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TX-24, You Now Have The Most Racist Congressperson In Texas (Original Post) Shell_Seas Nov 2020 OP
Hmm wonder what her priorities will be . What do her voters want to see from her election win? lunasun Nov 2020 #1
I really think that there are a ton of people who voted because there was an (R) next to her name... Shell_Seas Nov 2020 #3
Looks like a freak.. weird-looking woman. secondwind Nov 2020 #2
Most racist Congressperson in Texas - that is saying a lot. walkingman Nov 2020 #4
No kidding.... Shell_Seas Nov 2020 #6
Irving... RainCaster Nov 2020 #5
Gina Ortiz Jones was attacked for supporting LGBT rights Gothmog Nov 2020 #7
Very sad about this race LeftInTX Nov 2020 #8
I do... LostOne4Ever Nov 2020 #9

lunasun

(21,646 posts)
1. Hmm wonder what her priorities will be . What do her voters want to see from her election win?
Thu Nov 5, 2020, 11:29 AM
Nov 2020

From link
She absolutely hates Muslims, expect her to try enact racist legislation that that hurts Muslims while she’s in office.

Expect her to try and strip healthcare away from Texans, as she has promised on her own platform.

Van Duyne holds anti-immigration ideology and supported all of Trump’s racist attacks on asylum seekers from Central and South America.

She’s even against the Voting Rights Act and claims “there is no systemic or intended voter suppression occurring in our state.”

Shell_Seas

(3,333 posts)
3. I really think that there are a ton of people who voted because there was an (R) next to her name...
Thu Nov 5, 2020, 11:44 AM
Nov 2020

And didn't bother researching her positions.

Gothmog

(145,176 posts)
7. Gina Ortiz Jones was attacked for supporting LGBT rights
Thu Nov 5, 2020, 01:15 PM
Nov 2020

This is so very sad https://victoryfund.org/news/transphobic-ad-attacks-u-s-house-candidate-gina-ortiz-jones-latest-anti-lgbtq-ad-by-national-republican-group/

Today LGBTQ Victory Fund, the only national organization dedicated to electing LGBTQ people to public office, condemned the National Republican Campaign Committee (NRCC) for releasing a transphobic ad targeting U.S. House candidate Gina Ortiz Jones in Texas. The ad is the latest in a series of well-funded homophobic and transphobic attacks by the NRCC that target LGBTQ candidates. In the ad, the narrator says Jones, who is a military veteran, would “divert military money fortransgender re-assignment surgeries” and that she “doesn’t care about Texas.”

In late August, the NRCC urged outside groups to attack Jones because of her sexual orientation and featured a photo of Jones and her partner on the NRCC website. Her opponent Tony Gonzales has accused her of having a “transgender agenda,” a talking point also outlined on the NRCC website. Earlier this month, the NRCC launched a homophobic TV ad against Jon Hoadley, a gay candidate running for U.S. House against incumbent U.S. Representative Fred Upton in Michigan. Another homophobic ad was launched against him today. Both Gonzales and Upton refuse to denounce the anti-LGBTQ attacks.

Mayor Annise Parker, President & CEO of LGBTQ Victory Fund, released the following statement about the anti-LGBTQ campaign tactics and the refusal of Republican candidates to denounce them:
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