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As a Republican… we don’t like DeSantis because he’s a career politician. Republicans don’t like career politicians.
(Yes, that means we don’t like most republicans in office)
Please don't act like your party or its voters have any logical consistency. We've been paying attention.
I figured that would take a backseat to your love of attacking civil rights, harming minorities, and installing a Christian nationalist state. Trump did have some wins in that department, but DeSantis would certainly be more affective in that regards.
I know y’all are a hive mind but that doesn’t mean everyone is
You imply Republicans all have the same opinion and then accuse others of being a hivemind. Curious…
Remember the strategy Karl Rove pushed the GOP to in the early 2000s -- accuse your opponent of what you're doing first.
Sorry the word most should’ve been in front of republicans I suppose
Observing the words and actions of conservatives, these are logical conclusions. I don't need anyone else to spell out what's so plainly obvious.
Do you dislike career politicians because you think they are somehow more corruptible than your average Joe Schmoe whom you'd like to share a beer with? Or do you just hate the idea of government being run by people who know what the fuck they're doing?
Trump was not a career politician and he did a horrible job. Maybe you should reevaluate your criteria for good leadership qualities.
I mean why would it have to be some random person? That’s why we have elections supposedly
Give one example of what the Republicans have done that you support
I don’t support many republicans but I like that they don’t let emotion control their decisions
This has to be a joke response, right?
lemmy.world/u/KoofNoof seems like as good as any to block.
No problem with a rapist and traitor being charged under the espionage act?
Biden?
As a former Republican, I call bullshit. The longest serving members of the Senate are Republicans, and one is your party's leader in the Senate. You guys love constantly re-electing your fossils just as much as the Dems do.
Just because people are voting for them doesn’t necessarily mean they want them there. It just means they’d rather have a Republican there than a Democrat.
The fossils are winning the primaries too. They don't get a chance to run against Dems if you choose non-career Republicans over them in the primaries. You generally don't just like the dems dont.
I’m not trying to antagonize here, but what is it about a career politician that is negative? In any other field, longer experience is considered a good thing.
From my perspective on the other side of the aisle, it seems like it’s the young, fresh politicians who are abandoning decorum and generally making as ass of themselves while the older generation (with some exceptions) are at least committed to the appearance of self control.
Wouldn’t necessarily be a negative but there shouldn’t be multimillionaire politicians