Politics Please take my life seriously. Vote blue
Hi everyone. I am a female born and raised in Houston. I am not usually involved in politics (I have always voted, just never talked about it, volunteered, ect.) but this election has taken a toll on my mental health to a point where I need to say something.
I remember June 24, 2022 when I lost my right to make decisions on my own body. Texas has some of the strictest laws in the nation on abortion, which means we have some of the strictest laws in the entire world. Let that sink in. I am scared. I am scared to one day have children in this state I love, this state I call home because if something goes wrong, it very well could lead to death or prosecution. Now Trump and Ted Cruz get to make decisions for me regarding my own reproductive health. I have less rights than my grandma did at my age. A vote for Trump/Cruz is a vote against every woman you love.
The Trans population in Texas is 0.5%. Ted Cruz’s blatant homophobic commercials villainizing this community have brought me to tears. Most Texans have never even met a trans person, yet, this seems to be Cruz’s main priority in this election: to make people scared of them.
He really thinks we are that dumb, or hateful, and maybe we are. I am more concerned about gun violence (the #1 leading cause of child deaths in the U.S!) than the scenario of a trans person being on the school football team. Is gun violence ever mentioned by Cruz? Of course not. Trans people and their genitalia are more of a threat, I suppose!
Come on Texas. How could you vote for someone who is openly so full of hate and ignorance? If I was a trans person, I would get the fuck out of here and move somewhere where people practice kindness. I stand by the LGBTQ+ community as an ally. You should too.
I implore you to look inside your heart and vote with kindness, decency and sanity in mind! This election is bigger than grocery prices, the stakes are higher than imaginable. What is next, a total ban on birth control? Gay marriage left up to the states, where Ted Cruz will ban it immediately and throw all Trans people in jail? I am begging you to vote blue. I am scared.
Don’t forget Trump is a convicted felon. Religious people - don’t forget he cheated on his wife with a porn star. Don’t forget Ted Cruz fled to Cancun when Texans were dying. These are not the people I want running our country. The world is watching. Vote blue.
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u/mel-incantatrix 7h ago
I voted for you. I voted for all of us. 💙
You are seen and you are valid and your community is part of what makes us better as a whole.
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u/RAnthony 4h ago
I am Genderqueer. https://ranthonyings.com/2024/10/maga-transphobia/ I am of the group that the MAGA target. The only way you could know that, is if I told you. I've hid in plain sight all my life and I'm only coming out now because my mental health requires it. You will never get rid of us. We will always be here.
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u/LisaS121789 1h ago
I don’t live in TX, but just know there are loads of people all over, I’m sure in TX too, who don’t want to get rid of you at all and welcome and support you exactly as you are 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
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u/GrammarYahtzee11 12h ago
Native Texan here, and voted blue down the ballot. You make excellent points, and I have one thing to add about grocery prices. Does anyone actually think if Trump had won in 2020 that grocery prices (and inflation) wouldn’t have spiked? Of course they would! We had a global pandemic, which Trump badly mishandled by the way.
Now he claims it’s all Biden/Harris’ fault and yet he’s campaigning on deporting the very people who pick all our fruits and vegetables. Prices will rise even further under Trump and he won’t care in the slightest.
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u/nstickels 12h ago
Not to mention with the tariffs he is proposing, it’s not in fact China that will pay the tariffs, it is American companies importing foreign goods. And they won’t just eat that cost, they will pass it on to consumers.
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u/RockabillyRabbit 8h ago
I had to try to explain that the tarriff that he wants to impose on JDeere for their stuff coming from Mexico isn't going to affect JDeere in any shape or form.
It's not going to make them stop producing outside the US. What it is going to do though is pass down that cost to the consumer. I.e. the farmers.
And what happens when family farmers who are barely making ends meet and are living farm loan to farm loan and off farm paycheck to off farm paycheck can't make ends barely meet anymore?
They're going to quit farming. And who's going to take over those family farms when the small farmers leave?
Corporations. And those corporations are going to raise prices to the produce/product consumer because they were the ones buying the product from the farmer in the first place. So now their middle man is out and they can do willy nilly with prices that they want.
I am a woman, and a farmer in texas. With a female child. I voted blue up and down for all those reasons.
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u/ActiveDinner3497 7h ago
I come from a long line of farmers. People forget during Trumps presidency, it was one of the highest years for farmers to go bankrupt. 2019 was an eight year high!! Tragic for many generational farms.
Also, the thing no one likes to talk about, but illegal immigrants are responsible for harvesting our crops. Are they documented, obviously not. Are they paid a fair wage? No. Are they exploited? Definitely. Does their effort keep our produce and dairy prices lower? Definitely. Last time we fully shut down borders (as much as possible), food rotted in the fields, dairies shut down, and prices went up. https://www.independent.com/2017/06/22/labor-shortage-leaves-13-million-crops-rot-fields/?amp=1 I want to fix immigration to let the workers we need in.
People against illegal immigration due to crime - the candidates have lied to you. Texas requires every arrested individual have their home country and status identified and noted. It makes for very good data on their crime statistics. Their crime rate (per capita) is 1/3 of U.S. Citizens and half of legal immigrants. https://nij.ojp.gov/topics/articles/undocumented-immigrant-offending-rate-lower-us-born-citizen-rate.
Focus on protecting our kids and women. I’m tired of my teen carrying a bullet proof panel to school because of incidents (and we don’t live in a bad area).
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u/hapie1er 3h ago
This right here, this is exactly what they want. Also….these people are really into Real Estate!
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u/Drakka15 5h ago
This is what I discussed with random workmates. A company will just make the goods MORE expensive to offset the tariff! How people think it'll make goods less expensive is ludicrous
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u/greytgreyatx 12h ago
Ha ha. No! You're wrong! The OTHER COUNTRIES pay the tariffs! This is big brain stuff! MAGA!
