With that in mind, Texas Democrats are salivating at the opportunity to oust Cruz next year. On Thursday, the Texas Democratic Party announced it is launching a “Beat Cruz War Room,” which will centralize opposition research and mass mobilization against Cruz.
And there’s plenty of tea to spill!
“No matter who our nominee ends up being, with the help of the Beat Cruz War Room, we’re going to send Ted Cruz packing—back to his preferred Cancun resort, his plush podcast studio, campaigning for other far-right extremists in random states, or wherever the hell else he currently does from 9 to 5 when he’s supposed to be working for us,” said Gilbert Hinojosa, chair of the Texas Democratic Party.
Cruz, who’s seeking a third term in 2024, is facing his strongest opposition yet. U.S. Representative Collin Allred is running for his seat, and the young lawmaker seems like he was created out of central casting. A fourth-generation Texan, the ex-linebacker played his college ball at Baylor and four seasons in the NFL.
Since being elected to Congress, he’s raked up a strong record of bipartisan achievements.
I’m running for U.S. Senate because Texans deserve a Senator whose team is Texas. Ted Cruz only cares about himself.
Cruz, meanwhile, scurried away to Cancún in February 2021, while millions of Texans suffered through freezing temps without heat.
No wonder why Allred has already raised $6.2 million in the two months since he launched his campaign. For comparison’s sake, it took Beto O’Rourke nine months of campaigning to raise that kind of cash.
We need to move forward and leave the Cruz’s behind.
Along with Allred, Texas state senator Roland Gutierrez, who represents Uvalde, is running for the Democratic nomination. “What happened in Uvalde wasn’t just about guns. It was about neglect—the neglect of rural Texas, the neglect of the systems in this state that are supposed to keep us safe,” he said in his campaign announcement.
I had not the slightest desire to see Barbie until Ted Cruz revealed that she's a Communist. Now I'm inviting my entire block…I mean bloc.https://t.co/cwBL2zYoN5
— Jeffrey St. Clair, CounterPunch (@JeffreyStClair3) July 9, 2023
— dan the nonbinary man ????? (@kingdanimals) July 13, 2023
While the landscape for Democrats in Texas remains difficult—they haven’t won a statewide race since 1994—Cruz is uniquely vulnerable. The attention-seeking politician remains one of the 10 most unpopular senators in the country, pulling in a 46% disapproval rating among voters in the Lone Star State.
It doesn’t look like the “Beat Cruz War Room” will ever run out of material. That’s great news for the people of Texas, and bad news for Cancún Cruz’s reelection hopes.
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It’s funny though, I remember Shaver claiming Cruz is an ally because he spoke out against the terrible Uganda law as though that makes up for everything else he’s done.
Oh, please. Y’all have been pulling the same song-and-dance for the past two election cycles. How is this person any different from Beto O’ Rourke? That person also raised buckets of money and got his a$$ handed to him. Y’all should just recycle posts from past election cycles. It could save Queerty money.
You support anti-gay politician Ron DeSantis who has built his career on demonizing LGBT people and people of color so your intentions are really suspect.
Also, Jared, do you think Queerty is spending money on this race? Really?
It’s a protest vote. I don’t agree with Biden. He’s got the centrist competition in the No Labels Party and West on the Green Party ticket. I plan on being one of Biden’s 2020 deflection votes.
Is it a surprise that a conservative troll is trying to discourage people from donating to candidate that might beat someone as terrible as Ted Cruz?
Is it a surprise that a conservative troll is trying to encourage people to make “protest votes” that will help the truly terrible anti-gay Republican Party gain more power?
The answer, of course, is no. Don’t fall for the mendacious decrans, or Shaver, or inbama, or frappachino, etc…
I’m not encouraging anyone to make protest votes. I’m explaining my viewpoints since everyone wants to paint me as a Republican. Not a Republican. I’m a disenfranchised former Democrat. Ask the Black newly minted Republican politician in Georgia. There is a large segment of voters like myself. Y’all can’t handle it. You just want to name-call. And like I said, that was such a winning strategy for Ol’ Hillary back in 2016.
decrans is a shill for Ron DeSantis and is trying to drum up fake outrage over Biden, who is doing quite well and very well by us LGBT people. He’s a liar and he’s trying to help the homophobic politician he works for win.
Y’all seriously think people are going to change votes based on Queerty comments? The only fools hanging onto my every word are you two. I view this as entertainment.
