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Virginia Democrat who praised LGBTQ+ inclusion is now helping Republicans out trans kids
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There are two types of politician.
A representative and a politician.
The former is usually of the working class and listens to their constituents, not corporations and donors. They're usually more progressive, they call out capitalist BS and they want to deliver for the people they represent.
The latter is only concerned about appeasing their donors. Some may be more evil than others about it, but they all love fascism as it helps them make more money.
We have a 2 party system but we mostly have the latter. Terrorists on the far right and fascist sympathizers in the middle. Gotta love "vote blue no matter who" up until it's someone trying to deliver for the people. They also love to yell and blame those who don't vote or vote third party when their candidate couldn't represent the people and it flips as soon as a progressive starts winning. Some even vote republican instead, fuckin wild.
Make sure you vote for those who don't take constitutionally protected free speech cough I mean money from PACs and large donors. Does anyone really believe they'll represent you and not the couple of people giving them millions? It's a flat out conflict of interest if I've ever seen one, but one many voters are happy to look past for some reason (lack of education and introspection).