If you're capable of acting this way towards the parent of a transgender kid pleading for the healthcare their young person needs to live then something inside of you has died that will likely never live again - ThreadSky

gbbranstetter.bsky.social • 13 hours ago

If you're capable of acting this way towards the parent of a transgender kid pleading for the healthcare their young person needs to live then something inside of you has died that will likely never live again

Reposted from Atlanta DSA

In a leaked recording, State Senator Elena Parent (D-42) said she’d vote for Republican transgender healthcare bans because trans rights are too “unpopular."

"You can go right to heck. I don’t think I will lose re-election based on you screaming at me"

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tessagrace793.bsky.social•8 hours ago

Why I left the Dem Party and cancelled my recurring donations. The party has become a soulless menace bereft of courage, honor and decency. There are points in life that require you to do what is right no matter the cost… Dems no longer understand that. They are cowards.

sftoboston.bsky.social•6 hours ago

Same. Independent for ever after.

mycousinselek.bsky.social•10 hours ago

No doubt she claims to be a "good xtian woman."

braak.bsky.social•13 hours ago

There's a number of failures happening here, among them the complete soullessness required to take this position, but also the lack of basic political acumen to not at least lie about it?

protik.bsky.social•13 hours ago

What makes this even more contemptible is that this abusive ghoul won an uncontested election.

jimjambles.bsky.social•11 hours ago

this is wild but also the big highlighted quote “you can go right to heck” seems to be inaccurate? i definitely heard “you can go right ahead [in calling me a pos]”. also curious why this is sped up so much.

diyanddragons.bsky.social•10 hours ago

Not only is this fucked morally, it seems sure to be a losing strategy. "I'll win Democratic power by going along with whatever Republicans want" isn't a plan, it's a rationalization.

3k0bolds.bsky.social•7 hours ago

This is what "vote blue no matter who" gets us.

birdsinapuddle.bsky.social•11 hours ago

Mom of a trans son here. What do we need to do to stop being sacrificed??? Seriously, tell me. Families like mine & our doctors have been trying to educate, have opened up our personal lives for public scrutiny. Over and over. And we keep getting shit on. We are exhausted and scared.

intherad.bsky.social•4 hours ago

She is the epitome of what’s wrong with politics getting reelected is not more important than voting for what is right

transmutedmala.bsky.social•11 hours ago

These types of Dems need to be removed from politics. Their ONLY job at this point is to fight Nazis, not capitulate. We aren’t even going to have fair elections until we actually win the fight, who gives a fuck about her lies about “electability”? She’s just a Nazi collaborator.

cassandraoftroy.bsky.social•9 hours ago

Pri. Mary. Now.

jasouth.bsky.social•12 hours ago

@elenaparent.bsky.social Coward. Throwing the trans community under the bus because the MAGA hateful made support of the trans community “unpopular”. The new DNC “leader” @kenmartin.bsky.social must have read post election polls shows that eliminating the “T” in LGBTQ+ wins with homophobes.

mbayayangu.bsky.social•13 hours ago

Fix your hearts or die.
-David Lynch

murph612.bsky.social•12 hours ago

Saying the word hell is a bridge too far for this woman, but throwing trans people under the bus to get reelected is OK. JFC we need a new party.

nclud.bsky.social•10 hours ago

Even if it weren’t the morally correct thing to do, to protect our trans children. There is zero evidence that betraying them shifts a single vote! It is simply capitulation to your opposition while betraying your base

ecppdx.bsky.social•11 hours ago

This is why I'm no longer a member of the Democratic Party.

blanchesbedroom.bsky.social•5 hours ago

cait.bsky.social•4 hours ago

secretoriginz.bsky.social•4 hours ago

There is some question about whether the vid is real.

hootboots.bsky.social•13 hours ago

I might be missing this because I’m finding the audio very hard to parse, but although she says a number of reprehensible things and is clearly willing to throw trans people under the bus, I don’t hear her say she’d vote for a republican ban on trans healthcare in this video?

chrisfumo.bsky.social•11 hours ago

she clearly indicates that she believes Democrats should vote for any anti trans bill if it polls well

hootboots.bsky.social•10 hours ago

here's my best shot a transcript. I'm not interested in defending her, she's yelling at someone asking for basic assurances and protections for trans rights, and I'm 100% happy about any attempts to primary dems like this. but she dodges the question about if she'd vote for anti-trans legislation

hootboots.bsky.social•10 hours ago

maybe this is a waste of time but it bothers me when a specific claim is made in the caption of a video and that claim isn't backed up by anything in the video - especially when I would say the weasel words and superior, condescending attitude towards trans constituents are already disqualifying

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