Change the argument and they can never lose.I know you ain't comparing the Dallas mayor to someone who attempted to overthrow the government and is openly admitting to having people in place to become a dictator if he's elected.
This Is What Happens When You Vote Blue No Matter Who
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................. If a Coli breh ran as a third party candidate, presented their plan, and did everything necessary to get on the ballot, would you support them?I wasn't aware we were in an argument.
BobbyWojak
Superstar
Lack a basic understanding of American politics brehs.
I remember he was running for mayor and he was saying one of the biggest race issues in politics is the racism within the Democratic Party and how they pretend it’s not happening within the party.
Smart man,but also a fool of his solution to that is becoming a Republican
Ol’Otis
The Picasso of the Ghetto
The Charade
What’s he’s poll numbers for re-election thats will tell the story
UpAndComing
Veteran
"BUT DEMOCRACY IS ON THE LINE!"
Democracy is demonstrably a big charade perpetrated by the rich.
"Democracy" was created to trick Poor people into believing that they have a say in how the Government is run
There is no bigger drug than Hope
CreepyMcCreeperson
Veteran
We all know how much Republicans admit to the racism in their party.I remember he was running for mayor and he was saying one of the biggest race issues in politics is the racism within the Democratic Party and how they pretend it’s not happening within the party.
He might want to run for governor.
You have to do better than being a strawman troll.
typical loud mouth bozo with no plan
and you have audacity to call me troll
Literally true in the case of US history. Washington and his gang of traitors to the British Empire wanted it set up so that only their rich, white, male buddies could ever have power. Why do we have two sections of the legislative branch? The senate was invented so the rich could overturn any popular decisions from the House they didn't like. The founding fathers said this openly, I'd have to go digging in the crates to remember exactly where, but they wrote about this.
Every single time this gang has had to concede power, they've bytched about it and made certain there can only be the appearance of new options. Nothing is allowed that will threaten their real power.
I encourage people to vote, though. And I encourage people to notice that the chorus of "Shut up until after the election! After that we can do things!" will be repeated, again, election after election.
No and anybody who would spilt the vote to allow The GOP to win would be a fukking idiot. As of now there are to viable parties. Anybody with “black agenda” would have to work from within the dem party to achieve small incremental but steady changes. It won’t be glamorous and probably won’t even happen in their lifetimes but as my favorite quote says “A Society grows great when old men plant trees whose shade they know they shall never sit in.”
I wasn't aware we were in an argument.
Dallas Elected a Longtime Democrat as Mayor, but Now He's Defecting to the Republican Party
Four months after winning re-election as a Democrat, Dallas Mayor Eric Johnson says he's switching parties.
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Dallas Elected a Longtime Democrat as Mayor, but Now He's Defecting to the Republican Party
Four months after winning re-election as a Democrat, Dallas Mayor Eric Johnson says he's switching parties.
ByJessica Washington
Published2 hours ago
Eric Johnson, mayor of Dallas, right, speaks with Greg Abbott, governor of Texas, during a news conference in Dallas, Texas, US, on Tuesday, Aug. 23, 2022. A massive rainstorm in North Texas drenched parts of the Dallas-Fort Worth area with more than a foot of water, swamping roadways, triggering flash flood warnings and killing at least one person in what experts call a once-in-200-years event. Photo: Shelby Tauber/Bloomberg (Getty Images)
Only four months after winning re-election as a longtime Democrat, Dallas Mayor Eric Johnson announced that he was defecting to the Republican party. Before assuming office, Johnson served nearly a decade in the Texas Legislature as a Democrat — making his decision to switch parties all the more shocking.
On Friday, Johnson announced his decision in an 0p-ed in the Wall Street Journal. “Today I am changing my party affiliation,” wrote Johnson. “Next spring, I will be voting in the Republican primary. When my career in elected office ends in 2027 on the inauguration of my successor as mayor, I will leave office as a Republican.”
In his op-ed, Johnson says that he won 98.7% of the vote in his re-election. Although it’s worth noting that was when he was running as a registered Democrat in a county that President Joe Biden overwhelmingly carried. The mayoral position is technically non-partisan, but it’s hard to argue that running as a registered Democrat in a deep-blue county didn’t have some impact on the vote.
Johnson criticized Democratic leadership, arguing that Democratic mayors (of which he was one until a few hours ago) have allowed cities to crumble into “disarray” and lawlessness. Johnson also pats himself on the back for standing up against the defund the police movement.
Johnson paints a picture of Democratic Mayors that is wholly incongruent with the state of play in blue cities. New York City’s Democratic Mayor, Eric Adams, is literally a former cop. And D.C.’s Democratic Mayor Muriel Bowser has fought tooth and nail to prevent criminal justice reforms from going into effect.
He isn’t the only southern Democrat to defect to the Republican party in a dramatic fashion. In July, Georgia State Representative Mesha Mainor announced that she was switching to the Republican. Mainor, who served in a deep-blue Atlanta district, defended her decision by arguing that she was pushed out of the Democratic party. Mainor was criticized by Georgia Democrats but welcomed with open arms by folks like Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor-Greene, who applauded her decision to move parties.
As for Johnson, there will surely be a ton of backlash, but maybe, like Mainor, he’ll make some friends in his new party.