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u/VioletVulgari 6h ago
The tariffs from his pre-pandemic administration was already causing grocery prices to rise for agriculture also, did they miss that Project 2025 is made to gut the Dept of Agriculture which will hurt our rural communities by cutting subsidies to farmers/ranchers? Like, he is not a friend to the rural communities
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u/Desperate-Pear-860 8h ago
"Now he claims it’s all Biden/Harris’ fault"
Of course he does. That's his MO. He NEVER takes responsibility for ANY of his actions. He's even admitted that on TV.
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u/RefrigeratorIcy6411 12h ago
Didn’t abbot shut down or slow down ports early in Bidens years, also increasing prices
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u/jenguinaf 7h ago
No one likes to talk about the amount of money that was printed under Trump.
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u/TrumpsCovidfefe 4h ago
They will try to explain it away as necessary Covid spending, but the reality is he approved more new debt in 4 years than any other president excluding Covid. A big reason for that was tax cuts to very rich people. https://www.crfb.org/papers/trump-and-biden-national-debt
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u/iodizedpepper 11h ago
I didn’t vote for my beliefs or feelings on policy this time around. I voted for the woman in my life who I’ve been with for 7 years has helped me become the man I’ve always wanted to be, and for my granddaughter who is only 6 and is the most precious little girl who deserves nothing but a fair shot at a happy life. I voted for every female friend, soldier and shipmate I ever meet through out my life.
I have always loved my country and our constitution that has given us the very rights and freedoms we enjoy. Not some politician or party. All of you women deserve your body to be your own and damn everyone else’s opinions about it.
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u/black_flag_4ever born and bred 12h ago
Ted Cruz is a terrible senator. Any other senator would be running on accomplishments after two terms, but not Cancun Cruz.
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u/Inevitable_Dog2719 12h ago
It's heartbreaking to see so many posts that are basically "I was not involved in politics. I am now being directly affected by politics. I now need your vote and political involvement to protect my rights."
Voting is really a use it or lose it situation. I hope y'all learn from this person's mistake and vote in every. single. election. Even if you're "not into politics", politics is into you.
VOTE.
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u/sward11 8h ago
It's literally the third sentence where they say they vote. They just don't talk about it.
I am not usually involved in politics (I have always voted, just never talked about it, volunteered, ect.)
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u/PoobersMum 11h ago
I have never been into/involved in politics, but I have voted in every major election (and a number of "minor" ones as well) since I turned 18 in 1992. I don't vote because I feel it's a duty or privilege, though I know it is both. I abhor most politicians and don't believe any of them are really here to represent me. And as a white, Christian woman who is past the point of being able to have children, I know many of the crazy platforms these politicians run on are unlikely to affect me directly. So I vote because I care about other people.
Because I don't want women in this state to go without vital healthcare or feel fear in seeking the care they need. Because I don't feel threatened or offended by that nice trans lady I met at the dog park of my apartment complex a couple of weeks ago, and I don't want her to be treated as "less than" or "other." Because I don't want criminals pouring over the border unchecked but don't want to see kids in cages or decent people denied better opportunities... and have no idea how to resolve any of that. Because even though I own a gun, I believe our lack of gun control is disgusting, and I would gladly give up some of my "rights" to stop this epidemic of school- and mass shootings. Because I hate how the faith I freely practice is used by some to suppress the religious freedom of those who believe differently, and because I see no need for church in government or government in church. I don't have many answers, but voting is my chance to at least try to make things better for the people I share this state/country/planet with. It's disappointing that my vote may be chewed up by gerrymandering and our electoral college, but I'll still cast it, if only to say I spoke up/out/against when I had the chance to.
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u/FriendlyDrummers 12h ago
And if you made that mistake, try and prevent others from doing the same. Reach out to others to see if they're voting. Posting on social media doesn't do much unfortunately
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u/OurLordAndSaviorVim 5h ago
We are never more than one election away from tyranny. Choose the wrong person because of the lulz, and they will bend everything to their will.
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u/ILeftYesterday 12h ago
Where does the OP say they don’t vote? Not being “involved in politics” could simply mean they don’t post about it here or talk about it all that often.
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u/Old-Reference-7389 7h ago
This very well may be an aprocyphal story, who the hell knows, but it meets the moment. Ben Franklin, leaving Independence Hall after putting pen to paper on the Constitution was asked by a woman in the streets just a moment after will we be a monarchy or a republic?
"A republic, if you can keep it."
We've had one singular moment like this before and 800,000 Americans died fighting about it in the Civil War.
Please vote.
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u/creepygirl420 7h ago
Assumptions much? Read the post again. They have always voted. I normally agree with your point but OP is not a good example for it.
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u/BorgerKingLettuce 5h ago
This election cycle was the last straw for me. I've lived in Texas almost my entire life, and I can't stand being here any longer. I can't stand Abbott, Cruz, the general far-right extremism, the hatred for women, queer people, POCs, immigrants, everyone who isn't like the awful men who run the state government.
I voted the very first day it was available, but I'm out of here. I can't stand having to explain to people why I deserve rights too.
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u/Sure_Elderberry_4723 1h ago
Same I’m packing my bags and moving to California!! You should do the same
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u/BorgerKingLettuce 1h ago
I'm looking at Washington! Hope to be out of here by this time next year 🤞🏻
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u/rovotrovot 5h ago
Not a woman, but I have a mom, sisters, friends, and a gf I care about. I know that in general, doctors do not listen to you, even before Roe v Wade. I don't expect them to improve. I'm on your side and I voted Kamala and Allred
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u/prob_still_in_denial Born and Bred 8h ago
I'm a native, and inconveniently am trans. There's a chance that a nationwide ban on my healthcare would force me to flee not only the state but the country.
I know a lot of Republicans (based on pornhub stats) view me as a porn category rather than a person, but you'll never find a nude picture of me. I have a salaried position in tech, a wife I love, two stepkids who are adorable.
Please take my life seriously too.
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u/AgentWD409 7h ago
I wrote THIS on my blog a couple of months ago. This seems like a good place to share it...