Decrabs the keyboard warrior, with his magic fedora made of liberal tears! Watch as he wastes his whole day arguing on various fora! Experience the terror of decrabs trying to define the word “spectrum”! Can you survive the onslaught of unrelated statistics and references to Hunter Biden’s laptop?
Beto came very close to beating Cruz. He did not have his “ass handed to him “
Texas is turning blue and Cruz will likely be the first political casualty.
With Abbott to follow. If we time it right perhaps Ted can be the one who ROLLS Abbott down the ramp when Abbott’s governship ends due to voter showing their disgust for him.
Republicans continued their 28-year dominance of statewide races but fell short of their hopes for a South Texas congressional sweep. How is that turning blue. I realize (like the Trump voters) y’all like inventing your own reality. Men can become women, etc. But on what planet do you exist on that Republicans continuing their 28-year dominance translates into turning Texas blue?
Which means it’s worth trying to win in Texas. And you support Ron Desantis so you shouldn’t be going around accusing other people of inventing their own reality. You and your NAZI roommate.
Honeychild, Texas has a large rural population. Your party now thinks men can become women. How do you reach these rural voters beyond Hispanic counties on the Southern border? Pretending men can become women some more? Let me know how that goes. Stop playing dumb. You know the score.
I’m only stating the facts from the polls. Only 42 percent of Texan voters care about gun control. If that’s your plan, you have your work cut out for you. Beto tried it already. Insert shrug emoji.
You’re a shill for the anti-gay Republican party. You’re not a supporter of LGBT people. You work for an anti-gay Republican politician and everything you say is meant to suppress the vote. You’re a liar.
Believe it or not that is not the only issue on the mind of voters. People transitioning is a very small percentage of the population.
Many more outraged at gun violence and the fact that republicans refuse to do anything about it.
Sure, Jan. Beto played that same card. We can see how well that worked out for him. If you really want Texas to turn purple, you’re gonna have to dig deeper beyond the usual crap. That’s just the way it is.
I have the news and weather for you, girl. Gerrymandered districts are not gonna be changed in Texas with the current political makeup. As I said, you are going to have to do better at crafting a message beyond the idiotic idea that men can become women. (Sixty four percent of Americans disagree with that premise.) What’s your winning message to rural voters to turn Texas purple? I see a lot of vitriol and mostly crickets. Good luck, gang!
decrans is a conservative shill who is trying to pretend to be “one of us” when in reality he is working for our destruction. He supports anti-gay politicians who are trying to take away our rights and are directly targeting trans people and are looking to overturn marriage equality.
I agree with them. Trans is ideology that shouldn’t be taught to children. Obama came to the same conclusion in 2016 (see below). You can’t handle it. That’s on you. Not on me.
Really? Where are the studies on that? Let’s see some brain scans. And btw, if trans isn’t a new ideology, let’s see the graphs of trans people going back to the 1700s.
From NPR: ‘Among Democrats, opinion is fairly split: a plurality, 46%, support trans female athletes’ right to compete on women’s and girls sports teams, while 41% oppose it.’
You hear that, Bosch? That’s your own ideology. It’s not even 50 percent. Maybe instead of yapping about the conservatives, you should try focusing on liberals. You wanna know why Biden makes half hearted concessions to the trans community? He’s a lifelong politico and knows how to read the writing on the go–mn wall. That’s why.
“let’s see the graphs of trans people going back to the 1700s.”
I hope you’re joking. How can you pretend to be ex-trans, and yet be so uninformed?
Katoys? Hijras? Nadleehi? Trans people have always existed. And the further you get from our species, the more trans things become. Reptiles, fish, birds, amphibians, they don’t just change gender expression, they change their sex.
Oh my goodness, Bosch! From that same poll, 40 percent of Democrats strongly or somewhat oppose trans healthcare for youth! What do you know? My god, you look like a fool again.
Yeah, but they still look like their birth gender in India. The vast majority. Just because I put on a fright wig does not make me Tina god-amn Turner. You shouldn’t be telling kids otherwise. It’s the same as evangelicals telling them about an imaginary sky god. Same f—-ing principle at play.
“but they still look like their birth gender in India.”
So? Being trans is a biological configuration, not an aesthetic ideal. People in the West undergo physical transitions in order to become more “normal”.
