2026 Midterm Thread

#676
#676
volinbham said:
was disappointed in his concession jab about his opponent being in Tel Aviv - a bit character revealing. That said, we needed guys like him, Sasse, Amash in there pointing out the dumb stuff the government does.
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Sasse voted to strip away access to healthcare that he himself has benefitted from. He has pancreatic cancer but was enrolled into a study that provided him with experimental treatments that have extended his prognosis by a couple of years. I’m happy that he gets to spend time with his kids with the time he has left. But I cannot ignore the fact that he did not want others to have access to that or similar studies, and it’s shown in his voting record. Healthcare is only for the wealthy and politically connected according to Sasse.
 
#679
#679
hog88 said:
He set himself up as an obstruction without offering alternatives. Or if he was offering he really sucked at selling his ideas to the other house members on either side.
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That’s fair but what’s the alternative? If he’s sticking to principles and voting against bills he thinks are crappy and offering amendments to take out the crappy parts (foreign aid, killswitch, etc) but those are getting voted no on what else should he do?
 
#680
#680
VolinMichigan said:
Sasse voted to strip away access to healthcare that he himself has benefitted from. He has pancreatic cancer but was enrolled into a study that provided him with experimental treatments that have extended his prognosis by a couple of years. I’m happy that he gets to spend time with his kids with the time he has left. But I cannot ignore the fact that he did not want others to have access to that or similar studies, and it’s shown in his voting record. Healthcare is only for the wealthy and politically connected according to Sasse.
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he cosponsored the Right to Try Act.

he was against the ACA if that's what you are talking about
 
#681
#681
Smokey123 said:
That’s fair but what’s the alternative? If he’s sticking to principles and voting against bills he thinks are crappy and offering amendments to take out the crappy parts (foreign aid, killswitch, etc) but those are getting voted no on what else should he do?
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I looked up his congressional record, what I found was 76 bills and amendments he introduced in his 14 years in office. I don't know what the average is but that seems really low for a person in office for over 2 decades.
 
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#682
utvolpj said:
He lost because the boomers still believe Trump and his claims. They supported a candidate while having no clue where he stood on issues but they knew he worshipped at the Golden statue of Trump. The voting demographics prove that out.

Your claims buy into all the game crap thrown at him during the campaign. Who lied more about Epstein - Trump admin or Massie? If you truly want the dice released who would you support? If you're against govt spending, wars, fraud, inflation, pedos, etc who do you support?
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I support neither Trump or Massie they both are grifters. And Massie lied by teaming with Khanna and saying he had the list of 25 names on Epstein list and threatened to read it on house floor only to be proven a liar. There is a reason starting last cycle he started taking tons of money from the Mahrouq clan
 
#683
#683
hog88 said:
They're sure interested in crying like little bitches when they don't get their way.
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My son-in-law deals with college students daily with his job. He says most college students these days don’t know how to get in out of the rain. Says they have to be shown even basic things. Older folks have said that forever about future generations but he says this generation is worse.
 
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#685
Delmar said:
My son-in-law deals with college students daily with his job. He says most college students these days don’t know how to get in out of the rain. Says they have to be shown even basic things. Older folks have said that forever about future generations but he says this generation is worse.
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It’s a result of who their parents are. Most kids raised the right way don’t have these issues
 
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#686
Delmar said:
My son-in-law deals with college students daily with his job. He says most college students these days don’t know how to get in out of the rain. Says they have to be shown even basic things. Older folks have said that forever about future generations but he says this generation is worse.
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AI and tech fueled brain drain is real. I’m relatively young (29) and I see it . I intentionally try to use my brain for basic math/remembering directions/etc. because I don’t want to turn into that.

Also the literacy crisis among youth…
 
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#687
#687
Delmar said:
My son-in-law deals with college students daily with his job. He says most college students these days don’t know how to get in out of the rain. Says they have to be shown even basic things. Older folks have said that forever about future generations but he says this generation is worse.
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My son and son-in-law fall into that age group, son isn't a whiner and is pretty active in local politics. Son-in-law can whine with the best of them but I'm slowly breaking him.
 
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#688
#688
hog88 said:
I looked up his congressional record, what I found was 76 bills and amendments he introduced in his 14 years in office. I don't know what the average is but that seems really low for a person in office for over 2 decades.
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Ever checked Marsha Blackburn’s record? From what I had seen a couple of years ago, it was a whole lot fewer than that.
 
#692
#692
Matt2496 said:
I think you raise an excellent point. I checked and the median age is 39 years old in Maddie’s congressional district. There’s no reason for young people not to have turned out and voted for him.
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They were likely working in order to pay the pyramid scheme enjoyed by the gallrein voters
 
#695
#695
utvolpj said:
He won the one demo of >65yo. Boomers vote and they're stupid. Not sure I'm breaking news ground here
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Non boomers vastly outnumber boomers in his district. There's no excuse for them not getting a vote cast.

Boomers may be stupid, generations Y and Z are lazy bitches. It won't be long until the boomers die out, who are y'all going to blame then?
 
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#696
hog88 said:
Non boomers vastly outnumber boomers in his district. There's no excuse for them not getting a vote cast.

Boomers may be stupid, generations Y and Z are lazy bitches.
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Or they're not registered to vote in the closed Republican primary. KY is moving independent

I'm not lazy with voting but can't vote in a FL primary
 
#699
#699
Rickyvol77 said:
Tariffs are dumb and I don’t see many voters supporting that. The ballroom was a meaningless thing but should be done with private money not taxpayer. iRS lawsuit was because of the IRS illegally leaking Trump’s stuff or else it wouldn’t have existed at all. Insider trading happens with every politician and all should be banned from doing it.

I still dont see this mass swell of support for any of this
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MAGA love/s/d tarrifs..until they didnt get tariff welfare checks. Ballroom still a hill they are dying on. Taxpayer money is funding it now if it ever happens. "Gotta have it to host parties n sh!t!". The IRS lawsuit and "settlement" is one of the most corrupt actions I've seen a president engage in during my lifetime.
 
#700
#700
Matt2496 said:
Kentucky requires mandated time off by employers to allow for voting(including primaries). See KRS 118.035. So if younger people wanted to vote, they could’ve imo.
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Not paid time off, and people who are paid by the hour, are less-compelled to lose 4 hours of pay to go vote in a midterm primary.
 
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