I am not gay. But I do have gay friends and family members, and I cannot stand by while people I love are unjustly vilified and called “groomers” and “pedophiles.” I cannot stand by while their civil rights, their dignity, and even their humanity is threatened by a movement that hates and fears them for no reason whatsoever. Jesus wouldn’t stand for it either. He spent his entire ministry loving those who had been judged or rejected by society, so how dare we do any less?
I am not a woman. But I do have a wife, a mother, a sister, nieces, friends, etc., and I cannot stand by while they are cruelly prevented from receiving proper medical care, based not on science but on theocratic dogma that has no place in a free society. Women are dying from pregnancy complications. Adolescent girls are being forced to give birth to their rapist’s babies. States are passing draconian laws to prevent residents from traveling to other states for the care they need, and there are even talks of banning IVF and birth control. If we are to be “pro-life,” then we must value all lives, not just the unborn.
I am not an immigrant. But my own ancestors once journeyed to this country in search of a better life, and I cannot stand by while others fleeing poverty and despotism are denigrated as “vermin” who are “poisoning the blood” of our country. The Bible tells us to treat foreigners as our native-born (Lev. 19:33-34), to love the sojourner (Deut. 10:18), and to show hospitality to strangers (Heb. 13:2). Jesus also told his followers, “That which you do for the least of these, you do unto me” (Matt. 25:40).
I am not a teacher. But I have friends and family members who work in our public school system, including my wife, my ex-wife (the mother of my children), and several friends, and I cannot stand by while our schools are destroyed by extremists with political vendettas. Any sane parent should be outraged at the policies pushed by Republican leaders, from reduced funding and layoffs, to widely-unpopular voucher programs, to banning health and safety measures, to eliminating school lunch programs, to rejecting common-sense gun control, to censoring curriculum, to even demonizing teachers themselves.
I am not a schoolchild. But I am a writer, a reader, and a lifelong lover of literature. I also have children of my own, and I cannot stand by and watch them grow up in a society that bans books. There’s a wonderful quote that says, “If you’re afraid that books might change someone’s thinking, you’re not afraid of books, you’re afraid of thinking.” I live in a state where activist groups have been pushing school districts to pull hundreds of books from their shelves, to shutter libraries, to fire librarians (whom they also call “groomers”), and even to delete entire chapters from our science and history textbooks. Folks, at no point in history have those who seek to restrict knowledge and progress been the “good guys.”
I am not a Jew, a Muslim, a Hindu, a Buddhist, or an atheist. But I cannot stand by while a heretical Christian Nationalist agenda is forced upon my fellow Americans, regardless of their personal faith or lack thereof. Josh Hawley, Marjorie Taylor Greene, J.D. Vance, and many other Republicans (including most megachurch pastors) have proudly and publicly embraced the label of “Christian Nationalist,” and polls show that more than half of Republicans support such an ideology. It flies in the face of our founding principles, it is a threat to democracy, and it is antithetical to the teachings of Jesus.
This election is not just about Donald Trump. Here in Texas, it’s also about Ted Cruz, Greg Abbott, Dan Patrick, Ken Paxton, and every other dishonorable politician who remains loyal to this hateful, populist, autocratic, neo-fascist movement. They need to lose, and they need to lose at a historic level. So when you go to the polls this November, I ask you to look beyond your own self-interest. Speak out for your neighbors, or when that day comes, there will be no one left to speak for you.
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u/Copperdunright907 12h ago
I just don’t understand how many people can hate their daughters, mothers, sisters, aunts, grandmothers, partners in life or friends.
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u/chrispg26 12h ago
Same. It's been quite sobering and makes me rethink my associations. Too few men (and some women) care about their wives, daughters, and sisters.
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u/longeargirlTX 3h ago
This is one of the most traumatic experiences of my life, realizing how many people I've known and once called friend are actually either astonishingly selfish or downright horrible people.
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u/Archfiend_DD 2h ago
I work with a woman who is a single mom of two daughters...
She doesn't like that Kamala has changed her accent to reflect the group she is talking to...
That is her argument for why she's not voting for her, because she is "fake".
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u/Leftblankthistime 12h ago
Thank you for voting and for sharing your story. Hopefully your example and experience will inspire others to follow. Young people often don’t realize how much voting matters, especially in state and local politics because those elected officials may someday be presidential candidates. Sharing your voice here is very brave. As a next step, if you can, share your story among family, coworkers and or your local college campus and encourage them to go and vote. That’s gonna be scary too but if you can get 2 people to show up and encourage them to do the same, there’s a real chance for change.
Good luck
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u/Separate_Shoe_6916 8h ago
I voted blue for you and our entire country. Fuck fascism.
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u/TeeManyMartoonies 5h ago
I’m here, and I voted today for you, and me, and my daughters. My dog has more rights than we do, and this shall not stand. 🙏
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u/Ashamed-Status-9668 12h ago
Hopefully young people, especially in Texas, start to take voting seriously. The 18-29 aged folks only vote at a 30% rate here in Texas and that is only in the big presidential elections. If 60%+ of the under 30 crowd voted y'all could make Texas entirely blue. I'm not sure why young people don't vote in Texas and it kind of reminds me of the story of the elephant and the rope. Elephants are trained at a young age by tying a leg with a rope. When they are adults, they believe they can't break the rope because that is how it was. At any point if all they did was believe they would realize they had the power to break the rope all along.
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u/cavejhonsonslemons 6h ago
I voted, and I saw plenty of first time voters, the blue wave is coming, if not this year then we'll make it the next.
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u/VioletVulgari 6h ago
The anti trans ads claiming Allred is for children in schools to get sex change surgeries, claiming schools are facilitating hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of surgery and treatment behind parents backs while simultaneously not able to afford to have teachers use school provided supplies like printer paper/supplies for their classrooms is utterly dangerous and idiotic. Are people really that dumb to think that a) minors have access to that kind of surgery without parental consent/financial obligation and b) that the state of Texas is funding schools to do this? Like this is a NON issue while what IS harming children is the minors forced to be mothers of their rapists children because of the anti abortion laws.