“It is a sizable minority that exists within your own ideology”
Yeah thanks again for confirming that the majority are supportive of trans-identified youth.
Yeah. And you’re not explaining that there’s a better chance that they will still look like their birth gender in spite of everything. Present the facts. Present the facts.
Whatever left-wing jargon you want to use then. Let them know that certain gender markers will never change. And that’s a fact rooted in reality and not politicized pseudoscience.
Yeah, it is. That’s what my transgender doctors used constantly. Maybe instead of yapping about making trans health care better, you should try to make an attempt. As liberals are known to do, you want to yap about problems as opposed to actually fixing said problems.
Bosch, you can stop looking like a complete fool in the comments. It’s getting tiresome. From the APA: “gender may be distinct from the physical markers of biological sex.” THE APA, Bosch! Please STFU and come back when you know what you’re talking about.
And again, I will say whatever I say. I do not believe in your politicized pseudoscience (along with the vast majority of Americans.) These are all terms y’all pulled out of your butts in the past 15 years and you expect people to roll over like a dog and just adopt the jargon. (Again, kind of like the evangelical Christians. It’s a circle on the Venn Diagram.)
Q Anon is waiting your return to the Home Office. They feel your time here is being wasted on the devient Queer Community. They are not on your level, you are far superior. Oh you, the Intiate!
There was a PS in the note……….PLEASE KILL YOURSELF WHILE YOU WASTE YOUR TIME!! PLEASE!
He did butcher deviant, though. Look into Hooked on Phonics, abs. There’s no shame in being illiterate. They even have apps now to help you learn basic words.
There are a lot more people who have successfully and happily transitioned than you seem to realize. Granted there are some for whom it did not work out. They need support too.
Uh huh. Your homeboy Obama came to the opposite conclusion in 2016. “In 2016, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services revisited the question of whether sex reassignment surgery would have to be covered by Medicare plans. Despite receiving a request that its coverage be mandated, it refused, on the ground that we lack evidence that it benefits patients. Based on a thorough review of the clinical evidence available at this time, there is not enough evidence to determine whether gender reassignment surgery improves health outcomes for Medicare beneficiaries with gender dysphoria. There were conflicting (inconsistent) study results—of the best designed studies, some reported benefits while others reported harms. The quality and strength of evidence were low due to the mostly observational study designs with no comparison groups, potential confounding, and small sample sizes. Many studies that reported positive outcomes were exploratory type studies (case-series and case-control) with no confirmatory follow-up.”
There are still plenty of people within your own party who disagree with you in 2022. Consult any poll. It’s easier to go after conservatives than the sensible people within your own ideology, isn’t it?
Conservatives are “going after” trans people, gays, and drag queens, because dividing the American people through hatred and bigotry are the only way the republicans know to get votes.
“Consult any poll” he says. Very well, I think I’ll do just that.
“Fewer than three in ten people support state laws that prohibit gender-affirming care for minors or that criminalize providers of that care. Among Republicans, 26 percent support bills that prohibit this medical care, while 70 percent are opposed. That’s on par with where Democrats landed on the issue, with 26 percent in favor of such bills and 69 percent opposed.” April 16, 2021
Huh! Would you look at that! It’s almost as if decrabs is full of lies!
Uh yeah, that’s a sizable chunk within your own party. A majority of Black Democrats have trouble with it as well. Is it any wonder Pete Buttigeg landed zero percent of the Black vote? These are the problems that you need to address within your own party. Thank you for bolstering my arguments. Truly.
Well, talk to the commenter below who brought up the dwindling support among Hispanics. And that’s the point, Bosch. Intersectionality. How will your radical gender ideology coalesce with the needs of minority voters? As we have seen from my comments and the various NPR polls, time and time again, they are not meshing. You want to win over the Hispanic voters at the Texas border? These are the questions you should be asking! Put down the trans ideology smelling vapors and start digging out some answers, Baby boy.
