As Texas Republicans face increasing scrutiny over racist statements just weeks before the 2026 midterm elections, they’re turning to an old strategy to try to maintain control over a US Senate seat: transphobia.
An ad paid for by Texas PAC – which is associated with the Senate Leadership Fund, run by Senate Republicans – translates Donald Trump’s infamous line about Kamala Harris into Spanish and applies it to state Rep. James Talarico, the Democratic candidate for Senate in the state.
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Telorand@reddthat.com · 12 pts · 3d
Easy counter: Do you like the prospect of being swept up by ICE for sounding or looking "too foreign?" Didn't think so.
But sure, it's trans people that are the problem, and Republicans definitely will not spend the next two years disappearing you and your peers. Wait, they didn't promise that? Hmm...
dreamkeeper@literature.cafe · 4 pts · 3d
They tried the same thing in Virginia last year and failed miserably. The Dems won 67% of the Latin vote
alapakala@quokk.au · 7 pts · 3d
It’s Texas, it’s gonna work😭
SuiXi3D@fedia.io · 2 pts · 3d
As a Texan: Respectfully, like hell it will.
ninjabard@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 3d
As another Texan: With every respect, I'm voting for Talarico and Hinojosa. Abbott, Paxton, Cruz, and every other sycophant have shown no respect for this state. It's time to give them a Big Tex-sized Lucchese out the door.
alapakala@quokk.au · 2 pts · 3d
do it correctly, coward.
:guillotine:
Frenchgeek@lemmy.ml · 3 pts · 3d
alapakala@quokk.au · 2 pts · 3d
As the Texan that you say you are, I haven't seen a lick of intersection from you whatsoever.
Hell you aint.
Ensign_Crab@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 3d
You mean to tell me that walking back his support for trans people didn't make the attacks stop?
yeahiknow3@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 0 pts · 3d
some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org · 4 pts · 3d
"Hey, LatinX voters! We're rounding up your friends and loved ones by the hundreds or thousands and sending them to countries that brutalize them. It's pretty cool. Hey, did you know that some ladies have a penis?! Vote for me!"
john_tech@lemmy.zip · 2 pts · 3d
Breaking news: glutton uses fork to eat food
hardcoreufo@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 2d
If this works on them they deserve to get deported.