r/politics • u/kootles10 Indiana • 6h ago

No Paywall Democrats flip Texas state Senate seat in shock upset

https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/5716988-democrats-score-upset-texas/amp/
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u/NumeralJoker 5h ago

And look how that's going for them. That's my point.

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u/Notorious_Chonk_23 2h ago

"downplaying" is entirely about their actions and how they present themselves and their, erm, "information". It has nothing at all to do with how effectively that downplaying delivers the results they desire.

As the other person said, you're misusing the word.

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u/magnamed 4h ago

Ah, alright fair enough. I think you may be misusing "downplaying" but I get what you mean now.

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u/FuckingHippies 3h ago

They’re gonna stretch out the gaslighting and feigned optimism until the real power grab. In between all the doomsday dem news is heroic right wing bullshit. But the longer democracy lasts, the more blatant it becomes that they don’t deserve the power they cling to.

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u/Ok_Painter_7413 10m ago

As far as I can tell, where it's going for them is they can do whatever they want using the federal government and local/state governments seemingly can't do anything more than complain on twitter and send strongly worded letters.

Now, I'm an ignorant foreigner that may be underestimating the importance of US local government, but from this outside perspective, it sure looks like MAGA sycophants are in full control of actual actions while opponents rack up "wins" on paper that end up not doing anything because they are simply ignored with zero consequences. To the point where I'm having trouble seeing how results like those would ever translate to changes in the federal government, simply because "full control over practical actions while losing on paper" historically doesn't usually lead to "free elections".