The nation would be better off, and I would be happy, if that sanctimonious windbag Cruz were to lose. But I think the Republicans have been rigging the elections in Texas for years. The Democrats need to get out the vote in any case. Meanwhile, I recall that
I do not like that Senator Cruz
I do not like his far right views
I do not like his stupid chin
I do not like his smarmy grin
I do not like him with a beard
I do not like him freshly sheared
I do not like what he just said
I do not like his boxy head
I do not like him wearing glasses
I do not like him greeting kids in classes
I do not like his stupid suits
I do not like his cowboy boots
I do not like him when he sneezes
I do not like him eating cheeses
I do not like him in the leaves
I do not like him when he feeds
I do not like him by a wall
I do not like his tattoo at all
I do not like him in a room
I do not like him in Cancun
I do not like him playing ball
I do not like his face at all
From John Oliver
I also donated to Collin Allred. Also Roland Gutierrez is also a deserved candidate who fought for the parents and surviving students of Uvalde, TX. Texans need to exterminate both Ted Cruz and Gov. Greg Abbott. We all can help contribute to flip Texas in 2024 folks.
“Exterminate” is too strong a term, but voting out both Cruz, a useless ideologue who does nothing for Texas, and Abbott, who fiddles like Nero as Texas is burning to a crisp in part because he refuses to do anything to address climate change and even vowed to cut out any budget support for green and renewable energy, would be a net positive for Texas, the US and the globe.
I wish we didn’t feed these false hopes to people. There is no way in the next 2 decades that a Democrat will win governor or senator in TX. They have made it virtually impossible. With the Hispanic population starting to vote conservative, it isn’t realistic or even probable. I had to leave because I saw the writing on the wall. Let’s focus on the states we can win like Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, Michigan, Nevada, Arizona, and Georgia!
What load of BS, the US electoral system automatically results in the incumbents re’election’. Minor protest commentary means nothing against a system that the same idiots are allowed to run year after year, needs to be a limit placed on their time in the legislator and then allow a real choice to vote for the candidates to be chosen on their campaign not just the donkey voting system that exists in the US. Same applies to the tired old democrat candidates.
All of the worthless arguing between some of the previous commentors is a time suck. Since this IS the 21st century lets do away with elected government and replace the political class with an AI run government. Just think we wouldn’t have to endure those worthless politicians in all parties waste time and spew the same talking points.
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DBMC
I’ve donated to his opponents.
It’s funny though, I remember Shaver claiming Cruz is an ally because he spoke out against the terrible Uganda law as though that makes up for everything else he’s done.
decrans
Oh, please. Y’all have been pulling the same song-and-dance for the past two election cycles. How is this person any different from Beto O’ Rourke? That person also raised buckets of money and got his a$$ handed to him. Y’all should just recycle posts from past election cycles. It could save Queerty money.
DBMC
You support anti-gay politician Ron DeSantis who has built his career on demonizing LGBT people and people of color so your intentions are really suspect.
Also, Jared, do you think Queerty is spending money on this race? Really?
decrans
I don’t support him. I accept money from his PAC. I’m probably voting for Cornel West or West Virginia Joe or not voting at all. Nice try, though.
DBMC
If you’re claiming people are wasting their money Cornel West is a good way to do it. Really poor attempt.
You’re a shill for DeSantis and your roommate’s a Nazi.
decrans
Blah, blah, blah. We heard it several times over.
decrans
It’s a protest vote. I don’t agree with Biden. He’s got the centrist competition in the No Labels Party and West on the Green Party ticket. I plan on being one of Biden’s 2020 deflection votes.
DBMC
Is it a surprise that a conservative troll is trying to discourage people from donating to candidate that might beat someone as terrible as Ted Cruz?
Is it a surprise that a conservative troll is trying to encourage people to make “protest votes” that will help the truly terrible anti-gay Republican Party gain more power?
The answer, of course, is no. Don’t fall for the mendacious decrans, or Shaver, or inbama, or frappachino, etc…
still_onthemark
@DeCramps: In 2018 it was Cruz 50.9%, O’Rourke 48.3% – pretty close. Is it that hard for you to imagine it could get just a bit closer next time?
Cancun Cruz keeps writing the Democrats’ ads for them.
decrans
I’m not encouraging anyone to make protest votes. I’m explaining my viewpoints since everyone wants to paint me as a Republican. Not a Republican. I’m a disenfranchised former Democrat. Ask the Black newly minted Republican politician in Georgia. There is a large segment of voters like myself. Y’all can’t handle it. You just want to name-call. And like I said, that was such a winning strategy for Ol’ Hillary back in 2016.
Bosch
“since everyone wants to paint me as a Republican”
That’s your doing.
