2026 Midterm Elections Thread

[Robbie3000]

Jasmine reminds me of that character on Insecure that Molly was trying to mentor


I honestly wish she’d drop the fake “hood” act and just be herself. It’s so cringe. The over-performance, the forced slang, the constant signaling —

And it’s not just her. I’m tired of all the performative bullshyt from politicians. Whether it’s rich, country-club congressmen driving beat-up pickup trucks to rallys and then hoping back into foreigns or this kind of manufactured authenticity, it’s the same insult dressed differently.

 

[Loose]

Jasmine reminds me of that character on Insecure that Molly was trying to mentor


I honestly wish she’d drop the fake “hood” act and just be herself. It’s so cringe. The over-performance, the forced slang, the constant signaling —

And it’s not just her. I’m tired of all the performative bullshyt from politicians. Whether it’s rich, country-club congressmen driving beat-up pickup trucks to rallys and then hoping back into foreigns or this kind of manufactured authenticity, it’s the same insult dressed differently.

She grew up in Missouri, raised in Houston and went to an historically black college in TSU, not picking on you but I see this consistently said like she is faking her upbringing. Yes she comes from an educationed background but that doesn't mean she has to talk like a white woman. I think theirs a lot of things she sucks at but we gotta stop this shyt. From what I've heard she has always spoke the way she does, even when she was a lawyer.

 

[Robbie3000]

She grew up in Missouri, raised in Houston and went to an historically black college in TSU, not picking on you but I see this consistently said like she is faking her upbringing. Yes she comes from an educationed background but that doesn't mean she has to talk like a white woman. I think theirs a lot of things she sucks at but we gotta stop this shyt. From what I've heard she has always spoke the way she does, even when she was a lawyer.

This is her before Congress.



I wouldn't say this in mixed company, but she plays into stereotypes and it's cringe.

 

[Loose]

This is her before Congress.



I wouldn't say this in mixed company, but she plays into stereotypes and it's cringe.

She sounds exactly the same here

 

[Robbie3000]

She sounds exactly the same here

Here she sounds like a typical black professional from the south that went to HBCU. That's my social circle for the most part so I know it well.

But, since she got to Congress, she tries extra hard to sound like a hood rat and it's not cute. Maybe it shouldn't, but it just irks.

 

[Loose]

Here she sounds like a typical black professional from the south that went to HBCU. That's my social circle for the most part so I know it well.

But, since she got to Congress, she tries extra hard to sound like a hood rat and it's not cute. Maybe it shouldn't, but it just irks.

I think she just reciprocating and punching back at the unprofessionalism of republicans like Nancy mace, MTG ,boebert, and randy fine.

 

[MAKAVELI25]

This is her before Congress.



I wouldn't say this in mixed company, but she plays into stereotypes and it's cringe.

Im not a fan of hers at all, but not sounding like a politician is her greatest strenght.

I know this is a fringe opinion, and I deserve all the shyt you guys give me for this, but I actually think she has a greater likelihood of success than he. He sounds too much like a politician, she doesn't.

No insult to him, my policy views probably align more with him than with her, but he sounds like a politician of a bygone era.

 

[wire28]

Im not a fan of hers at all, but not sounding like a politician is her greatest strenght.

I know this is a fringe opinion, and I deserve all the shyt you guys give me for this, but I actually think she has a greater likelihood of success than he. He sounds too much like a politician, she doesn't.

No insult to him, my policy views probably align more with him than with her, but he sounds like a politician of a bygone era.

Glad we can agree on this

But on the over arching point her not only being a black woman but an unapologetically black woman is why she can’t win Texas general.

Your standard white guy from not Austin/dallas/houston is gonna look at the screen shot of both of them side to side and pick James off the strength of that alone

Her winning Texas would be one of the greatest achievements in modern day politics to me. Especially with @Piff Perkins leading the charge against her

Who knows maybe white people surprise me this time next year we have senators jasmine in Texas and Abdul in Michigan. But I think Obama was an outlier not an emerging trend based on white peoples response since his election

 

[mastermind]

Im not a fan of hers at all, but not sounding like a politician is her greatest strenght.

I know this is a fringe opinion, and I deserve all the shyt you guys give me for this, but I actually think she has a greater likelihood of success than he. He sounds too much like a politician, she doesn't.

No insult to him, my policy views probably align more with him than with her, but he sounds like a politician of a bygone era.

i agree