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  Your maximalist positions/drive for ideological purity are one of the main drivers for losses.  The fact you think he is “not progressive” says more about you than him.  Can you please just keep twirling your neck to the left, eventually you’ll become a right winger and fit right in with the superficial, dogmatists…
context: Met fetterman in a bar once, sat down and talked to him for more than 2-3 hours. Actually a genuine person who cares. He’s a good dude and he got my vote and will continue to. >
  
  There's a state rep here in Texas that makes a point of coming to LGBTQ events all year round, not just marching in Pride. He's cis and straight, but he's there at least half of our meet ups and friendly,approachable, and talkative.
  He's not pushing for votes (the GOP shoved him into a new deep blue district because his first election he won in a real red district). He's literally just there to learn about queer lives and take our concerns back to the Leg. Not that it does shit in Texas.
  He does the same for several other groups, as he feels he needs all that experience to really represent a diverse district.
  He helps organized voting drives and stuff as well in competitive districts.
  He's got a real Fetterman vibe -- he was just a small business owner until Trump was elected, and he saw that twerp divide up his social circle, demonize good people, and generally fracture things and felt he couldn't stand helpless and wanted to do something.
  So he ran for office in 2018. And won.
  I'd vote for that guy for any damn office he wants. Down to earth, charming, and he's not hanging out with us in February of non election years to pander for jack shit. He wants to know how we're doing, what worries us, what he can try to do to make things better. >
  
  You’re probably confused right now, but can you give us a name? >
  
  Took me a minute to remember my user name.
  Jon Rosenthal, 135th District of Texas.
  Sweet guy. Lives whiskey and bourbon. (so obviously good taste too)
  He's probably too progressive (for Texas) to run for Senate, and he's older, but he seems focused on helping other candidates and at least agitating for better legislation and not higher office. >
  
  That is the face of civic duty. >
  
  Such a west wing character. >
  
  I picture dialogue like this:
  “John, what are you doing?” 
  “Reading.”
  “Why are you reading? We have interns for this. You’re 2:35 PAC appointment is here.”
  “It’s the bill.”
  “John, no one reads the bills. It takes too long. They read the summaries. There just aren’t enough hours in the day. Washington is about leverage, John. It’s about who you know and who you can convince. You can’t just read all day. Otherwise you never make the connections that keep you here.”
  “Fine by me.”
  “John you can’t bail on your PAC. Their money got you here.”
  “No they didn’t. Voters did. I went door to door and street by street and talked to people to hear what was important to them. I came here to represent them. Now you’re telling me I can’t do the very thing I said I would do?”
  “John…”
  “You’re fired.” >
  
  “you can’t fire me, i work for the PAC.” >
  
  “Sua sponte.”
  “What?”
  “Sua sponte, it means of one’s own accord.”
  “I know what it means, John. I went to Yale for Christ’s sake.”
  “Good. Then you know that any elected official can submit findings sua sponte to the FEC and request a commission’s audit of their campaign finances if they in good faith believe a violation has occurred. Which is what I will do with said PAC this afternoon if I hear another word about how they get to take precedent over  the interests of my constituents. Oh. And it’s Senator Fetterman. John is what my friends call me.“ >
  
  He works for the people and acts like it. Wishing him good health and success. >
  
  You realize he was never in a position to raise the minimum wage in PA right? >
  
  He did advocate for it, multiple times. Actually, non-fucking-stop.