So you’re just canvassing for the republicans? Or was that a lie too?
dbmcvey
decrans is a shill for Ron DeSantis and is trying to drum up fake outrage over Biden, who is doing quite well and very well by us LGBT people. He’s a liar and he’s trying to help the homophobic politician he works for win.
decrans
Y’all seriously think people are going to change votes based on Queerty comments? The only fools hanging onto my every word are you two. I view this as entertainment.
Bosch
“I view this as entertainment.”
Decrabs the keyboard warrior, with his magic fedora made of liberal tears! Watch as he wastes his whole day arguing on various fora! Experience the terror of decrabs trying to define the word “spectrum”! Can you survive the onslaught of unrelated statistics and references to Hunter Biden’s laptop?
Coming straight to video!
dbmcvey
decrans, I don’t think they will change votes based on your truly despicable comments, but that doesn’t seem to stop you from trying.
decrans
And you’re not wasting your day? You reply to my every comment.
Bosch
“You reply to my every comment,” he says, in his reply.
COTTONTOP
Folks, the best way to deal with a troll (and nazis) is to ignore it. Attention is what it wants.
cc423
The people of Texas are as sick and tired of Cruz’s BS as the readers of Queerty are sick and tired of your ridiculous BS.
Mister P
Beto came very close to beating Cruz. He did not have his “ass handed to him “
Texas is turning blue and Cruz will likely be the first political casualty.
DBMC
Descans has a selective memory when it comes to history. It’s because he gets all his information from right wing propaganda sites.
Bengali
With Abbott to follow. If we time it right perhaps Ted can be the one who ROLLS Abbott down the ramp when Abbott’s governship ends due to voter showing their disgust for him.
decrans
Republicans continued their 28-year dominance of statewide races but fell short of their hopes for a South Texas congressional sweep. How is that turning blue. I realize (like the Trump voters) y’all like inventing your own reality. Men can become women, etc. But on what planet do you exist on that Republicans continuing their 28-year dominance translates into turning Texas blue?
DBMC
Which means it’s worth trying to win in Texas. And you support Ron Desantis so you shouldn’t be going around accusing other people of inventing their own reality. You and your NAZI roommate.
decrans
Honeychild, Texas has a large rural population. Your party now thinks men can become women. How do you reach these rural voters beyond Hispanic counties on the Southern border? Pretending men can become women some more? Let me know how that goes. Stop playing dumb. You know the score.
DBMC
Honeybooboo, you support anti-gay politicians. Listening to you would be a stupid mistake.
decrans
I’m only stating the facts from the polls. Only 42 percent of Texan voters care about gun control. If that’s your plan, you have your work cut out for you. Beto tried it already. Insert shrug emoji.
DBMC
You’re a shill for the anti-gay Republican party. You’re not a supporter of LGBT people. You work for an anti-gay Republican politician and everything you say is meant to suppress the vote. You’re a liar.
abfab
Polls are not facts, asshole. Oh nevermind.
decrans
No, but they’re a good indicator of where things stand.
Bosch
“Men can become women, etc.”
So you’ve finally dropped that ex-trans charade?
decrans
Can men become women? Few rarely pass. That’s a lie you’re selling to impressionable children.
dbmcvey
Hey decrans, can anti-gay conservative trolls come on this site and say stupid things. Obviously, you’re proof of that.
Bosch
You sure think about children a lot.
decrans
You sure think about me a lot. I have a chunky dong, btw.
Bosch
Of course, you go from children to your dong.
decrans
I can send pics since you spend your day thinking about me, Bosch.
COTTONTOP
Please folks, ignore the nazi troll. Attention is what it seeks – don’t give any to it.
Bosch
Sorry decrans, I’m attracted to intelligence. Good luck though!
Mister P
Dee Crass just wants to make nasty, inane comments rather than have any kind of intelligent discussion.
COTTONTOP
And the best way to deal with it is to ignore it completely. Trust me, it will go away if we just ignore it.
Mister P
Believe it or not that is not the only issue on the mind of voters. People transitioning is a very small percentage of the population.
Many more outraged at gun violence and the fact that republicans refuse to do anything about it.
decrans
Sure, Jan. Beto played that same card. We can see how well that worked out for him. If you really want Texas to turn purple, you’re gonna have to dig deeper beyond the usual crap. That’s just the way it is.
DBMC
Did Beto play that card? He almost won in an incredibly jerrymandered state. We should go deeper into that.
And you shill for anti-gay politicians so you have no credibility.
