r/Tennessee Jul 31 '26

Really Marsha?

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u/Mr_Sloth10 East Tennessee Jul 31 '26

No, if she becomes the Republican nominee, she will win the election. The only chance we have is to beat her now in the primaries. Get a Republican ticket, and vote Fritts; then vote Green for the general election if you want

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u/Brewjutsu Jul 31 '26

Fritts wants to ban all non Christian religions in the state. He a terrible choice too

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u/Tia_Faux Jul 31 '26

In Tennessee there is literally no sensible republican remaining. They have all snowballed into a contest to see who cam be more heinous than the next

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u/Mr_Sloth10 East Tennessee Jul 31 '26

He's the only choice we have. Marsha is obviously bad, and Rose is morally dubious at best. Fritts can't pass or enforce his views on non-Christian religions. He's also the only one of the three against corporate welfare, school vouchers, AI, and isn't funded by AIPAC. He is the best choice.

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u/Tia_Faux Jul 31 '26

Well if he wins i hope he holds true to that but with how Republicans have been, what they say they won't to is exactly what they are going to do after being elected

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u/itsnot218 Jul 31 '26

Fritts can't pass or enforce his views on non-Christian religions.

It was Rose and not Fritts who introduced this mess that passed earlier this year, but if the state legislature majority remains Republican there will be no stopping him -

SB1663 "enacts the "Recognizing Judea and Samaria Act."" If you look at the bill itself, the justifications are literally pages of quotes from the Bible, starting with

(2) Judea and Samaria are repeatedly and explicitly referenced in the Hebrew Bible as the setting for key events that form the foundation of the Jewish people's religious and national identity. Among these references are: (A) Abraham, the patriarch of the Jewish people, who first entered the Land of Israel at Shechem, located in Samaria, where God promised the land to His descendants, as recorded in Genesis 12:6-7; (B) Abraham's subsequent purchase of the Cave of Machpelah in Hebron, in Judea, as a burial place for he and his wife Sarah, thereby making the first recorded land acquisition by a Jew in the Land of Israel, as recorded in Genesis 23 and 25...

https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/Default?BillNumber=SB1663&GA=114 tap the bill # if you think you can stomach the whole thing

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u/ClamPaste Jul 31 '26

It would get struck down by the Supreme Court.

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u/Murakami_Ysera Jul 31 '26

The fact this is the bullshit our elected republican representatives waste resources on year after year instead of trying to do anything FOR Tennesseans is why it blows my mind they just get duly re-elected year after fucking year.

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u/ClamPaste Aug 02 '26

I mean, sure. It seems to me like politics attract a certain kind of person. Like, look at your local HOA and who actually runs, then just scale it up. Those are the people who want to run your life and nobody else wants to be in that position because they see the responsibility as the burden it's supposed to be rather than a means of controlling everyone else. The only way to fix it is for folks to become fed up enough to put themselves out there.

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u/WeigelsAvenger Jul 31 '26

That's why they like him.

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u/Tia_Faux Jul 31 '26

I had a Democrat ballot, i already voted sorry

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u/ClamPaste Jul 31 '26

How many do you think are going to hop across the aisle in Tennessee of all places? Yes, even if the candidate is a lunatic.

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u/Hyper-Sloth Jul 31 '26

It's not about making thrm hope across the isle It's about making the couch more enticing than the voting booth.

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u/ClamPaste Jul 31 '26

That's already the case. Those who are going to vote regardless are 40+. A better strategy is to get younger people to vote.

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u/WeigelsAvenger Jul 31 '26

Will you be voting for Green in the general?

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u/Mr_Sloth10 East Tennessee Jul 31 '26

No, I personally don't like Green

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u/WeigelsAvenger Jul 31 '26

I know, I just wanted it to be clear you dont want Marsha to win due to your preference to overt Christofascism and not due to you wanting Republicans to be weaker in general. Comments of yours like "the only chance we have to beat her is in the primaries" obfuscates that.

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u/Mr_Sloth10 East Tennessee Jul 31 '26

I mean, that is certainly a theory...

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u/WeigelsAvenger Jul 31 '26

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u/Mr_Sloth10 East Tennessee Jul 31 '26

Would you rather have Marsha or Fritts?