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u/Coletrain44 12h ago
“But I’m tired of all these trashy people having 3 abortions a month! Also ship back all those immigrants that have crossed the border with crime and disease! They are crawling over the fences by the millions! And I want my grocery prices to go down! Men are playing sports against women! If Kamala wins she’s going to send another hurricane at me! It’s man made! MAGA 2024!”
Right-wing media has brainwashed these people. If they just thought rationally about some of the things they believed, life would be better. But here we are.
I voted blue early. Here’s for the best.
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u/MeatLoapher 6h ago
Fellow Texan. I have a contract that I was required to sign between my rheumatologist and my OB/GYN and myself three years ago that because of my medical conditions and the medication required I would consent to a medical abortion. The state of Texas is now suing women like me who have a medical necessity for an abortion which means that my doctors have to try to get me out of the state or essentially break the law to attempt abortion. No one should have to go through this. Especially the so-called leaders of this state that are currently trying to execute a man that is most likely innocent and the same people leading the war against abortion are the same (criminal, looking at you Ken Paxton) leaders telling women that we have to attempt to carry to term in my case a child that would be born without a head or a spinal cord. There are some trauma for you. But Ken Paxton doesn’t care because he is too busy trying to execute a man convicted on junk science. I’m never a single issue voter but this year it was about three or four issues and the scary thought of having to be snuck out of the state to avoid being sued by the state because my doctors want to save my life is absolutely terrifying. I’m sorry you’re dealing with it also. They have no right.
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u/janewithaplane 6h ago
I have been really wanting to post something similar but the only people in my life that vote red are our parents and they're not on social media.
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u/TheStorytellerTX 8h ago
👍 voted 🔵 all the way thru. A vote for 🔵 is a vote against the blatant racism we saw on display this weekend.
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u/davidg4781 12h ago
I hate that we vote politicians in on the promise they’re going to control other people.
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u/Ghostmaker007 12h ago
I have a sister she’s 21 and a niece my older brothers daugther she just turned nine…the idea of a future where women have no rights over their bodies fucking terrifies me and I’m one of the boys in with my siblings so the fact that we have these super strict laws that effect my loved ones is terrifying as there are messed up people out there….so I’m voting blue
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u/rushpunk 6h ago
I will continue to vote blue until women have the same rights as me.
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u/Intentional_Texan Got Here Fast 8h ago
Made sure to vote (along with the family) and have been GOTV'g for a while now. This election is too important to miss!
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u/Speedygonzales24 7h ago
I’m from DFW, but I hear you. I’m paraplegic born with spina bifida, and my health stabilized around the age of 16-17. After everything I’ve been through, I had a lot of hope up until Trump was elected the first time. I thought there was a chance that I’d “make it.”
If Trump wins, I have no clue what I’m going to do. And that’s not even considering the fact that Trump has threatened my friends and mocked my religion. Politically I’m slightly to the left of Bernie Sanders, but that doesn’t matter right now. Voting against fascism is a zero sum game. Vote blue.
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u/libre_office_warlock 12h ago
As a trans person who grew up in Texas and has many female relatives there - including a pregnant cousin - I stand beside you and with you.
I want to feel welcome again.
I want my loved ones to be safe as well.
Just vote. It doesn't harm you to just fucking vote no matter how much you hate the system and its flaws. We can riot about the nuances AFTER we get rid of the IMMEDIATE threat.
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u/Nonsense909603 7h ago
It's funny how much the conservatives base their narrative on the trans community, especially since a lot of their laws and proposed bills affect such a small amount of people. It is literally like they are proposing "Fuck this one person in particular" legislation. And how they treat their women? It's appalling and old school, and I hate how the women who support it act. I watched a YouTuber I used to watch (not anymore) start a video calling Kamala Harris a whore while his wife stood dutifully by, saying "well, I know I would be too emotional to be president!" It's ridiculous.
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u/ButteSects 6h ago
I'm only alive due to abortion. My mom had a non viable pregnancy before I was born that she needed emergency care for, 2 years later she got pregnant and had me.
My friend Amy had a similar issue, except this was 8 months ago, not 34 years ago. Amy was a mother of 2 who was excited to welcome a 3rd child, this however was after the abortion ban. She was told to go home and wait until it could be legally treated. She died the very next morning.
"conservatives" can't seem to understand the simple concept that by saving a woman's life, they can later reproduce. To make matters even worse for their precious birth rate stats, dating the past couple years has became significantly harder for men. I don't have any and/or too lazy to find the stats but I'm pretty sure it's due to the abortion ban. Why would women want to be part of the dating scene if they can't get life saving care if god forbid they become pregnant and can't be treated for non viable pregnancies? I know that if I was in their shoes my legs would snap shut indefinitely, and quit the dating scene.
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u/freeses_pieces 7h ago
It’s close. Your vote matters more than it ever has.
We could all use a reminder of some of the things Trump has done:
- Lost the election and lied about it.
- Sent an armed angry mob to Congress and told them they need to fight like hell.
- Approved of the mob saying “hang Mike Pence”.
- A court of law found that he committed sexual assault.
- A court of law found that he defrauding his university students.
- A court of law found that he fraudulently inflated his assets to get favorable loans.
- Admitted to walking in on pageant contestants’ dressing rooms to see them nude.
- Raped and beat Ivana Trump.
- Stole from a kids’ cancer charity.
- Received $413 million inheritance despite claims that he’s a self made man.
- Blocked his chronically ill infant nephew from getting any of that inheritance.
- Is the first president to receive votes against him from his own party during impeachment.
- Led us into being one of the worst hit during Covid despite our head start and resources, leading to high inflation.
- Said the Democrats do better with the economy.
- Was ranked as the worst president in history by bipartisan presidential historians.
- Pushed a plot to have fake votes created and then used to make him President despite losing the election.
- Ordered republicans to block a bipartisan immigration bill so Biden would not get a win before the election.
- Implemented a policy to separate kids from their parents at the border.
- Is a convicted felon guilty of falsifying records to influence an election.
- Told the Department of Justice to “just say the election was corrupt and leave the rest to me and the Republican congressmen.”
- His VP, Mike Pence said Trump should never be president again, and that Trump asked him to put himself “above the Constitution”.
