races to vote against the party line some times (when their vote isn’t decisive), we should absolutely encourage it.
Wish they’d give bill tracking numbers in these articles. If Dems were smart they’d have introduced amendments to ban genital inspection of minors and gotten Republicans on record voting against that
Sigh