The video is yet another case of Democrats resenting their base for expecting them to stand up for anything.

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”

The insane flipping back and forth in the video of declaring yourself pro-lgbt whilst signalling you’ll vote for anti-trans legislation, to then attack the person asking them obvious questions by declaring that the question implies because Republicans are in charge that they should adopt opposite positions and they’re not going to vote for things that are “unpopular”.

The democratic politician distilled: You need to vote for me because I support you and I’m not as bad as Republicans, but when it comes down to it I will throw you under the bus and get mad at you for asking me about it and implying I might not be a good person.

But swearing is a no-no so I’ll say Heck as I support you being oppressed by the state.

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    Yeah I mean, with the death of local news, it’s harder to keep up because you have to investigate and research everything yourself. Which some might hand wave away as not a big deal but when you are working 3 jobs it’s hard to find time.

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      Which is a shame because state law has a much bigger impact on the actual day-to-day lives of people than federal law. If there aren’t actual journalists then nobody is hanging out at the state house, let alone the local courthouse, to report on what’s going on. So the news is just outrage at federal politics and corporate/political press releases published verbatim.