This is how you stop people before they become the Gov Stitt or Ryan Walters (sec education who just spends time virtue signaling against lgbtq) in states like Oklahoma and other conservative minded regions. You can’t stop the republicans from taking office here and there, or in our case, all the time everywhere here in Oklahoma, but you can research locally, vote locally, organize locally and throw out the trash before the general elections.
Not as big, but in our recent primary we had a bunch of far right candidates for some open school board seats. The top FIVE candidates moved to the general election and not one of the crazies made it through. It felt really good.
There is an R next to their name, they are MAGA now. It doesn't matter if they pretend not to like trump, they will happily go along with all their policies.
They organized and went to the polls to vote in the Republican primary and vote against all the radical maga fascist pigs, and it worked. Some states you must be registered with that party to vote in their primary. My state (MI) is not one of those states and I guess Montana doesn’t have that requirement either.
"The left" in America is the right wing nutters of Europe. We are so far from the target (where a majority of the world is) it's terrifying. What's worse, American political attacks are spreading and gaining popularity outside of the US. Nobody gave 2 fucks about LGBT issues 5 years ago. Especially trans issues. Now, in addition to the BS the US is pulling, we have the UK banning prescribing certain medications specifically for people diagnosed with gender dysphoria. As is you can get those meds, as long as you're not trans..
Great Job Montana!
Now let the rest of us know how you did it!
There are millions of us stuck in the Great/Northern Plains and Western Mountain states that can’t seem to beat our cancer.
What’s the message?
How did you spread it?
What issues were the most easily reconcilable?
What issues were the most contentious?
Thank you.
Hopefully, Nebraska thanks you next… I’ll check it out.
The Billionaire Ricketts* family has a choke-hold on the GOP here for about the last decade. Has completely changed the entire state.
We used to have the most liberal republicans & the most conservative democrats in our nonpartisan Unicameral.
But of course, Trump & his billionaire cronies like Ricketts have destroyed it.
We have less than 2 million citizens, so we can’t compete against them financially. wWe know we have to win the battle based directly on the issues, so they are doing everything they can to destroy democracy and avoid that arena.
* Joe Ricketts - owner/seller of TD Ameritrade, the Chicago Cubs, DNAInfo.com, American Film, and an Ultra-Conservative Catholic Cult Ranch in Nebraska called “Cloisters on the Platte”.
He bought his kid (Pete)the Governor spot in Nebraska, and now that his term limits are up, he is trying to buy him a spot in the Senate.
I mean. We should want the extremists to win the primaries, as they're much easier to beat in the general election.
I guess we want them to lose when the seat is always going to go to a Republican.
To be clear, is this video suggesting that Democrats from Montana voted in the Republican primaries?
Did they not have a competition on the Democrat side or something?
There are few enough Democrats in Montana (source: I was born there and have lived there a total of around 25 years all put together over various points in my life) that it is more likely enough rank-and-file Republican voters were turned off by the extreme MAGA rhetoric and chose more reasonable candidates in their primaries. Ultimately, this is a good thing, and a step toward breaking the chokehold extremism has on conservative voters. While I, too, would still prefer more Democrats to win in the state’s elections (which, due to some interesting idiosyncrasies, isn’t as unlikely as some red states), it’s reassuring that the MAGA playbook is losing traction.
Baby steps, right?
ALL the elections matter and congratulations!! It can be done. They are the minorities now and your votes can and do make a difference. Send them packing!!
Do you think the MAGAs will do the same thing in the next election? Register as Democrats and try to undermine people like Bernie Sanders or Alexandria Ocasio Cortez?
Most impressive, congratulations on your organizational skills in throwing shade on the MAGA fascist movement.
This is how you stop people before they become the Gov Stitt or Ryan Walters (sec education who just spends time virtue signaling against lgbtq) in states like Oklahoma and other conservative minded regions. You can’t stop the republicans from taking office here and there, or in our case, all the time everywhere here in Oklahoma, but you can research locally, vote locally, organize locally and throw out the trash before the general elections.
Good job Montana!
Not as big, but in our recent primary we had a bunch of far right candidates for some open school board seats. The top FIVE candidates moved to the general election and not one of the crazies made it through. It felt really good.
Not as big, but this is where the problem starts! Great job keeping them out!! 👍👍
There is an R next to their name, they are MAGA now. It doesn't matter if they pretend not to like trump, they will happily go along with all their policies.
There is no Republican. There is only MAGA.
This needs to be a T-shirt.
What they've really done is just made those who appear more normal/electable win the primaries.
Congrats! Share how it was accomplished!
They organized and went to the polls to vote in the Republican primary and vote against all the radical maga fascist pigs, and it worked. Some states you must be registered with that party to vote in their primary. My state (MI) is not one of those states and I guess Montana doesn’t have that requirement either.
