lol, no. King's district is 96% white. He's getting re-elected for as long as he wants.
Iowa as a whole is 91% white. A more useful measure would be that King's district is R+5, so yeah, he ain't leaving.
The point is that white people are going to be less likely to see anything problematic about his statements, whereas a minority is immediately going to see the implication. You'd see a much bigger effect if he was in, eg, one of the heavily Cuban GOP districts in Florida.
lol, no. King's district is 96% white. He's getting re-elected for as long as he wants.
Iowa as a whole is 91% white. A more useful measure would be that King's district is R+5, so yeah, he ain't leaving.
R+5 is enough if enough people find him too embarrassing (conservatives who may be a little racist themselves but mostly just feel uncomfortable if the subject's brought up by someone who's for social justice or for white nationalism alike).
lol, no. King's district is 96% white. He's getting re-elected for as long as he wants.
Iowa as a whole is 91% white. A more useful measure would be that King's district is R+5, so yeah, he ain't leaving.
R+5 is enough if enough people find him too embarrassing (conservatives who may be a little racist themselves but mostly just feel uncomfortable if the subject's brought up by someone who's for social justice or for white nationalism alike).
He'd have to lose a primary, which is pretty unlikely I'd think.
King represents a very white and very rural part of Iowa. He's a complete fucker but he accurately reflects the majority of voters opinions in that area. Iowa is very progressive until you get twenty miles from the major cities. Unfortunately, the majority of Iowans still live outside that area.
King represents a very white and very rural part of Iowa. He's a complete fucker but he accurately reflects the majority of voters opinions in that area. Iowa is very progressive until you get twenty miles from the major cities. Unfortunately, the majority of Iowans still live outside that area.
tbf, this description applies to pretty much every state I can think of besides Vermont, with slight tweaks on the distance needed.
For example, remember that Issa's district is in California.
King represents a very white and very rural part of Iowa. He's a complete fucker but he accurately reflects the majority of voters opinions in that area. Iowa is very progressive until you get twenty miles from the major cities. Unfortunately, the majority of Iowans still live outside that area.
tbf, this description applies to pretty much every state I can think of besides Vermont, with slight tweaks on the distance needed.
For example, remember that Issa's district is in California.
yeah, rural california is very very conservative.
i know, i grew up in it
it was all yes on 8 (ban on gay marriage) and their congressman is solidly republican forever.
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King represents a very white and very rural part of Iowa. He's a complete fucker but he accurately reflects the majority of voters opinions in that area. Iowa is very progressive until you get twenty miles from the major cities. Unfortunately, the majority of Iowans still live outside that area.
tbf, this description applies to pretty much every state I can think of besides Vermont, with slight tweaks on the distance needed.
For example, remember that Issa's district is in California.
yeah, rural california is very very conservative.
i know, i grew up in it
it was all yes on 8 (ban on gay marriage) and their congressman is solidly republican forever.
It always makes me laugh when I see Jefferson stickers and remember thats a real thing for a lot of people.
King represents a very white and very rural part of Iowa. He's a complete fucker but he accurately reflects the majority of voters opinions in that area. Iowa is very progressive until you get twenty miles from the major cities. Unfortunately, the majority of Iowans still live outside that area.
tbf, this description applies to pretty much every state I can think of besides Vermont, with slight tweaks on the distance needed.
For example, remember that Issa's district is in California.
yeah, rural california is very very conservative.
i know, i grew up in it
it was all yes on 8 (ban on gay marriage) and their congressman is solidly republican forever.
Issa's not from rural CA, like the Inland Empire. He's a product of the OC, in every sense.
King represents a very white and very rural part of Iowa. He's a complete fucker but he accurately reflects the majority of voters opinions in that area. Iowa is very progressive until you get twenty miles from the major cities. Unfortunately, the majority of Iowans still live outside that area.
tbf, this description applies to pretty much every state I can think of besides Vermont, with slight tweaks on the distance needed.
For example, remember that Issa's district is in California.
yeah, rural california is very very conservative.
i know, i grew up in it
it was all yes on 8 (ban on gay marriage) and their congressman is solidly republican forever.
Issa's not from rural CA, like the Inland Empire. He's a product of the OC, in every sense.
King represents a very white and very rural part of Iowa. He's a complete fucker but he accurately reflects the majority of voters opinions in that area. Iowa is very progressive until you get twenty miles from the major cities. Unfortunately, the majority of Iowans still live outside that area.
tbf, this description applies to pretty much every state I can think of besides Vermont, with slight tweaks on the distance needed.
For example, remember that Issa's district is in California.
yeah, rural california is very very conservative.
i know, i grew up in it
it was all yes on 8 (ban on gay marriage) and their congressman is solidly republican forever.
Issa's not from rural CA, like the Inland Empire. He's a product of the OC, in every sense.
He's been in Congress longer than he's been reppin South OC, it just so happens that Orange County and Northern San Diego County run very red. For very different reasons, but real red all the same.
