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Arizona, USA
Joined January 2022
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Just so everyone’s clear. I’m not anti Republican or anti conservative. I’m anti splitting into factions like RINO vs MAGA It’s annoying and useless and is costing us crucial statewide races in Arizona. The adults in the room are acting like children while the ā€œchildrenā€ are tasked with cleaning up the mess. I’m politely asking every Republican in Arizona to figure it out on how to work together to win.
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I love how we have to cut back our water usage before data centers, golf courses and other public utilities do. Democrats in charge just make our lives more unbearably expensive.
Phoenix residents using more than 20 units of water will see a new $2.10 surcharge per unit to help fund backup water supplies and conservation programs. fox10phoenix.com/video/fmc-d…
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Watching older and younger Republicans tear each other apart over these election results is absolutely infuriating. Let me make something clear. To the older generation: We do not care how easy you think we have it. We’re tired of being called lazy, entitled, and ungrateful because we dare to point out that working full-time barely affords people the ability to buy a home, raise a family, or build a decent life anymore. AFFORDABILITY IS KILLING OUR GENERATION. And your refusal to acknowledge that reality is killing this party’s future. Your experience deserves respect. Your wisdom matters. But your age does not make you automatically right, and your accomplishments 30 years ago do not excuse your refusal to adapt today. And to my generation: Get over yourselves, too. You don’t get to dismiss decades of experience because someone is older than you. Those people built businesses, created jobs, established networks, won elections, and learned lessons we haven’t. We’d be idiots not to learn from them. But here’s the bottom line. The older generation cannot build the future without us, and the younger generation cannot build it without learning from the past. So here’s a practical idea. Instead of spending another Republican meeting arguing about whose generation ruined America, how about we actually start investing in each other? Older Republicans, take younger people under your wing. Teach them how to build a business, sell a product, negotiate a contract, manage money, and develop professional relationships. Introduce them to your networks. Help them find opportunities. Show them how to build wealth instead of lecturing them about why they haven’t already. And younger Republicans, SHOW UP. Ask questions. Listen. Volunteer. Learn how campaigns operate, how businesses survive, and how relationships are built. Earn the trust of the people offering you their time. Here’s what I’d like to see every Republican district and county organization start doing: Build a mentorship network. Pair experienced business owners, professionals, and political organizers with younger Republicans who actually want to learn. Open doors. Host regular workshops on entrepreneurship, sales, financial literacy, career development, and professional networking. Make introductions that lead to actual opportunities. Give younger Republicans real responsibilities. Put them on committees. Let them help develop policy, organize events, and participate in strategy. Stop treating them like free labor until they’re old enough to be taken seriously. Work together on affordability. Bring younger families, workers, business owners, and experienced policymakers to the same table to develop serious proposals addressing housing costs, wages, taxes, and the cost of raising a family. Measure results. How many young people found mentors? Started businesses? Advanced their careers? Took leadership roles? If we’re serious about building the next generation, let’s prove it. And no, mentorship does not mean demanding loyalty, political obedience, or a lifetime of favors. It means genuinely preparing someone to become more successful than you. We are strongest when we work together. Not when we’re protecting egos, insulting each other, and fighting over who deserves to be heard. I’m tired of watching Republicans blame everyone but themselves for losing. You want to save this party? Start listening to the people who are going to inherit it. Better yet, start preparing them to lead it. And if that hurts your feelings, so be it. The American Dream is becoming unaffordable. Your ego isn’t more important than fixing it. We don’t need another generation of Republicans fighting over the ruins of what used to work. We need one generation willing to teach, another willing to learn, and BOTH willing to build something better. That’s how you rebuild the American Dream.
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Soon democrats are going to tax our taxes.
Phoenix residents using more than 20 units of water will see a new $2.10 surcharge per unit to help fund backup water supplies and conservation programs. fox10phoenix.com/video/fmc-d…
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The worst thing about politics in this country is that apparently you have to be somebody to have a chance. I’m sorry. Where in the constitution does it say you have to have a massive social media following or influential career?
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Could’ve been born in the 1930’s with this one.
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This is a joke right? Right? You fucking morons.
Congratulations Senate Republican Leader @johnthune! šŸ‡ŗšŸ‡ø
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Republicans need to adjust. Not sanitize their beliefs but adjust to the moment. Become the party of real issues, not made up chronically online takes.
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The reason President Trump is so successful in general compared to generic republicans is that he’s an expert salesman and marketer. Republicans need better marketers.
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We have a winner
For the GOP to survive as a first party, it needs to get rid of its racists, kooks, conspiracy theorists, antisemites, fascist, and overall insane people. The woke/postliberal/natpop right is a cancer. QAnon is a cancer. We need people who live in reality and who aren’t asshats.
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This is an outstanding analysis. Some republicans are starting to get it.
Our policies didn’t lose last week. Our party did. President Trump’s huge victory in ā€˜24 showed exactly how to win Congress in ā€˜26. A populist movement w/ American workers and families at the center could win big. Congressional Republicans didn’t listen. Democrats did. 🧵
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What a beautiful day the Lord has made
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I voted YES on every Arizona ballot proposition except Prop 320. Here’s why. Republicans need to get serious about education in this state. Our teachers are underpaid, our student-to-teacher ratios are ridiculous, and we’re expecting educators to do more with less every year. That’s not sustainable, and pretending otherwise isn’t conservative leadership. Prop 320 sounded reasonable on the surface. Require certain school districts to spend at least 60% of their operational budgets on direct instruction. I’m all for holding school administrators accountable and making sure classroom dollars actually reach classrooms. But read the fine print. Arizona’s Classroom Site Fund is funded primarily through dedicated education sales tax revenue and helps pay for teacher salaries, class-size reduction, teacher development, and student support. Under Prop 320, districts failing to meet the spending requirements could lose 25% of their Classroom Site Fund allocation after one year of noncompliance, escalating to 100% after four years. Think about that. We’re threatening to take away funding that helps pay teachers and reduce class sizes because districts aren’t meeting a spending target. How exactly does that solve the problem? And the proposition doesn’t guarantee teachers a single dollar in additional pay. I believe in fiscal responsibility, accountability, and eliminating administrative waste. But I also believe Republicans should be fighting for competitive teacher salaries, manageable classrooms, and better educational outcomes. You don’t fix a struggling education system by potentially making life harder for the teachers and students already bearing the consequences. We can demand accountability without punishing the classroom. That’s why I voted NO on Prop 320 and YES on the rest. Read the legislation, not just the ballot title.
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A great reason why we passed that ballot measure.
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They’ve had years to do it and can’t.
House Democrats will deliver a more affordable America.
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Congrats @sherifflamb1 on your win in CD-5! Proud to live in this district. Can’t wait to see what you do in DC!
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If you hate Republicans capable of winning in this state, then you’re the loser. Turning Point needs to dissolve.
The irony is that Turning Point—the authors of R loss after loss in AZ—hates Ducey and other winning Republicans
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Your boy is officially a married man! Let’s go!
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