• kescusay@lemmy.world
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    If anyone was wondering about this politician’s party, he’s a Republican.

    (No one was actually wondering. We all knew immediately.)

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      Yeah, I saw Washington and was like, it’s definitely a Republican.

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        I’m a bit surprised Washington has a Republican senator. But I guess there’s plenty of rural areas.

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          Almost the entire eastern part of the state (minus Whitman county and a few others) is Red. It’s only west of the mountains that it’s primarily blue. The population ratio is massively in favor of west of the mountains though

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          Happens in California too. Even in the cities. I’m sorry to crush every rural liberals dream but the religions conservative right are everywhere.

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          2/3 of Washington State is very rural. Like, drive 65 miles through wheat fields without seeing a house rural. They also have mountains.

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            Of course. The primary function of any senate in the US is to give power to land rather than to people.

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            I-5 corridor is very blue, then you’ve got deer hunting backwoods rednecks on the peninsula to the west and rural farmers to the east on the other side of the mountains

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              Even around the interstate you’ve got plenty of people flying flags on their houses and their trucks. It’s funny, the fascists where I live have abandoned their Trump 2024 flags for No step on snek. I guess they figure he doesn’t trigger the libs as much with one foot in a jail cell. Or maybe against all odds they grew a sense of shame.

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          Like many blue states, the red parts of Washington are probably more racist and fascist than even the deepest red states. Eastern Washington still has a massive presence of out-and-proud white supremecists, just like Northern California and Eastern Oregon.

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            Did you?

            “Washington state senator Jeff Wilson was arrested on Saturday at Hong Kong International Airport and charged with possession of a firearm without a license, the charge sheet states, an offense punishable by up to 14 years in prison and a fine of more than $12,000.”

            Whoopsies!

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            But that was the point they were making. Usually if you hear something this outright idiotic you would probably be correct in saying there will be an R by their name. This is coming from someone who leans left and owns guns and grew up around them and learned to respect them. They are a tool.

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        As others have pointed out, it’s not the gun ownership. It’s the stupid, entitled, law-breaking gun ownership. As you’re a gun-toting Democrat, I fully expect you to be smart enough not to be packing heat on an international flight.

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        Do you know many gun toting democrats that are bad gun owners?