A civil rights group that Reps. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., and Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., claim “conspired” with two California cities to cancel their rallies in 2021 claimed “victory” over the two Republicans in a press conference Wednesday.
After Gaetz and Greene blamed several civil rights organizations — including the League of United Latin American Citizens, or LULAC — for allegedly conspiring with the cities of Riverside and Anaheim to cancel speaking events by both Gaetz and Greene, a federal judge chastised the two on Friday, calling their allegation “a conspiracy theory that relies purely on conjecture.”
In an opinion issued Friday, U.S. District Judge Hernán Vera ruled that Gaetz and Greene could proceed with their lawsuit against the California cities, while also criticizing the two Republicans for blaming civil rights organizations for the cancellations.
LULAC responded with a press conference in Riverside, California, Wednesday, proclaiming “victory” over Reps. Greene and Gaetz.
yall have got to be more normal about Southern people and I'm not kidding. enough of the Sweet Home Alabama incest jokes, enough of the idea that all Southerners are bigots and rednecks, and enough of the idea that the South has bad food. shut up about "trailer trash" and our accents and our hobbies!
do yall know how fucking nauseating it is to hear people only bring up my state to make jokes about people in poverty and incestuous relationships? how much shame I feel that I wasn't born up north like the Good Queers and Good Leftists with all the Civilised Folk with actual houses instead of small cramped trailers that have paper thin walls that I know won't protect me in a bad enough storm?
do yall know how frustrating it is to be trans in a place that wants to kill you and whenever you bring it up to people they say "well just move out" instead of sympathizing with you or offering help?
do yall understand how alienating it is to see huge masterposts of queer and mental health resources but none of them are in your state because theyre all up north? and nobody seems to want to fix this glaring issue because "they're all hicks anyways"
Southern people deserve better. we deserve to be taken seriously and given a voice in the queer community and the mental health space and leftist talks in general.
Trevonte Helton, a 29 year old Black man, "was found hanging from a tree at High Shoal Falls in North Georgia." This man was murdered, and their quick eagerness to call this an "isolated" incident is just horrifying.
Y’all IK we won the senate and it’s definitely important to celebrate, but if you’re in Georgia please, please, please vote in the runoff on December 6.
If we can get 51 instead of an exact tie it will give us a little wiggle room. For the past two years, a lot of the improvements Biden has attempted to make haven’t made it passed the Senate because one or two Democrats voted no and that was all it took; if we can get Georgia too, one Democrat can vote no and the legislation will still pass. The more seats we have the better chance we have for serious, meaningful change.