DBMC
Interesting, there was another former right wing troll on the site who typed “sure Jan” all the time.
Hmmm…. Are they recycling our trolls?
decrans
I have the news and weather for you, girl. Gerrymandered districts are not gonna be changed in Texas with the current political makeup. As I said, you are going to have to do better at crafting a message beyond the idiotic idea that men can become women. (Sixty four percent of Americans disagree with that premise.) What’s your winning message to rural voters to turn Texas purple? I see a lot of vitriol and mostly crickets. Good luck, gang!
dbmcvey
decrans is a conservative shill who is trying to pretend to be “one of us” when in reality he is working for our destruction. He supports anti-gay politicians who are trying to take away our rights and are directly targeting trans people and are looking to overturn marriage equality.
decrans
I support people who give me a paycheck. It’s called capitalism.
dbmcvey
You, decrans, work for people who want to take away our rights and even “end” us. At best you’re despicable, at worst you’re a kapo.
Bosch
“I support people who give me a paycheck. It’s called capitalism.”
No, that’s called being a sellout. Or a whore, depending on the context.
decrans
I agree with them. Trans is ideology that shouldn’t be taught to children. Obama came to the same conclusion in 2016 (see below). You can’t handle it. That’s on you. Not on me.
dbmcvey
Of course you agree decrans, because you’re an anti-gay shill working for anti-gay politicians.
Bosch
“Obama came to the same conclusion in 2016 ”
Uhm, no. Obama explicitly embedded trans care and trans protections into Obamacare. This was reversed in 2020 under Trump, and reinstated by Biden.
You are so full of lies, it’s crazy.
Bosch
“Trans is ideology”
Being trans is a neurological and biological configuration. It is both physically and chemically measurable.
Discriminating against people because they are different from you, that is an ideology.
decrans
Really? Where are the studies on that? Let’s see some brain scans. And btw, if trans isn’t a new ideology, let’s see the graphs of trans people going back to the 1700s.
decrans
From NPR: ‘Among Democrats, opinion is fairly split: a plurality, 46%, support trans female athletes’ right to compete on women’s and girls sports teams, while 41% oppose it.’
You hear that, Bosch? That’s your own ideology. It’s not even 50 percent. Maybe instead of yapping about the conservatives, you should try focusing on liberals. You wanna know why Biden makes half hearted concessions to the trans community? He’s a lifelong politico and knows how to read the writing on the go–mn wall. That’s why.
Bosch
Decrans, sports are a completely separate issue from health care and education.
Swing and a miss.
Bosch
“let’s see the graphs of trans people going back to the 1700s.”
I hope you’re joking. How can you pretend to be ex-trans, and yet be so uninformed?
Katoys? Hijras? Nadleehi? Trans people have always existed. And the further you get from our species, the more trans things become. Reptiles, fish, birds, amphibians, they don’t just change gender expression, they change their sex.
decrans
Oh my goodness, Bosch! From that same poll, 40 percent of Democrats strongly or somewhat oppose trans healthcare for youth! What do you know? My god, you look like a fool again.
Bosch
40% is a minority. Go measure something by it’s z-score or something.
decrans
Yeah, but they still look like their birth gender in India. The vast majority. Just because I put on a fright wig does not make me Tina god-amn Turner. You shouldn’t be telling kids otherwise. It’s the same as evangelicals telling them about an imaginary sky god. Same f—-ing principle at play.
decrans
Correct, Bosch. It is a sizable minority that exists within your own ideology. Correct!
Bosch
“but they still look like their birth gender in India.”
So? Being trans is a biological configuration, not an aesthetic ideal. People in the West undergo physical transitions in order to become more “normal”.
“It is a sizable minority that exists within your own ideology”
Yeah thanks again for confirming that the majority are supportive of trans-identified youth.
decrans
Okay, then. Tell that to kids before signing them up for lifelong medicalization. The detrans numbers are growing, baby!
Bosch
“Tell that to kids before signing them up for lifelong medicalization”
Educate children better on what it means to be trans? Wow, that’s a great idea! If only someone had thought of that before…
decrans
Yeah. And you’re not explaining that there’s a better chance that they will still look like their birth gender in spite of everything. Present the facts. Present the facts.
