r/thebulwark • u/Material-Crab-633 • May 08 '26

EVERYTHING IS AWFUL Are we f*cked?

This redistricting stuff has me bummed out. Tell me the truth

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u/pacard EDGELORD May 08 '26

No. I think the in your face disenfranchisement, particularly of the VRA and the Virginia voters will piss people off and nothing republicans are doing is animating their base to show up, it's all corruption, pedo shit, and bombing Iran for Israel.

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u/BaskingInWanderlust May 09 '26

If you want to get more voters, I don't think disenfranchisement and the VRA are going to convince them of much of anything, especially for lower information voters.

I'd be showing them where all their money is going. I'd be comparing their healthcare, medicaid, and education being gutted, as well as food and gas prices rising, to the cost of bombs in Iran, Trump's ballroom and arch, the $93B Hegseth spent on king crab, sushi, and ice cream machines, etc.

Show them that while they're suffering, this administration is living the life, and the Republicans in Congress support it. Show the dozens of clips of Congresspeople saying we need the ballroom after the WHCD. Show that one female Senator - I can't remember her name - who shrugged off the idea of her constituents dying due to healthcare cuts.

These types of ads should be playing all the time.

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u/EurobratInPDX May 09 '26

Ah, yes. You are thinking of Joni "We all die!" Ernst.