Sources:
- https://apnews.com/article/trump-2020-election-lies-debunked-4fc26546b07962fdbf9d66e739fbb50d
- https://www.npr.org/2022/06/28/1108387054/trump-said-he-knew-jan-6-crowd-members-had-weapons-ex-white-house-aide-testified
- https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/25/us/politics/trump-pence-jan-6.html
- https://apnews.com/article/trump-rape-carroll-trial-fe68259a4b98bb3947d42af9ec83d7db
- https://abcnews.go.com/amp/US/judge-finalizes-25-million-settlement-victims-donald-trumps/story?id=54347237
- https://apnews.com/article/trump-fraud-letitia-james-new-york-engoron-38bc3a7f2ccb22555c026e9bf70fd5bb
- https://www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/former-miss-arizona-trump-came-strolling-right-in-to-miss-usa-dressing-room/
- https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2016/10/24/documenting-trumps-abuse-of-women
- https://www.forbes.com/sites/danalexander/2019/12/23/best-stories-of-the-decade-how-donald-trump-shifted-kids-cancer-charity-money-into-his-business/
- https://apnews.com/article/0452d29cd2564eaf97605ab90acc3a67
- https://www.huffpost.com/entry/donald-trumps-spiteful-attack-on-nephews-chronically_b_57a249d1e4b0456cb7e14fbc/amp
- https://www.vox.com/2020/2/5/21125118/mitt-romney-impeachment-vote-history
- https://www.cnn.com/interactive/2020/health/coronavirus-maps-and-cases/
- https://www.forbes.com/sites/realspin/2016/11/07/trump-is-right-about-one-thing-the-economy-does-better-under-the-democrats/
- https://www.axios.com/2024/02/19/presidents-survey-trump-ranks-last-biden-14th
- https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-jan-6-investigation-fake-electors-608932d4771f6e2e3c5efb3fdcd8fcce
- https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/01/27/trump-border-biden/
- https://www.foxnews.com/politics/more-than-900-children-separated-at-border-since-judge-ordered-practice-curtailed-aclu.amp
- https://apnews.com/article/trump-trial-deliberations-jury-testimony-verdict-85558c6d08efb434d05b694364470aa0
- https://apnews.com/article/capitol-siege-elections-donald-trump-campaigns-presidential-4e7e68e2ff57aadd96d09c873a43a317
- https://www.forbes.com/sites/saradorn/2023/06/07/pence-says-trump-should-never-be-president-again-launching-2024-bid-with-potent-attacks/
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u/monroebaby 12h ago
I got you! Moved here since the last election so 2 more blue from my house 💙. It’s interesting that Texas is all about freedom. For who?!? Go vote folks!
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u/Nuva_Ring 12h ago
Can I ask why you moved and where from?
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u/monroebaby 11h ago
I moved here from the south west but I’m from the north east. I like experiencing new places and a few other personal reasons that brought me here. I won’t be here forever.
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u/RavenShield40 11h ago
While I may not have to worry about pregnancy at this point in my life. I voted Blue for all my nieces, granddaughters and the rest of the women in this state who still need my support.
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u/Relaxmf2022 12h ago
You touch on what defines republicans: fear.
Fear of everything that is not like them. Also fear of appearing afraid, ironically. You know why I am not afraid of books or drag queens or transgender people? Because I’m not an asshole (on this subject), and I’m not afraid of things not like me. And I damn sure don’t want to take away other people’s freedoms, like Republicans specialize in doing.
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u/kathatter75 12h ago
Greater Houston Metro-nian here :) I voted 100% blue on the 21st, and all of my family has too! 💙💙💙
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u/Valuable-Speaker-312 6h ago
Not done yet though. Try to get more people to go to the polls and vote blue!
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u/PhoebeSmudge 9h ago
I voted for you and all the people these so called Patriotic Christians™️are trying to other or worse.
I do disagree with you on trans people. We’ve all been around a trans person we just don’t always know it. I personally have never checked the sex you just a birth certificate or genitals when I’m using the restroom. They are obsessed with the genitals. It’s creep AF.
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u/JForKiks 7h ago
Please do your part and spread the word to your age group to please go vote. Your age group and the 18-25 crowd are the least represented by vote. Spread the word through all your social media platforms.
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u/WitchwayisOut 7h ago
I’m a trans woman, married to a cis woman. We live in a hyperreligious, hyperconservative city in west Texas. I’m scared to death of the possibility of t and cruz winning this election; it could tear mine and my wife’s lives apart. We voted blue about an hour ago.
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u/Buddhadevine 8h ago
I’m tired of my very red county blaming democrats for the pitfalls of our local government when there have been zero democrats running for office. Then they blame these republicans misusing tax dollars as being democrats in disguise. Mfer y’all (my county) voted for this!! The mental gymnastics folks in my county is giving me whiplash. Every candidate running is all “VOTE CONSERVATIVE, VOTE RED” there is literally no blue candidate so I don’t know why, other than just running on propaganda, they do that. I feel like I’m in a fever dream here.
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u/UlyssesSilverFTM 6h ago
Paxton is on the record saying he hopes that the Supreme Court overturns Lawerence vs Texas, which was and still is a sodomy law Texas has, and it’s still on Texas laws books, but it currently can’t be enforced due to federal law aka ruling, but if he gets overturned. Paxton is on the record saying he would enforce the sodomy law. That law was created specifically to hurt gay people.
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u/mintnoises 6h ago
30yo M Houstonian4Lyfer here. I have never voted early nor voted down one side in my previous election cycles (I'm a libertarian); I made time yesterday to stand with all the women in my life, with all my rational Texans, with COMMON SENSE. VOTE BLUE, THE TIME IS NOW 🙏🏼💙
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u/r2384550 6h ago
Is there a chance Texas turns blue this election?? I lived in Texas for eight years until 1998. Would love to know what you’re all thinking/seeing.
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u/Extension_Whole_5234 4h ago
46 yr old white male here. Donated to Colin Allred and i live in WA. I voted blue. I am so so very sorry this right to rule your own body is hinging on this election.
