Sore Losers
Gen Z pulled it off again in Arizona. Katie Hobbs beat Kari Lake in the governor’s race. The race was called when Hobbs got 19,382 more votes. 45% of those votes came from students at Arizona State University (a total of 8,691). 96% of college educated students said enough of MAGA Republican’s and their bullshit. Only 368 voted for Lake.
What does Kari Lake have to say about losing? “Arizonans know BS when they see it.”
Young Arizonans know BS when they see it.
Democrat in Name Only, Senator Kirsten Sinema, didn’t do a damn thing to help Katie Hobbs, Mark Kelly or any other Democrats win in Arizona. She stayed out of sight because she’s not a team player. She’s all about herself.
76% of Gen Z voted for Democrats in Arizona. It’s a good thing Kirsten Sinema hung low because if she had been photographed with Gen Z, dressed like them, she’d look like the middle aged, unemployed, divorced bar fly looking for Mr. Goodbar.
MAGA Republicans Mark Finchem and Blake Masters won’t concede and Trump is calling for a do-over in Arizona. He wants all of the votes thrown out and a new election held. Steve Bannon said the results should not be certified. Kari Lake said the election was botched. The board of supervisors has let it be known that they will not be bullied by them and will certify the vote. They were threatened by Rudy Giuliani and Arizona’s GOP chair, Kelli Ward, in 2020, both of whom were involved in overthrowing the election. They were ready for them this time.
Arizona’s neighbor to the east, New Mexico, had a hell of a progressive turn out for their midterms. 70% of the electorate voted to invest in the next generation by funding universal pre-k. Every 4 year old will have access to free preschool after the state saw a high rate of success offering residents one year of free daycare due to the pandemic. The relief in connections between work/home/childcare/school had a profound impact on families so the state voted to amend its constitution to guarantee daycare and free preschool to families making $70,000 or less. They’re not raising taxes to pay for it but are funding it with 1.25% of their $26 billion oil reserve fund. They’re also raising the pay for preschool teachers from $10 to $15/hour. Lead teachers will get $20/hour. All teachers will be offered a $3,000 stipend per semester to get an early childhood degree. New Mexico is leading the nation in its investment in the next generation.
Republicans don’t want to do anything for the next generation. They don’t even want to do anything for their own generation — they’re trying to kill seniors off by eliminating Social Security and Medicare.
Speaking of old people, masochist Mike Pence has a book out so he came out of hiding to do an interview with ABC World News. It’s safe to come out now after MAGA lost in the midterms. He said Trump was reckless. Reckless? He tried to have him assassinated 2 1/2 years ago and he calls that reckless? He shouldn’t be talking to ABC. He should be talking to the Select Committee and the DOJ. He says he and his family are giving “prayerful consideration” about running for president in 2024. So there it is. He did a mainstream media interview to announce he’s running for president and promote his stupid book.
Ted Cruz has a new book out, too. It’s called, “Justice Corrupted: How the Left Weaponized our Legal System.” The graphic on the cover is an actual photo of a Russian statue — a warrior holding a sword up high to fight for Mother Russia, one of the most famous Soviet-era statues from Volgograd, Russia.
Ted Cruz said he was “so pissed off I cannot even see straight” about losing the midterms and blames Mitch McConnell. He campaigned for 6 weeks for 8 candidates and they all lost but that’s not his fault.
Ted Cruz is one of the Republicans suing Joe Biden’s student debt relief program. Loan payments and applications are on hold now because it’s tied up in the courts. Cruz called anybody who receives debt relief a bunch of slackers. He also said that in Biden’s America you can sell booze, drugs and stolen TVs to kids.
Speaking of Ted Cruz and kids, Ted dragged his wife and young teen daughters with him to stand on the back of a truck during the Astros parade in Houston last week. He got booed and flipped off the whole time. Someone threw a beer can at him but his body guard intercepted it (Ted Cruz pays for his own body guards and has them with him wherever he goes because everybody hates his guts). His Gen Z daughters were mortified. What does teenaged rebellion look like when your dad is Ted Cruz, the most hated man in America? We will soon find out. Maybe one of them will write their own book.
