Texans don’t deserve Joe, you bunch of ignorant assholes… you can have Trump and Elon if you want them, they’re yours…
this is how a country falls apart
Divided then conquered. For Russia and China this will be the greatest victory, one without battle.
Oh noes! Now Biden might not win Texas!
Think before you speak, dumbass.
Edit to clarify, said dumbass is the Lt. Gov, not OP, OP is cool.
Reactionary fascist is Big Mad, news @ 11.
Taking Biden off the ballot in Texas (like taking Trump off the ballot in Colorado) will almost certainly be irrelevant to the outcome of the presidential election, but it will contribute to an environment where approximately half the country considers the outcome of the 2024 election illegitimate no matter who wins.
Even keeping Trump on the ballot everywhere would not lead to him conceding quietly if he lost, but taking him off the ballot is going to make things much worse. Like it or not, he really could shoot someone in the middle of Fifth Avenue and still have the support of Republican voters, and they (like anybody else) will not be content to have the court system tell them that they can’t vote for him.
So courts should just violate the law to keep trump on the ballot? Why even have courts?
Congress can overturn it or you can pass a constitutional amendment changing the Constitution to fix it.
IMO this issue should be considered a political question by the courts, based on the notion that there exist some questions best resolved through the political process, in which voters can approve or correct the challenged action by voting for or against those involved in the decision.
But it’s not. There is no question: it’s explicitly laid out in the Constitution. Amending the Constitution is a political question. Or just abandoning the Constitution is an option. And of course the Constitution gives Congress the political power to re-add someone to the ballot by a political vote. The Court did what they should (except I think there is legitimate legal question about whether this should only have applied to the final ballot instead of primaries). What is done next is the political part.
“Seeing what happened in Colorado makes me think—except we believe in democracy in Texas—maybe we should take Joe Biden off the ballot in Texas for allowing eight million people to cross the border since he’s been president disrupting our state,” Patrick said.
Texas and Florida have been bussing people out of states. They already have a solution in place for this called “Dump your troubles onto someone else.”
The last time they actually put this into practice, Florida’s construction, agriculture, real estate, and education labor force all dropped. DeSantis had to repeal his own law and give raises just to get migrant workers back.
The problem isn’t that migrants are crossing the boarder, the problem is that the republican solution is outdated. We need a more managed and modern way of controlling immigration.
“We believe in democracy in Texas…except when our feelings get hurt.”
Or when people want to actually vote
The way I see it, Texas has the largest share of the US-Mexico border by far, so if anyone is failing when it comes to illegal immigration it’s Texas and the Republican politicians that run it.
Also, this is political theatre. Texas border cities and Texas in general are used to migrants, to the point that they’re just a natural part of the local culture. Republicans whinge about the border, but most people affected by it are like, “WTF are you on about?”
Also, Mexican food is incredible. One of the most visible benefits of multiculturalism. I can’t even imagine growing up in an America that only ever had English food. Boring.
Do it! Do it!
I want all the money drained out of there.
Did the Nazi Cunt throw up her right arm in celebration?
Gotta love the whataboutism:
“Sure, Trump committed several actual crimes, but Biden farted once, so that makes it ok!”
Just reading the article it’s pretty clear he doesn’t actually threaten to do this. He makes it clear they because they “believe in democracy” they wouldn’t do it. It was clearly a rhetorical device and not an actual threat. The title is garbage.
“The title is garbage.”
I can’t stand that this is the case with most articles now :(
It’s not like we can expect people to read beyond the titles. Reading comprehension doesn’t exist on link sharing sites where blasting comments reigns supreme 😂
There are small children who chase people Aroundvwith poop on a stick, who are more mature than the GOP.
Side tangent but it’s actually kind of an issue picking who is allowed to remove major party candidates from ballots.
538 mentioned some state where the parties pick a candidate and whatever they say goes, so it’s difficult to sue Trump off the ballot…but legitimately, what happens if a party nominates a 23 year old who is not constitutionally eligible to be president? What if the 23 year old wins?
So it makes sense to have since administrative structure where applications are received and evaluated, but shouldn’t those administrators be under the purview of an elected official? And won’t that elected official be biased for their own party? Is relying on next-election consequences the only way to reign in those elected officials?
