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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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[–] floofloof@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

I'd guess that either they think communism = all things bad (because they have no clue what communism is), or they think Trump is on Putin's side and they didn't notice that Russia hasn't been communist for 35 years now. The most charitable reading is that they think Trump is authoritarian and that the USSR was not so much communist as an authoritarian dictatorship despite its communist rhetoric. That last one is at least debatable, but it requires more nuance than is probably there in sticking a hammer and sickle in the middle of Trump's name.

[–] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 day ago

The USSR was a socialist country, and was democratic, so I really don't know what to make of their comment to be honest.