Democrats just got a 'major wake-up call'

[HARK!]

Mesha Mainor has left the Democratic Party to join the Republican Party.

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SHE SAID IN A TWEET "I DIDN'T

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LEAVE THE DEMOCRAT[ic] PARTY, THE

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DEMOCRAT[ic] PARTY LEFT ME" WHEN IT

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EMBRACED LEFT WING RADICALISM,

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LAWLESSNESS AND PUT THE INTEREST

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OF ILLEGAL ALIENS OVER THE

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INTERESTS OF AMERICANS.

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I HAVE NOTHING TO APOLOGIZE

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FOR."

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GEORGIA'S STATE REPRESENTATIVE

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MAYNOR IS THE FIRST BLACK

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REPUBLICAN WOMAN TO SERVE IN THE

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GEORGIA GENERAL ASSEMBLY.

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SHE REPRESENTED ONE OF THE

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BLUEST PARTS OF THE STATE.

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THE NEWLY MINTED REPUBLICAN

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DELIVERING A MESSAGE FOR BLACK

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AMERICANS VOTING FOR DEMOCRATS.

She said in an interview about this decision:

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THE DEMOCRAT[ic] PARTY HAS NOT

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BEEN FOCUSES ON BLACK AMERICANS

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FOR QUITE A WHILE NOW.

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WE CANNOT SAY THAT WE CARE ABOUT

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PEOPLE IN THE MARGINALIZED

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COMMUNITIES IF WE WANT TO KEEP

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THEM SUPPRESSED AND OPPRESSED.

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ONE OF THE THINGS THAT BOTHERED

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ME THE MOST, WHEN I WOULD ASK

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THEM WHY ARE WE DOING THIS?

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WHY IS IT OKAY FOR KIDS TO NOT

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BE ABLE TO READ?

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THEIR RESPONSE TO ME WAS WE HAVE

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GOT TO GIVE THEM HOPE.

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IN RESPONSE I WOULD SAY SINCE

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WHEN IS A LIE HOPE?

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IF YOU REALLY CARE ABOUT BLACK

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PEOPLE, THE BLACK PEOPLE THAT

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ARE ELECTED NEED TO DO SOMETHING

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ABOUT THE ISSUES FOR THE BLACK

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PEOPLE THAT THEY REPRESENT.

 

[Desk trauma]

Who?

 

[Hank77]

A MAJOR wake-up call? Are you sure?

That woman on Fox is such a drama queen.

 

[Ceallaigh]

Somehow I think they already know all that and don't care.

 

[Larniavc]

Mesha Mainor has left the Democratic Party to join the Republican Party.

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SHE SAID IN A TWEET "I DIDN'T

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LEAVE THE DEMOCRAT[ic] PARTY, THE

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DEMOCRAT[ic] PARTY LEFT ME" WHEN IT

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EMBRACED LEFT WING RADICALISM,

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LAWLESSNESS AND PUT THE INTEREST

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OF ILLEGAL ALIENS OVER THE

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INTERESTS OF AMERICANS.

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I HAVE NOTHING TO APOLOGIZE

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FOR."

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GEORGIA'S STATE REPRESENTATIVE

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MAYNOR IS THE FIRST BLACK

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REPUBLICAN WOMAN TO SERVE IN THE

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GEORGIA GENERAL ASSEMBLY.

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SHE REPRESENTED ONE OF THE

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BLUEST PARTS OF THE STATE.

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THE NEWLY MINTED REPUBLICAN

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DELIVERING A MESSAGE FOR BLACK

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AMERICANS VOTING FOR DEMOCRATS.

She said in an interview about this decision:

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THE DEMOCRAT[ic] PARTY HAS NOT

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BEEN FOCUSES ON BLACK AMERICANS

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FOR QUITE A WHILE NOW.

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WE CANNOT SAY THAT WE CARE ABOUT

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PEOPLE IN THE MARGINALIZED

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COMMUNITIES IF WE WANT TO KEEP

1:08
THEM SUPPRESSED AND OPPRESSED.

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ONE OF THE THINGS THAT BOTHERED

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ME THE MOST, WHEN I WOULD ASK

1:13
THEM WHY ARE WE DOING THIS?

1:15
WHY IS IT OKAY FOR KIDS TO NOT

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BE ABLE TO READ?

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THEIR RESPONSE TO ME WAS WE HAVE

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GOT TO GIVE THEM HOPE.

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IN RESPONSE I WOULD SAY SINCE

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WHEN IS A LIE HOPE?

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IF YOU REALLY CARE ABOUT BLACK

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PEOPLE, THE BLACK PEOPLE THAT

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ARE ELECTED NEED TO DO SOMETHING

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ABOUT THE ISSUES FOR THE BLACK

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PEOPLE THAT THEY REPRESENT.

Without watching I'm going to go out on a limb and say this is not a major warning for Dems.

 

[Arcangl86]

I have no idea who this woman is. Somebody with no real national prominence switching parties really isn't going to matter at al in the grand scheme of things.

 

[essentialsaltes]

SHE REPRESENTED [sic] ONE OF THE
BLUEST PARTS OF THE STATE.

I bet she'll get a wakeup call next November if she runs for reelection. She ran unopposed in 2020 and 2022. The district is so blue, Republicans didn't even field a candidate.

 

[Landon Caeli]

I don't know 'who' the democratic party is anymore. What does the platform even stand for?

 

[PloverWing]

If Representative Mainor can be a voice for racial justice in the Republican Party, then I think that's great.

 

[Landon Caeli]

If Representative Mainor can be a voice for racial justice in the Republican Party, then I think that's great.

I hope not! Not after seeing this sticker on the front door of the business I just bought a burrito at, where every single employee inside was still masked-up.

 

[Larniavc]

I hope not!

Wait, you don’t want racial justice?

 

[mark46]

I don't know 'who' the democratic party is anymore. What does the platform even stand for?

well more of a platform than the Republicans who refused to adopt a platform

 

[essentialsaltes]

I hope not! Not after seeing this sticker on the front door of the business I just bought a burrito at, where every single employee inside was still masked-up.

Time to cancel Pepsi?

 

[Landon Caeli]

Wait, you don’t want racial justice?

Anyone who says we don't already have it, is acting greedy, and is a radical extremist.

 

[Aldebaran]

Time to cancel Pepsi?

If they're pushing racist themes like that, then why not? Don't you want racial justice?

 

[essentialsaltes]

If they're pushing racist themes like that

Racist themes? Like what? I don't think they're suggesting that black restaurants (or their owners) are superior to others.

Don't you want racial justice?

Sure, but I expect to find that in the law and its even-handed execution, not free market capitalism.

 

[Aldebaran]

Racist themes? Like what? I don't think they're suggesting that black restaurants (or their owners) are superior to others.

Then why encourage people to buy from people of a specific skin color? That's not being inclusive of others. Why should anyone want to buy from a brand that tells people to buy from those who are black, but are silent about people of other skin colors?
They'd be far better off with a sign that reads, "Buy Pepsi, Enjoy Pepsi".

Sure, but I expect to find that in the law and its even-handed execution, not free market capitalism.

It's already in anti-discrimination law.

 

[Landon Caeli]

Time to cancel Pepsi?

<Edit> maybe.

(Wasn't sure what you meant at first)

 

[essentialsaltes]

That's not being inclusive of others.

Perhaps not, but it's not necessarily racist. But I am surprised at your support for DEI.

 

[HARK!]

Racist themes? Like what? I don't think they're suggesting that black restaurants (or their owners) are superior to others.

Change the words "Black" to "White;" and suddenly you have a group that is being investigated by the FBI.