Bosch
It’s not “birth gender”, it’s sex assigned at birth. Sex is a physical descriptor, gender is not.
decrans
Whatever left-wing jargon you want to use then. Let them know that certain gender markers will never change. And that’s a fact rooted in reality and not politicized pseudoscience.
Bosch
Ah ok. “Sex assigned at birth” is left wing jargon and pseudoscience, but your made up term “gender markers” is rooted in reality?
I’d like a smart troll now, please. Someone get me a smart troll.
decrans
Yeah, it is. That’s what my transgender doctors used constantly. Maybe instead of yapping about making trans health care better, you should try to make an attempt. As liberals are known to do, you want to yap about problems as opposed to actually fixing said problems.
Bosch
“transgender doctors” wow so convincing
Doctors use the word “sex” because it’s the correct word.
Did you drop out of school or something?
decrans
Bosch, you can stop looking like a complete fool in the comments. It’s getting tiresome. From the APA: “gender may be distinct from the physical markers of biological sex.” THE APA, Bosch! Please STFU and come back when you know what you’re talking about.
decrans
And again, I will say whatever I say. I do not believe in your politicized pseudoscience (along with the vast majority of Americans.) These are all terms y’all pulled out of your butts in the past 15 years and you expect people to roll over like a dog and just adopt the jargon. (Again, kind of like the evangelical Christians. It’s a circle on the Venn Diagram.)
abfab
Q Anon is waiting your return to the Home Office. They feel your time here is being wasted on the devient Queer Community. They are not on your level, you are far superior. Oh you, the Intiate!
There was a PS in the note……….PLEASE KILL YOURSELF WHILE YOU WASTE YOUR TIME!! PLEASE!
decrans
Wow. Abs didn’t badly butcher words in a Trump-ian vein for once. Color me impressed.
decrans
He did butcher deviant, though. Look into Hooked on Phonics, abs. There’s no shame in being illiterate. They even have apps now to help you learn basic words.
dbmcvey
decrans, still trying to gaslight us. What a pathetic troll.
Mister P
There are a lot more people who have successfully and happily transitioned than you seem to realize. Granted there are some for whom it did not work out. They need support too.
decrans
Uh huh. Your homeboy Obama came to the opposite conclusion in 2016. “In 2016, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services revisited the question of whether sex reassignment surgery would have to be covered by Medicare plans. Despite receiving a request that its coverage be mandated, it refused, on the ground that we lack evidence that it benefits patients. Based on a thorough review of the clinical evidence available at this time, there is not enough evidence to determine whether gender reassignment surgery improves health outcomes for Medicare beneficiaries with gender dysphoria. There were conflicting (inconsistent) study results—of the best designed studies, some reported benefits while others reported harms. The quality and strength of evidence were low due to the mostly observational study designs with no comparison groups, potential confounding, and small sample sizes. Many studies that reported positive outcomes were exploratory type studies (case-series and case-control) with no confirmatory follow-up.”
DBMC
DeCrans doesn’t care about trans people beyond demonizing them.
Bosch
Decrabs, nothing of what you posted disproves what Mister P said.
Do you do this on a lot of websites, or just Queerty?
decrans
It shows that people on the left aren’t convinced. For some reason, y’all idiots want to focus on the conservatives.
dbmcvey
It shows that you, decrans, are a lying shill who works for anti-gay politicians.
Bosch
“It shows that people on the left aren’t convinced.”
“Aren’t” is present tense. 2016 is not in the present. I did a quick Google search about the current state of Medicaid and trans care, and guess what?
decrans
There are still plenty of people within your own party who disagree with you in 2022. Consult any poll. It’s easier to go after conservatives than the sensible people within your own ideology, isn’t it?
dbmcvey
And it will be worked out by our party decrans, not by anti-gay trolls like you.
Bosch
No one is “going after” conservatives.
Conservatives are “going after” trans people, gays, and drag queens, because dividing the American people through hatred and bigotry are the only way the republicans know to get votes.
Bosch
“Consult any poll” he says. Very well, I think I’ll do just that.
“Fewer than three in ten people support state laws that prohibit gender-affirming care for minors or that criminalize providers of that care. Among Republicans, 26 percent support bills that prohibit this medical care, while 70 percent are opposed. That’s on par with where Democrats landed on the issue, with 26 percent in favor of such bills and 69 percent opposed.” April 16, 2021
Huh! Would you look at that! It’s almost as if decrabs is full of lies!
decrans
Uh yeah, that’s a sizable chunk within your own party. A majority of Black Democrats have trouble with it as well. Is it any wonder Pete Buttigeg landed zero percent of the Black vote? These are the problems that you need to address within your own party. Thank you for bolstering my arguments. Truly.