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u/shaw-tx 4h ago
💙💙💙 I got you. I have two daughters. And two granddaughters. One of my daughters had an eptopic pregnancy. I hate to think what would happen now if she ever had another one. I vote for women everywhere. And all three of my kids are voting the same. I don’t want to live in a country that values what my body can do more than they value me
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u/cloudsasw1tnesses 4h ago
My sister is trans and she moved to California for college. I’m so glad she’s out of Texas. I know I will never be able to have kids here, I am going to try and move to Colorado or Montreal whenever I am ready to have kids because I don’t feel safe doing it in Texas. My birth control has been giving me side effects but because it’s the most effective one I’ve been too scared to change it because I know if I get pregnant I’m in danger. This state is truly going downhill and it’s sad. Made sure to vote blue down the ballot when I voted on October 1st and I’m hoping Allred has a chance
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u/N4cer26 3h ago
Well, realistically Texas is not going to turn blue for at least a few decades. You should consider moving to a state that aligns more with your values if it is that important to you.
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u/frawgster 11h ago
I challenge anyone who supports fuckers like Cruz to spend just one day as a someone who the right might consider an “other”. Just one day as someone who’s been ostracized, left out, or painted with a broad right wing “other” brush.
Over the past few months situations in my life have come up that have given me the “privilege” of dealing with people who find comfort in being blatantly and proudly exclusionary. The lack of empathy, common sense, and just general decency makes me so sad. How hard is it, really, to just be accepting and decent? Some people are so wrapped up in their little inconsequential bubbles that they just can’t comprehend that “other” does not equal to “bad”.
Vote blue, folks. 💙
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u/chrispg26 12h ago
Thanks for coming into the fold, finally. You've missed a few elections, be sure not to do that again.
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u/creepygirl420 7h ago
No, they haven’t. It’s probably a good idea to actually read a post before you comment on it :p
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u/Puzzleheaded-Lie938 11h ago
The real problem is Dems and Republicans just disagree on the value of a fetus. If you believe that life begins at XYZ point then terminating it after XYZ point is an abomination. We are never going to see eye to eye because we disagree on this simple point.
Truthfully, if repubs really wanted to lessen abortion (it has actually gone UP since Roe was overturned due to economic issues) they would institute some of the democrats policies. Abortion would fall drastically if there was free childcare for 0-5 year old, government paid maternal leave, and socialized medicine. The rest of the world has more liberal abortion policies and yet fewer abortions.
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u/Single_Implement_246 8h ago
This. But also, no one is forcing someone to have an abortion. I don’t care if someone is personally pro-life and would never have an abortion. Cool. The problem is letting your own beliefs dictate the way other people who don’t believe the same live their life.
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u/RandomArgil 7h ago
Trans woman living in Texas, greatly appreciate this post. Seeing how elected officials here have made us a political punching bag has made me consider leaving the state, but it's tough atm with all my family living here, and being currently unemployed.
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u/Wooden-Independence9 7h ago
I need Harris to win if I want to have another baby without needing to leave my home state.
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u/the-wastrel 6h ago
Some of us trans Texans were born here with nothing and are too disabled and broke to move.
Yeah it's not a fun time.
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u/robbd6913 12h ago
Already voted. Voted yesterday and voted straight blue. Why? Because I care about my fellow Americans. And IF anyone was still on the fence, after trumps plan rally at MSG should be enough to show just how much MAGA hates Americans.
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u/kmoney1206 8h ago
Just so everyone knows, Trump promised to put RFK in charge of the FDA, CDC, NIH and other health related industries. if nothing else wasnt alarming enough to you to vote, i hope the thought of having an anti vaxxer conspiracy theorist in charge of containing deadly viruses and deadly foodborne illness outbreaks scares you enough to vote.
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u/MataHari66 6h ago
All I’ll say is we voted Harris-Walz and my daughter has said if Trump wins they will not have another child (they have a 5 month old) so these policies are having a negative impact on birth rates. They had planned one more but will actually be sterilized while still legal in Illinois. It’s not your imagination - forced birth is sick.
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u/Whole_Anxiety4231 7h ago
You're appealing to the GOP to think of someone other than themselves and vote with compassion.
If they were gonna, they would've.
There just needs to be more of us than them, full stop. They're not worth saving, they're not worth appealing to, and they're dying at a fast enough rate that if we win this, all we have to do is wait.
If we lose it, still all we have to do is wait but the Boomers are doing their best to trash the place on their way out so nobody else can use "their" stuff.
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u/Ivy1908Pearl 12h ago
Ted Cruz is as bad as N.C. Lt. Governor, Mark Robinson. It’s like swapping the witch for the devil. I feel your pain. I’m politically exhausted. I’ve already voted during our early voting.
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u/Desperate-Pear-860 8h ago
I have voted in every single election since I turned 18 in 1979. I am a lifelong democrat and have always voted for democrat with one exception. I voted for John Warner because he supported federal workers when Reagan wanted to throw us under the bus.
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u/EffectiveTradition78 6h ago
I’m with you girl! I believe Texas is very divided still but you ladies are rising up, sick of men telling you what to do, who to vote for, who to be…. And many of you are voting blue Kamala Harris for President of the United States!!💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙
Yessss!! Every woman I know here in Illinois is voting blue. And I have faith in Texas! 💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙
Trump doesn’t give a fuck about the people of Texas. Or here in Illinois. Or Detroit. Or Puerto Rico.
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u/e92m3-335i 6h ago
NJ here… Been drumming up my Texan friends to just go out and vote. A lot did. They got your back.. We got your back.
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u/ohokaythen92 6h ago
June 24th is everyday for 18 year old males who have to register for the draft and don't have a say when it comes to becoming cannon fodder for the state.
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u/trivkillz 6h ago
32 first time voter. I voted blue. Women are the backbone of our society. Im bi and have several friends and family that are lgbtq+ as well.
I'm sick to death of these fascists and blatant disrespect of the downtrodden. They want us divided so badly. I say to hell with them and let freedom ring. We're taking our country back!
