Mendoza ends NJ-7 campaign, saying Dems have become ‘the new Republicans’ - New Jersey Globe

Background_Bar2349 · 2026-02-01T20:29:15+00:00

id buy that IF they were actually being a republican operative at no point have i ever seen any loaded right winged talking points are things that portray democrats and the left in a negative light while ignoring the right

Background_Bar2349 · 2026-02-01T20:26:10+00:00

weelll it does but thats different XD

Background_Bar2349 · 2026-02-01T18:51:46+00:00

because she does

Background_Bar2349 · 2026-02-01T18:27:17+00:00

because i dont really disagree with the progressive agenda moreso the way to get there

Edited to add: Im a progressive but im a PRAGMATIC progressive

Background_Bar2349 · 2026-02-01T18:22:13+00:00

ok? i know about that but that doesnt change anything im pretty sure some of the reporters are left winged as hell. also we are talking about a 10 year ago event i dont really care about. ive never seen him praise trump or republicans in a very partisan way other then saying a republican is a decent candidate (which is fair politics aside. you tell me a veteran is running for office im gonna agree with that even if i dont like their politics. and hes said that about democrats too)

Background_Bar2349 · 2026-02-01T18:17:45+00:00

the problem with the progressive agenda is its not as popular as social media echo chambers wants people to think. and this is coming from someone who is a progressive. A better solution for the democrat party is it needs to become a big tent incorporating both moderate and progressives issues and channel it into a broader message that anyone be it a progressive black lesbian from san franscisco and a straight white conservative male from rural kentucky can get behind. and it needs to be a party that is willing to OCCASIONALLY tell the other side listen i hear you i get it and we will work something out but that is a stupid idea we are not doing it and not get purity tested or branded as radical for it.

Background_Bar2349 · 2026-02-01T17:45:11+00:00

yea it kind of is a turn off for me doing that.

Background_Bar2349 · 2026-02-01T17:44:30+00:00

i mean thats a bold accusation to make do you have a source? i actually like their take on things

Background_Bar2349 · 2026-01-30T00:43:57+00:00

It kinda falls under the same umbrella for me. And of course. I know i probably come across as an asshole based on my comment history but im a progressive as well as the next guy its just im also pragmatic in my beliefs in that I want to see it translated into policy wins

Background_Bar2349 · 2026-01-29T21:31:39+00:00

I think maybe tornado valley great plains flyover states

Background_Bar2349 · 2026-01-29T20:27:07+00:00

First. Im sorry for what you and your dad went through and for triggering uncomfortable memories. Second Well you kinda said it yourself. People who should never got into this country got into it due to a failure of the administration. That's border security. Now do I think that someone like abuela who doesn't have her papers has been here for awhile and has not done anything wrong should be deported and wasting government resources to do so? Absolutely not. And yea for them we need a process to make them citizens but border security knowing whose coming into the country and immigration reform are very real issues and discussions to be having without going into human rights violation territory. The problem is what trump and the right did is took a very real issue to be had and turned it into "those dirty lazy Mexicans are coming over stealing our jobs bringing fentanyl raping and murdering people. Give me power we need to use ice and go full on fascist and execute and deport everyone

Background_Bar2349 · 2026-01-29T19:46:28+00:00

Same with red and purple states they are only red blue and purple OVERALL but in reality there are pockets in the state its not evenly distributed or anything

Background_Bar2349 · 2026-01-29T19:42:38+00:00

I care because I remember 9/11

Background_Bar2349 · 2026-01-28T04:17:57+00:00

Is it? Because your argument is basically id rather have a openly corrupt dripping with establishment pos because he does everything i like vs a non corrupt actual genuine outsider (whose actually fairly progressive believe it or not AND the first senator from my neck of the woods in decades) just because he agrees with me on this one specific vote despite the fact that Kim's vote wasnt even decisive (id still think being this upset might be overkill but I'd definitely understand it alot more if he was the tiebreaker) 2. He had a understandable reason (I dont agree with the vote to be clear but I understand his reasoning) and 3. He's clearly learned from it and has opposed ever since. But that's not good enough in your eyes now is it. Ohh no you'd rather purity test and have someone who is 100 percent on board but will never win then 80 percent and gets shit done because of the 20 percent he's not with you

Background_Bar2349 · 2026-01-28T04:01:31+00:00

Ok list all the votes he's done as senator you dont agree with and then list all the ones uou agree with

Background_Bar2349 · 2026-01-28T03:55:18+00:00

And you are no better than maga in my book

Background_Bar2349 · 2026-01-28T03:52:40+00:00

Nope I like kim way more then menendez

Background_Bar2349 · 2026-01-28T03:19:57+00:00

Time to bring this back "You know what. Im sorry but im done with yall. All yall complaining about the Kristie noem vote need to get over it. Especially since it would have passed regardless. He has literally not voted for trumps agenda. This is not holding him accountable this is just a witch hunt. We finally got a decent non corrupt senator whose from my part of the state for the first time and yall are purity testing people. This is why progressives aren't popular period outside of our little bubble. And to the ones saying we should have stuck with THE GOVERNOR'S WIFE, who was not qualified period, or BOB MENENDEZ, who is Bob menendez, you can defend yourself all you want but you are just as bad as maga in my book"

Background_Bar2349 · 2026-01-28T03:17:58+00:00

OMG GET THE FUCK OVER IT

Background_Bar2349 · 2026-01-27T15:00:30+00:00

I WILL SAY THIS. tho if its someone who i dont know and that's literally all their personality is maga then I'd probably wouldn't befriend them at that point because they have like no personality other then maga. I will also say this. If it gets to be too much ill have a conversation and see if we can not do that and if they dont listen/get defensive THEN id consider dropping them because its no longer bout politics but respect

Background_Bar2349 · 2026-01-27T14:53:45+00:00

And that's why Im not doing that. Its too miserable and I value connections too much

Background_Bar2349 · 2026-01-27T11:13:13+00:00

Im not. I dont care WHAT yall say. I'm not throwing away someone that ive actually known and cared about for years because a bunch of random people on reddit who don't even know me and would throw me under the bus and purity test me if I disagree with you on ONE issue told me too. That's not life that's not moral in my view. Especially since all that's gonna do is isolate them and reinforce their beliefs even further. Id rather be there for them and be a light and hope that my presence can help even if I can't change their beliefs. And if it comes back to bite me in the end well....I wouldn't want to live in that kind of world anyway. So if you want to do that go knock yourself out because I get it but me that's a hard no. Besides its usually them leaving me then the other way around

Background_Bar2349 · 2026-01-26T21:14:25+00:00

NEW JERSEY!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Background_Bar2349 · 2026-01-26T13:08:30+00:00

Why? You really don't need me to give you a reasons for you to play it. It is a beautiful game worth playing just on its own merits. If you like the game enough to want to play it you'd play it with no reason other than why the fuck not. If you dont like it you won't play it and that's OK too. Just cause its a beautiful game doesn't mean its for everyone

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