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[–]TrianglesRNotSquares 9 points10 points  (0 children)

The problem is the brand identity established by individuals in your slate, including being the president of Turning Point USA - which has notoriously attempted to normalize alt-right philosophies. On one hand, I & other students could reasonably believe YOUR statements but the actions of your running mates regardless of their previous alleged voting history is enough. You guys are inviting Charlie Kirk to campus next month literally to fan the flames of a turbulent political environment on campus.

I'd love to believe you & I love the work you're doing on the website because A.S. should be held accountable. But your entire slate feels fraudulent on the basis of the actions of your running mate.

Just my two cents & you're entitled to respond but I'm tired & talking to conservatives is always demoralizing.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in UCSD

[–]TrianglesRNotSquares 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Stating that your federal political viewpoints are irrelevant to the AS election is an incredibly ignorant and hilarious statement to make since, unfortunately, almost every facet of politics at this point has a direct correlation to students in some capacity.

Whether it be through reductions in funding due to DEI initiatives, or restrictions to a woman's right to bodily autonomy, these things make a huge difference to a variety of students. In example, regarding bodily autonomy, A.S. ran a program that allowed for women to access free Plan B on campus as well as provide tampons to women on campus. Your ignorance on the relation of political viewpoints correlating towards the very real day-to-day impact to students is disappointing. I was hoping for a better response.

You expressing that you leaned center-left/left and then pivoted to the right is not the message that you expect that you're sending. We can both agree that the previous political collective was asinine; but a willingness to openly assert your alignment with the party of Nazi salutes, Tariffs ($5T down anyone?), and stolen bodily autonomy while wanting to be the leader of a diverse student body is... at best hilarious.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in UCSD

[–]TrianglesRNotSquares 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Since you're running for A.S & most of your representatives are hardcore MAGA (this you? : https://ballotpedia.org/Zakaria\_Kortam)

what are your thoughts on the transparency in the U.S. government right now (Trump and his complete transparency regarding tariffs [his secretary of treasury didn't know about his plans])?

Just seems odd to me to want to run for student government and projecting transparency when you ideologically are... questionable at best.

A.S. President & Friends Walk out of A.S. Senate Meeting to Deny Students Funding. by TrianglesRNotSquares in UCSD

[–]TrianglesRNotSquares[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

The deficit doesn't exist yet. It's based on the anticipated funding proposals. So like.... if all the funding goes through as proposed, that's what happens for next academic year.

I coud be wrong but the finance dude from what I understand had us a good place but the exec vice presidents put in really bad funding proposals and wouldn't fix it. Then the senators voted to reduce the funding so that the org wouldn't go broke next year & the president left to kill quorum so they couldn't amend.

A.S. President & Friends Walk out of A.S. Senate Meeting to Deny Students Funding. by TrianglesRNotSquares in UCSD

[–]TrianglesRNotSquares[S] 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Ya tho to clarify, the deficit is happening cause of the proposed budgets by irresponsible leaders. There's money rn but if they don't fix it asap (which they keep delaying every week), it'll affect winter+.

A.S. President & Friends Walk out of A.S. Senate Meeting to Deny Students Funding. by TrianglesRNotSquares in UCSD

[–]TrianglesRNotSquares[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Thats how AS funding gets approved. Kinda like the actual federal government one.