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He allegedly groomed her on a gaming social network and met her for sex in a classroom.

Pritt was initially elected to the state House as a Democrat in 2022 but changed his political affiliation to Republican the year after. Republican Party chair Elgine McArdle said in a statement that Pritt had realized that the “Democratic Party of today is not the Democratic Party that our parents grew up with.”

State Republicans have filed numerous bills seeking to restrict gender-affirming care for transgender minors, ban trans student-athletes from playing on sports teams that match their gender identity, and nullify cities’ non-discrimination ordinances.

In 2023, Pritt voted for a ban on gender-affirming care for trans youth. State Sen. Mike Azinger ® said that the bill was needed because gender is “self-evident” and that the bill was needed to stop doctors who want to “chop up a child,” even though gender affirming surgery is almost never performed on minors and the bill banned non-surgical interventions.

Why is it always the ones you most suspect?

  • BadmanDan@lemmy.world
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    3 days ago

    “Pritt had realized that the “Democratic Party of today is not the Democratic Party that our parents grew up with.”

    Not the glaze the Democrats, but I’m assuming this guy is Gen X or elder Millennial. All the Dems have done since the 80s/90s have done is move left on social services/regulation (slowly) and become more inclusive.

    Today’s Dems are objectively better than the era his parents grew up with.

    • Sunflier@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
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      3 days ago

      All the Dems have done since the 80s/90s have done is move left on social services/regulation (slowly) and become more inclusive.

      Since Regan (compounded by Citizens United), Dems have been diet Republicans: still siding with Republicans when its something the donors want, but more inclusive on cultural issues. Doubt me? Why did Obama model the heath-insurance reforms after Romney-care (a long sitting Republican) instead of Bernie’s idea of Medicare For All? Why did the party go with Hillary instead of Sanders? Why did Harris spend the entire campaign reassuring the donors rather than getting the base to turn out? Money carries more weight that the plebiscite.

      Basically, the culture stuff serves as a distraction while they loot and pillage the coffers.

      • BadmanDan@lemmy.world
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        5 hours ago

        1. Obamacare originally had a public option and didn’t have the votes. Also, what stopped Bernie from proposing Medicare For All for the last 10 years, he’s a literal Senator genius.

        2. The “party” did not choose Hillary Clinton over Bernie Sanders. The black voters did, the same voters he failed to reach out to, this is a demo Hillary and Biden aggressively targeted.

        3. You sound like a MAGAT, everything isn’t rigged against you and you’re not always right you pretentious spoiled fuck.