Bosch
You run out of arguments so you start rambling about black people with a capitalised B, and Pete Buttigieg.
Good night, nutcase.
decrans
Oh baby. You mad about Mayo Pete’s zero percent of the Black vote. Poor baby.
Bosch
You’re not even trying anymore.
I tire of this troll. Bring me a new one.
decrans
Well, talk to the commenter below who brought up the dwindling support among Hispanics. And that’s the point, Bosch. Intersectionality. How will your radical gender ideology coalesce with the needs of minority voters? As we have seen from my comments and the various NPR polls, time and time again, they are not meshing. You want to win over the Hispanic voters at the Texas border? These are the questions you should be asking! Put down the trans ideology smelling vapors and start digging out some answers, Baby boy.
Bosch
Hi, sorry, I asked for a new troll, but this is still the same really dumb troll.
abfab
”BRING OUT YOUR DEAD-BRING OUT YOUR DEAD”!!!!!
Fahd
The nation would be better off, and I would be happy, if that sanctimonious windbag Cruz were to lose. But I think the Republicans have been rigging the elections in Texas for years. The Democrats need to get out the vote in any case. Meanwhile, I recall that
I do not like that Senator Cruz
I do not like his far right views
I do not like his stupid chin
I do not like his smarmy grin
I do not like him with a beard
I do not like him freshly sheared
I do not like what he just said
I do not like his boxy head
I do not like him wearing glasses
I do not like him greeting kids in classes
I do not like his stupid suits
I do not like his cowboy boots
I do not like him when he sneezes
I do not like him eating cheeses
I do not like him in the leaves
I do not like him when he feeds
I do not like him by a wall
I do not like his tattoo at all
I do not like him in a room
I do not like him in Cancun
I do not like him playing ball
I do not like his face at all
From John Oliver
mz.sam
I also donated to Collin Allred. Also Roland Gutierrez is also a deserved candidate who fought for the parents and surviving students of Uvalde, TX. Texans need to exterminate both Ted Cruz and Gov. Greg Abbott. We all can help contribute to flip Texas in 2024 folks.
dbmcvey
Exactly! We need to take this chance to get rid of these anti-LGBT politicians. Don’t let the conservative trolls on this site fool you.
Kangol2
“Exterminate” is too strong a term, but voting out both Cruz, a useless ideologue who does nothing for Texas, and Abbott, who fiddles like Nero as Texas is burning to a crisp in part because he refuses to do anything to address climate change and even vowed to cut out any budget support for green and renewable energy, would be a net positive for Texas, the US and the globe.
lbcandide
I wish we didn’t feed these false hopes to people. There is no way in the next 2 decades that a Democrat will win governor or senator in TX. They have made it virtually impossible. With the Hispanic population starting to vote conservative, it isn’t realistic or even probable. I had to leave because I saw the writing on the wall. Let’s focus on the states we can win like Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, Michigan, Nevada, Arizona, and Georgia!
dbmcvey
Sez you. We weren’t supposed to win in Georgia at all. Not trying would be the stupid thing to do.
nm4047
What load of BS, the US electoral system automatically results in the incumbents re’election’. Minor protest commentary means nothing against a system that the same idiots are allowed to run year after year, needs to be a limit placed on their time in the legislator and then allow a real choice to vote for the candidates to be chosen on their campaign not just the donkey voting system that exists in the US. Same applies to the tired old democrat candidates.
dbmcvey
No. They don’t always get elected. The worst thing we can do is throw up our hands and walk away.
But you sound like a Republican anyway, so, who cares what you say.
decrans
Everyone is a Republican. Everyone is a Trump supporter or Nazi. What a paranoid world you live in, Dave.
abfab
In my very humble opinion, I will say this. We no longer need Presidents.
dbmcvey
We’re really not there yet.
Kangol2
Uh, we’re a long way off from not needing a federal leader or government!
Invader7
All of the worthless arguing between some of the previous commentors is a time suck. Since this IS the 21st century lets do away with elected government and replace the political class with an AI run government. Just think we wouldn’t have to endure those worthless politicians in all parties waste time and spew the same talking points.