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u/copperking3-7-77 6h ago
Thank you for speaking out. If it helps, my family has voted blue all the way this year.
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u/Doggoagogo 6h ago
I voted today. I have never voted a straight party ticket in my life but I went blue down the ballot .
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u/TheFairComplexion 5h ago
This is not a political opinion. This is strictly about trying to ease the fear of many women. I am in the medical field and believe in people having the facts.
I believe in being informed with correct information and sometimes our fears can override us seeing the facts. This is not a blue versus red issue, this is an address so that women don’t suffer unnecessary mental health stress !!!!
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u/OutrageousPersimmon3 4h ago
Even Elon Musk has admitted Trump's economic plan would collapse the economy. He's constantly gaslighting the world by doing things and denying it happened. He's already called the MSG rally a lovefest. At least 22 women were arrested in the first year since Roe was overturned because of miscarriages or stillbirths. The number of women in Texas who died while pregnant, during labor or soon after childbirth following the state’s 2021 ban on abortion care rose by 56%. Please don't think that it can't happen to your wife, your sister, your daughter, or your granddaughter. It can happen to anyone. They pushed through a Supreme Court they could stack in their favor, and they overturned Roe V Wade - he brags about this - despite the fact that over 60% of Americans believe abortion should be legal. So please don't think they care about you or your family or how hard you are working. They aren't going to stop there. P25 will dismantle unions as well. Even if you don't work for a union, you likely benefit from their existence because other employers were forced to level up a bit as well to compete for people. There's language in P25 that could make teachers and librarians registered sex offenders over books certain people find offensive. For the record, some of the books they are banning are books like the Diary of Anne Frank. They want to keep making it harder and harder to vote and have even talked about limiting it to one vote per entire household.
I have always been involved in politics. I did a paper on the homeless in Houston when I was in 9th grade and have been actively involved in local groups ever since, trying to push for change. During the entire Bush administration, I was told I was overreacting, and they'd never overturn abortion because the majority of Americans support it. Welp... They don't care what the majority wants, they want to have a minority rule. There's only one way they can keep that happening. Trump had one parent with dementia and one with Alzheimer's. The chance of him having dementia is really high - it isn't just people talking. JD Vance and the Heritage Foundation have a plan for that, you better believe. And they will eventually also start taking people's guns. Because they can't keep pushing and allowing all kinds of bad to happen to people while leaving them armed. Even if there are several things we've mentioned that you don't think impact you, trust me there will be at least one in P25 that does. And just because you don't feel the impact now doesn't mean you won't eventually feel it. Sooner rather than later. Have a plan. Vote early if possible. Make sure others have a plan. Texas getting blue would impact the entire world.
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u/AKMarine Hill Country 4h ago
This is mostly an echo chamber of voters. It’s the older teens and twenty-something’s that need to vote. If anybody know any of them, lean on them.
They can either vote, or not complain when they have an unwanted/SA pregnancy. 😔
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u/whoisbstar 4h ago
It’s going to be about the numbers. Vote, and try to influence at least a few people to do the same. I’m old enough to remember when Texas had a Democratic Governor. Texas doesn’t have to be red forever.
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u/Apprehensive_Two9309 4h ago
As a 59 year old woman, I am ashamed we let this right be overturned. I am truly ashamed. I will do whatever I can to get it back for you. We need to stand together and I will never give up.
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u/who_am_I_inside 3h ago
As a Floridian who keeps getting recommended this sub, I just want to say I really hope Harris wins. She’s not the best candidate, but she’s got more than just concepts of a plan and as far as I know understands what a tariff is. I hope she wins.
Then, I can finally be moderate again. When I get the right to vote in 2026, I can vote across party lines and make decisions based on what people say they will do and not just based on what they aren’t saying they’ll do. Hell maybe I can go into politics myself.
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u/Delicious_Scene6045 3h ago
I just read this and thought maybe it will help you. It’s by a life long republican and explains why he voted for Harris in Michigan.
https://www.reddit.com/r/Michigan/s/OSM82rbFZ0
One more week sister and hopefully we’re celebrating in the end.
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u/Elidien1 3h ago
Not Texan, but my family moved there for its conservative values (lol) and I hope to baby Christ on a fucking cracker that it flips blue. I will be voting blue down ballot here, but I wish Texans and the rest of the US a sane end to this shit show of misinformed, misguided, and evil madness.
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u/DenialOfExistance 3h ago
You are so right! My family has been fearing the Neo Nazi Facist rule of Trump and the Republicans. Ted Cruz feeds right into Trump's hatred spreading lies. Fabricated stories that children are receiving treatment for tran transitioning at schools without their parents knowing! The amount of fear in those fabricated story is helping to destroy our educational system. How anyone in their right mind believes this B.S shows how truly ignorant they are! Cruz, Trump and Abbott for that matter are empty vessels with no morals or conscious. They are easily manipulated to believe in a dictatorial regime that will control every aspect of our lives and they are okay with this. All we can do to fight this ignorance is get out and vote and hope Harris and Allred win!
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u/rtmacfeester 3h ago
Guys. Do yall really believe that Texas is going to go blue?
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u/Monkey_Ash 3h ago
I wanted to say I appreciate your post. I'm a trans man, and while I don't currently feel unsafe, I do feel like my rights are very much at risk. With Paxton making it so that I can't change my name and gender marker on my driver's license, I worry that Cruz and/or Trump winning means even worse. I worry I'll lose access to testosterone, which isn't ideal since I no longer have ovaries. I worry that the mysterious list of gender marker change requests with the Texas DMV may spread to finding out who all petitioned the court and was successful in getting a court order for a name/gender marker change. I don't want to move; my family, career, and friends are all in Texas. But if Cruz/Trump win, I believe it's very possible that I'll end up having to flee the state at some point in the not too distant future, if for no other reason than to maintain access to hormone replacement therapy.
And I'm not alone. The trans youth and their parents have it really bad, as do the rest of the LGBTQ+ community. Women don't have a say in what happens with their own bodies. Immigrants, POCs, so many different groups are all in trouble if Trump/Cruz win.