Also, got a visit from the Dems this weekend. They're hitting up regular Dem voters to get them keyed in to the special election.
I (not officially registered with a party) got a flier dropped off at my door by people working for the Democratic headliner in GA-6 this weekend.
At least they're trying, but I can't imagine he has a real shot in this thing.
I'm tossing money at his campaign, but yeah.
It is kind of funny seeing them release polls where he is technically "leading" because they threw in 5 different Republicans. But he doesn't hit 50.1% in any of them, which means he'll make the runoff and then get trounced there.
I'll go vote for him twice anyway, but I'm not holding out any hope of flipping the seat.
Also, got a visit from the Dems this weekend. They're hitting up regular Dem voters to get them keyed in to the special election.
I (not officially registered with a party) got a flier dropped off at my door by people working for the Democratic headliner in GA-6 this weekend.
At least they're trying, but I can't imagine he has a real shot in this thing.
I'm tossing money at his campaign, but yeah.
It is kind of funny seeing them release polls where he is technically "leading" because they threw in 5 different Republicans. But he doesn't hit 50.1% in any of them, which means he'll make the runoff and then get trounced there.
I'll go vote for him twice anyway, but I'm not holding out any hope of flipping the seat.
Making a strong run at it does mean something. We need to start building up momentum now behind good local candidates everywhere.
Also, got a visit from the Dems this weekend. They're hitting up regular Dem voters to get them keyed in to the special election.
I (not officially registered with a party) got a flier dropped off at my door by people working for the Democratic headliner in GA-6 this weekend.
At least they're trying, but I can't imagine he has a real shot in this thing.
I'm tossing money at his campaign, but yeah.
It is kind of funny seeing them release polls where he is technically "leading" because they threw in 5 different Republicans. But he doesn't hit 50.1% in any of them, which means he'll make the runoff and then get trounced there.
I'll go vote for him twice anyway, but I'm not holding out any hope of flipping the seat.
Making a strong run at it does mean something. We need to start building up momentum now behind good local candidates everywhere.
Yeah, in theory, if you get a strong wrong. It made get some lazy people to get off their asses and vote because "well shit, I guess my vote really does matter."
Worth noting Trump was not particularly popular in the district (it was 51-49 one way or the other), if the Dems can make the race about him specifically and not the GOP in general, they have a shot.
Self-righteousness is incompatible with coalition building.
Well, Governor Branstad has officially said that Steve King's remarks don't reflect the views of Iowans, and that “We certainly don’t want David Duke or his kind coming to Iowa,” but he didn't actually, y'know, condemn King for saying those things.
King represents a very white and very rural part of Iowa. He's a complete fucker but he accurately reflects the majority of voters opinions in that area. Iowa is very progressive until you get twenty miles from the major cities. Unfortunately, the majority of Iowans still live outside that area.
tbf, this description applies to pretty much every state I can think of besides Vermont, with slight tweaks on the distance needed.
For example, remember that Issa's district is in California.
yeah, rural california is very very conservative.
i know, i grew up in it
it was all yes on 8 (ban on gay marriage) and their congressman is solidly republican forever.
Issa's not from rural CA, like the Inland Empire. He's a product of the OC, in every sense.
He also came damn close to losing last year.
Yeah, and his district actually went for hillary by a fairly decent margin, and he only won by a couple thousand (out of a few hundred thousand) votes. He's pretty vulnerable, if the dems can put up another former marine in 2018, and keep attention on how he's doing things like jumping over fences to avoid the press (and his constituents)
Well, Governor Branstad has officially said that Steve King's remarks don't reflect the views of Iowans, and that “We certainly don’t want David Duke or his kind coming to Iowa,” but he didn't actually, y'know, condemn King for saying those things.
Have any Republicans in a leadership position directly criticized King?
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Well, Governor Branstad has officially said that Steve King's remarks don't reflect the views of Iowans, and that “We certainly don’t want David Duke or his kind coming to Iowa,” but he didn't actually, y'know, condemn King for saying those things.
Have any Republicans in a leadership position directly criticized King?
why would they? most of them agree with him, and the rest are all about the eleventh commandment
Well, Governor Branstad has officially said that Steve King's remarks don't reflect the views of Iowans, and that “We certainly don’t want David Duke or his kind coming to Iowa,” but he didn't actually, y'know, condemn King for saying those things.
Have any Republicans in a leadership position directly criticized King?
Not unless I somehow got the winning lottery numbers.
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I went to Congressman Jeff Fortenberry's town hall this evening. There was some shouting from the crowd, but honestly, like, we're Nebraska Democrats, we're not particularly inclined to shout a whole. He seemed pretty shaky, to be honest. He said at least twice that the AHCA's refundable tax credits scale with income so that poor people get more, which... isn't true? Like at all?
