• dvlsg@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      6 hours ago

      Is he? That phrase isn’t in the quote, variety added it.

      (It’s still possible, but idk the rest of the context)

    • 🇰 🌀 🇱 🇦 🇳 🇦 🇰 🇮 @pawb.socialEnglish
      71·
      22 hours ago

      Given how much he reversed on after speaking with experts on other things when he was govenor, I think he could be convinced he isn’t defending the right people if he talked to a 3rd party expert about it.

          • TranscendentalEmpire@lemmy.today
            3·
            8 hours ago

            Yeah… Morally he wasn’t as repugnant as your average Republican, especially compared to today’s standards. However, there isn’t really a way to be a Republican and still be a truly empathetic person. His tenure as governor was all about cutting taxes and services for his constituents.

            He massively cut funding for schools, healthcare, and social services which, all while racking up a huge amount of debt for the state. Imo you can’t systemically make the lives of hundreds of thousands poor families even harder and still be considered a good person. Being “fiscally conservative” is just short hand for wanting to starve children and deprive them of healthcare and equitable futures, just to make rich people richer.

            • Nalivai@lemmy.world
              2·
              6 hours ago

              Yeah, my bar got so low, I genuinely considered that not openly supporting fucking kids already made him not a republican. I’m kind of forgetting that it’s a new development for those folks.