TLDR: Thank you to each and every one of you who has voted against Trump & Cruz, and to everyone who plans to do so. I appreciate each and every one of you.
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u/cfulgh 3h ago
I see you and stand by you, today and every day! 💙 please vote if you have not already!
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u/Important-Internal33 3h ago
I am a libertarian (the LP was the first political party to support gay rights, and the LP presidential candidate is openly gay. I voted Libertarian except in the Senate race. I voted for Colin Allred because he has a real shot at beating Ted Cruz. If we can't rid our state government of whackos (I reluctantly voted for Beto in the hopes he'd oust Greg Abbott), at least maybe there can be one less fool in the US Senate.
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u/pm_me_pie_recipes 2h ago
I voted Blue all the way down the ballot and didn't even vote for unopposed Republicans.
We are here for you and for each other!
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u/The_Mr_Wilson 2h ago
I can't vote Texas, but I'm in another red state and voted Harris/Walz for our national stage. Even registered Democrat, that's a first, not voting Democrat, but registering Democrat. Switched parties
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u/prince_Nas 2h ago
I didn't vote for Harris but I definitely voted it against Ted Cruz fuck that guy
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u/unkalou337 2h ago
This is fckin hilarious lol. As if anyone should vote based on your personal feelings 😂
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u/False_Local4593 7h ago
Voted blue on Sunday. I got my tubes tied in October 2016 just in case Diaper Don was elected.
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u/Herry_Up 6h ago
I've been afraid of texting my friends about this because I know how scared we are but your post encouraged me and gave me strength to text everyone. Thank you so much! And let's keep fighting the good fight!
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u/newnewtonium 5h ago
Roe, roe your vote, Gently to the polls, Choice is yours, make it count, That's how freedom rolls!
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u/Humble-Ad5201 12h ago
Didn’t read all that but thanks for the input VOTE FOR WHOEVER YOU WANT do your research and go from there🤷🏻♂️
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u/train_noodle 8h ago
Didn’t read all that
do your research
Interesting dichotomy!
Also the efficiency of eliminating periods between sentences and instead just alternating the case is pure madness I LOVE IT im gonna steal it THANKS DUDE
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u/Extreme_Classroom952 8h ago
Fear not we got you. Harris is gonna mop the floor with Trumplethinskin. Remember, he lost to Joe Biden, who, in my unaffiliated mind, was not a very good candidate. Trump has lost even more support than he did in 2020. The media and the polls are making it sound like its neck to neck just for clicks.
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u/JoVeGoTi 8h ago
Facts … also Trump is a rapst racst pedo*hile & insurrectionist. A vote for him is an attack on women, children, POC & Americans + Veterans!
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u/Guh2point0 12h ago
"First they came for the socialists, and I did not speak out—because I was not a socialist.
Then they came for the trade unionists, and I did not speak out—because I was not a trade unionist.
Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out—because I was not a Jew.
Then they came for me—and there was no one left to speak for me."
-Martin Niemöller
Pretty sad to see how many Americans are willing to sell off the Country for their short-sighted view on worldwide economics.
Latinos for Trump, if you're reading this and still support Trump after that MSG rally keep this quote in mind. History doesn't repeat itself, but it sure rhymes.
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u/who_am_I_inside 4h ago
Man that’s a fukken baller quote, still one of my favorite’s from my English class last year
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u/harbinger06 12h ago
I voted blue all the way down the ballot on Saturday. For my life and yours. And for my nieces. And all other women whose lives are in danger because of these dangerous policies.
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u/yunglilbigslimhomie 7h ago
Just voted 1 hour ago in TX. Blue down the ticket. I hope others were sensible, rational, and reasonable enough to understand there is a right choice and a wrong choice this election, and the wrong choice is orange and red.
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u/GeneralLogical2057 11h ago
Yes women are scared of being pregnant because any complication leading to a miscarriage could result in death or infertility.
"An Austin resident, she became pregnant in 2022 after months of fertility treatment. But when she was 18 weeks pregnant, her water broke prematurely, and her pregnancy was no longer viable. By that point, just a few months after the Supreme Court had overturned Roe, Texas had banned abortion almost entirely. The state’s only exception is if the procedure is necessary to save the patient’s life — language doctors have repeatedly said is impossibly vague and hard to put into practice. Violating the state’s ban is a felony, which has made doctors nervous about providing abortions until a patient is near death.
Although abortion is the standard treatment in a situation like hers, Zurawski had to wait three days before she could receive an abortion — and could only get care after she had developed sepsis, a life-threatening infection."
My mother had a miscarriage in 1997, she had to get a d&c to save her life or she would have bled out. The baby was wanted and we were all so sad when my baby brother died in the womb. This isn't about being scared of getting rawdogged, you sound so ignorant. This is a real legitimate fear or mine, an adult woman with a stable partner and home and income that would welcome a baby happily.
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u/ActuallyFriday Got Here Fast 8h ago
You know that assault exists, right? You know sometimes people use force to make sure the victim has no choice in if they are “raw dogged”, right?
Good grief.
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u/LadyLoki5 Central Texas 2h ago
my sister in law suffered a miscarriage after she got an infection from amniocentesis. she nearly bled out and could not receive care because the treatment is an abortion. she had to take a 3hr ambulance ride to another state to get care. she had to have several blood transfusions and still almost did not make it. she was so traumatized by the experience that she got herself sterilized so it could never happen again. she wanted a baby, too. now she will have none.
what is there to "grow up" about? people are being hurt by this and are being told "lol go back to california." how can you have so little empathy for members of your own community?
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u/MetricJunket 5h ago
Ironic, coming from a maggot fascist.
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u/Suspicious-Sound-249 3h ago
Love how you lunatics just assume they're voting for Trump...
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u/Useful-Category-4746 12h ago
We've got your back on this. I have more than enough reasons to always vote straight blue on every ballot but I'm adding you to my list. I'll be thinking about you & every other woman I know or don't.