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Democrat Taylor Rehmet wins a reliably Republican Texas state Senate seat, stunning GOP (apnews.com)
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Democrat Taylor Rehmet won a special election for the Texas state Senate on Saturday, flipping a reliably Republican district that President Donald Trump won by 17 points in 2024.

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[–] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 17 points 1 day ago (1 children)

The DNC isn't counter-posed to fascism, though. You can vote out the GOP, but this doesn't remove fascism, because the basis of fascism is capitalist decay and not this or that capitalist party choice.

[–] AfricanExpansionist@lemmy.ml 5 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

The DNC is fine with fascism. They fought Mamdani harder than they fought Trump

[–] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 2 points 18 hours ago

Yep.