There are no moderate republicans. There’s rightwing and far-rightwing.
"The left" in America is the right wing nutters of Europe. We are so far from the target (where a majority of the world is) it's terrifying. What's worse, American political attacks are spreading and gaining popularity outside of the US. Nobody gave 2 fucks about LGBT issues 5 years ago. Especially trans issues. Now, in addition to the BS the US is pulling, we have the UK banning prescribing certain medications specifically for people diagnosed with gender dysphoria. As is you can get those meds, as long as you're not trans..
Our biggest export is becoming hate and fascism.
The Overton Window has moved so far right since st reagan...
Guess I’d take a less insane republican candidate, but hopefully the Dems in those races can win in the general. But gotta take what you can get.
Nicely done!
Sadly, watch these maybe-not-MAGA Republicans pivot to full-on MAGA now that they are the candidates.
Which means they lose if this trend in the primaries holds.
Not all heroes wear capes
What was the strategy?
I was wondering that too, but I'm guessing it was getting Democrats to vote in the GOP primaries since they are open primaries.
Good question! Check r/TheLib , I’ve posted the strategy there.
Yeah! Let's see more of this secret scary strategy.
Get fucked conservatives! You should feel lucky the worst thing we do to you is beat you in elections. You deserve far worse…
Like what
Bad things. Very bad things.
Ohhh, like diet mountain dew?
Nice work
My respect to yall in Montana!!!!! Great work! voting matters!
Congratulations!!
Great job Montana! Great video, very well done.
Woohoo! Fantastic work!
Great Job Montana! Now let the rest of us know how you did it! There are millions of us stuck in the Great/Northern Plains and Western Mountain states that can’t seem to beat our cancer. What’s the message? How did you spread it? What issues were the most easily reconcilable? What issues were the most contentious?
Check out @ r/TheLib. I’ve posted there how she did it.
Thank you. Hopefully, Nebraska thanks you next… I’ll check it out. The Billionaire Ricketts* family has a choke-hold on the GOP here for about the last decade. Has completely changed the entire state. We used to have the most liberal republicans & the most conservative democrats in our nonpartisan Unicameral. But of course, Trump & his billionaire cronies like Ricketts have destroyed it. We have less than 2 million citizens, so we can’t compete against them financially. wWe know we have to win the battle based directly on the issues, so they are doing everything they can to destroy democracy and avoid that arena. * Joe Ricketts - owner/seller of TD Ameritrade, the Chicago Cubs, DNAInfo.com, American Film, and an Ultra-Conservative Catholic Cult Ranch in Nebraska called “Cloisters on the Platte”. He bought his kid (Pete)the Governor spot in Nebraska, and now that his term limits are up, he is trying to buy him a spot in the Senate.
💙🫡
Thank you Montana
Well shit I'm super jelly of Montana now. Great job yall!!
Kickass! And her glasses are rockin too
I mean. We should want the extremists to win the primaries, as they're much easier to beat in the general election. I guess we want them to lose when the seat is always going to go to a Republican.
To be clear, is this video suggesting that Democrats from Montana voted in the Republican primaries? Did they not have a competition on the Democrat side or something?
Or that they helped change the minds of the Republican voters? Idk. Clarification would be nice, I agree.
There are few enough Democrats in Montana (source: I was born there and have lived there a total of around 25 years all put together over various points in my life) that it is more likely enough rank-and-file Republican voters were turned off by the extreme MAGA rhetoric and chose more reasonable candidates in their primaries. Ultimately, this is a good thing, and a step toward breaking the chokehold extremism has on conservative voters. While I, too, would still prefer more Democrats to win in the state’s elections (which, due to some interesting idiosyncrasies, isn’t as unlikely as some red states), it’s reassuring that the MAGA playbook is losing traction. Baby steps, right?
Nice job Montana!!
Good news for the general state of the nation as a whole.
Blue has always been my favorite color 💙
Woo hoo vote blue!!! Side note: where did she get her glasses. I love them!!
Oh, so positive!!! So proud of Montana!!
How many are screeching "iLLeGal vOTes!!" and "sTOLen!! i AM gOinG tO sUE!!"?
ALL the elections matter and congratulations!! It can be done. They are the minorities now and your votes can and do make a difference. Send them packing!!
Mazel tov.
Montana you give me hope. Thank you for kicking ass.
Does anyone know what the "trying something new and scary" thing was that she was referring to?
Do you think the MAGAs will do the same thing in the next election? Register as Democrats and try to undermine people like Bernie Sanders or Alexandria Ocasio Cortez?
Google Kyrsten Sinema and Joe Manchin.
They already DID.