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Vivek Ramaswamy will announce run for Ohio governor 'shortly' (Original Post) edhopper Jan 17 OP
i hope he eats their pets rampartd Jan 17 #1
Do you live in Ohio.. Hope22 Jan 17 #2
Maybe the idiots who vote for the fix edhopper Jan 17 #4
I'd like to say it can't get worse but would never temp the gods! Hope22 Jan 17 #8
Wait so he's not going to DOGE?? This will be interesting. Will he make it out of a primary? tulipsandroses Jan 17 #3
I'm sure he'll do both Blue_Tires Jan 17 #6
I don't even know why they're bothering with the formality of an election Blue_Tires Jan 17 #5
How do the white kacekwl Jan 17 #7

Hope22

(3,807 posts)
2. Do you live in Ohio..
Fri Jan 17, 2025, 06:02 PM
Jan 17

…because it is living #e11 here and we do not deserve this crap! We have voted three times to fix the gerrymandering but surprise surprise the right wing knuckle draggers refuse the process and continue to lie and steal. Don’t worry the state is dying, young people moving out and females refusing to move in or stay due to continual threats to health care. Just saying. Not nice! In the meantime the state has two rethug senators and will continue to vote against you every chance they get! In addition another R governor here means that every election is slanted to R as the courts, Ag and Secretary of State keep us hostage. Enjoy!!

edhopper

(35,687 posts)
4. Maybe the idiots who vote for the fix
Fri Jan 17, 2025, 07:29 PM
Jan 17

stop voting for the people who refuse to do what they want. How bad can it be for them to wake up?
I am sure Vivek has plans to make it a $hithole.

Hope22

(3,807 posts)
8. I'd like to say it can't get worse but would never temp the gods!
Fri Jan 17, 2025, 09:27 PM
Jan 17

Last year 57% of the Ohio voters voted to protect women’s reproductive rights into our Constitution! It took our state representatives over a year to implement it and I can not tell you for certain the verbiage that they decided on. They are crooks and there should have been no post election debate. We passed legislation to fix the gerrymandering and then they fought the results of the committee work to the Ohio Supreme Ct. and then we did all of the work to put anti gerrymandering back on the ballot again this fall and they changed the issue yes means no and no means yes and we lost. The voters aren’t 100% stupid but the solid R gerrymandered State government is rotten and manipulative. That is why we are where we are. Basically our votes don’t count and now we have two red senators. Something that hasn’t happened in decades. We have many hard working Dems and a strong League of Women Voters but I think people are getting pretty hopeless in light of T back in the WH And no senator to call.

tulipsandroses

(7,095 posts)
3. Wait so he's not going to DOGE?? This will be interesting. Will he make it out of a primary?
Fri Jan 17, 2025, 07:24 PM
Jan 17

I may be wrong on this, but Vivek may have a hard time convincing MAGA to vote for the brown man that just basically said we need more brown immigrants because white people are not educated and don't have the same work ethic as brown folks. .
Also, the GOP now controls all branches of Government, they can't easily use Dems as scapegoats for anything that goes wrong. I am sure they will try though.

 

Blue_Tires

(57,596 posts)
6. I'm sure he'll do both
Fri Jan 17, 2025, 07:37 PM
Jan 17

And Trumpers know how to be pragmatic enough to support the people of color on **THEIR** side.

Hell, Trumpers are running a batshit insane black woman for governor in Virginia this fall, and she's already way ahead in the early polls 😞

 

Blue_Tires

(57,596 posts)
5. I don't even know why they're bothering with the formality of an election
Fri Jan 17, 2025, 07:33 PM
Jan 17

Oh, right... Vivek doesn't want to pass up the chance to fleece the rubes with all those juicy campaign contributions 💵💵💵💵💰💰💰

kacekwl

(8,132 posts)
7. How do the white
Fri Jan 17, 2025, 07:46 PM
Jan 17

racists down at the diner square voting for a dark man with a funny Muslimy name ?

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