He had the only microphone, which seemed like a petty power move consider there were a few hundred people there at least. I had to leave before the last few questions, but apparently, of the ones I missed, he started talking about the Postal Service which didn't have anything to do with the question?
There is no reason for a Democrat to go to bat for the AHCA, not ever, and I don't care how fucking red their state is. There are certain lines we don't cross, and a shit-ton of people dying is one of them, or else what is the point?
Some of these Congresspeople need ovarian/testicular transplants, and failing that, to be run out on a rail. This is not the time to be wishy-washy.
Pressure people in our party to oppose this shit, and if it doesn't take, primary them.
Edit: Fortenberry is a Republican, not a Democrat, but my point stands. I'm keeping a very close eye on the Democrats and expect blanket opposition.
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Could this be the thing that brings King down?
lol, no. King's district is 96% white. He's getting re-elected for as long as he wants.
Well he's doubling down on white nationalism on CNN this morning
*indignantly changes OKCupid preferences to omit white women*
The willful ignorance of minority republicans will never cease to amaze me.
Pssh, I was doing that already
GOP kisses his ring every four years too, which is one of the more obvious indicators of what they are.
while also being totally tone deaf and unaware of how races and how mixed race families work
Cuomo: "Everybody is calling you a racist over this, are you walking it back? I'm giving you a chance, you know."
King: "No. All in, 14 words."
No, he's a stone cold racist. We need to stop trying to see the best in Republicans. It's how the whole flawed campaign strategy happened.
Err, yes. That's what I said.
"He probably thinks he's being progressive" and "He's being progressive" are not the same thing.
Iowa as a whole is 91% white. A more useful measure would be that King's district is R+5, so yeah, he ain't leaving.
The point is that white people are going to be less likely to see anything problematic about his statements, whereas a minority is immediately going to see the implication. You'd see a much bigger effect if he was in, eg, one of the heavily Cuban GOP districts in Florida.
R+5 is enough if enough people find him too embarrassing (conservatives who may be a little racist themselves but mostly just feel uncomfortable if the subject's brought up by someone who's for social justice or for white nationalism alike).
He'd have to lose a primary, which is pretty unlikely I'd think.
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tbf, this description applies to pretty much every state I can think of besides Vermont, with slight tweaks on the distance needed.
For example, remember that Issa's district is in California.
yeah, rural california is very very conservative.
i know, i grew up in it
it was all yes on 8 (ban on gay marriage) and their congressman is solidly republican forever.
"We believe in the people and their 'wisdom' as if there was some special secret entrance to knowledge that barred to anyone who had ever learned anything." - Friedrich Nietzsche
It always makes me laugh when I see Jefferson stickers and remember thats a real thing for a lot of people.
Issa's not from rural CA, like the Inland Empire. He's a product of the OC, in every sense.
He also came damn close to losing last year.
He's been in Congress longer than he's been reppin South OC, it just so happens that Orange County and Northern San Diego County run very red. For very different reasons, but real red all the same.
The question I'd like answered is why Carlos Curbelo continues to be a part of the Republican party?
Tax cuts for the rich and "Well they mean those other brown people."
Really any minority GOP anyone is basically care more about less taxes than literally anything else.
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I (not officially registered with a party) got a flier dropped off at my door by people working for the Democratic headliner in GA-6 this weekend.
At least they're trying, but I can't imagine he has a real shot in this thing.
I'm tossing money at his campaign, but yeah.
It is kind of funny seeing them release polls where he is technically "leading" because they threw in 5 different Republicans. But he doesn't hit 50.1% in any of them, which means he'll make the runoff and then get trounced there.
I'll go vote for him twice anyway, but I'm not holding out any hope of flipping the seat.
Making a strong run at it does mean something. We need to start building up momentum now behind good local candidates everywhere.
Yeah, in theory, if you get a strong wrong. It made get some lazy people to get off their asses and vote because "well shit, I guess my vote really does matter."
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Nice chart to figure out how honest a news source is.
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Yeah, and his district actually went for hillary by a fairly decent margin, and he only won by a couple thousand (out of a few hundred thousand) votes. He's pretty vulnerable, if the dems can put up another former marine in 2018, and keep attention on how he's doing things like jumping over fences to avoid the press (and his constituents)
Have any Republicans in a leadership position directly criticized King?
why would they? most of them agree with him, and the rest are all about the eleventh commandment
Not unless I somehow got the winning lottery numbers.
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He had the only microphone, which seemed like a petty power move consider there were a few hundred people there at least. I had to leave before the last few questions, but apparently, of the ones I missed, he started talking about the Postal Service which didn't have anything to do with the question?
Some of these Congresspeople need ovarian/testicular transplants, and failing that, to be run out on a rail. This is not the time to be wishy-washy.
Pressure people in our party to oppose this shit, and if it doesn't take, primary them.
Edit: Fortenberry is a Republican, not a Democrat, but my point stands. I'm keeping a very close eye on the Democrats and expect blanket opposition.