Mayor Declares Dallas a “Sanctuary City from Socialism.”

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remembertapes@reddit

There has never been a more pathetic kiss ass in the Republican party and that's really saying something.

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Apprehensive-Cod-54@reddit

Dallas even has its own stock exchange now (the TXSE), and behind NYC and DC, it’s the 3rd most moved-to city for college-educated 25 year olds (source: Axios).

The mayor is responsible for making a city profitable, safe and sustainable. Conversely the mayor of my city of birth, NYC, Bill de Blasio, ran it into the ground by BEING a sanctuary for mayhem.

Nothing wrong with a little PR/showmanship. Bravo, Eric.

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Wutalesyou@reddit

Safe? It’s one of the highest in the country!!!

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Apprehensive-Cod-54@reddit

I said a mayor, meaning in general, is tasked with keeping a city, safe and prosperous, in general. I wasn’t speaking necessarily of Dallas or New York in that sentence.

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FineAd2187@reddit

But hey, this guy was elected as a DEMOCRAT and then changed parties. Read Jim Schutze's The Accommodation for deeper understanding. The mayor of Dallas is a clown

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YaGetSkeeted0n@reddit

It really does come across as so craven. Like, dude, pick whatever party you want to be part of I guess, but it sounds so "pick me" as the kids call it.

To say nothing about how the dear leader of his chosen political party, and his most loyal fedayeen, absolutely hate free enterprise, law and order, and first responders.

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MusicalAutist@reddit

"Pick Me Politician" should really be a new term we use. I like that!

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TheDakestTimeline@reddit

Not to mention those over Melanined folks

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Furrealyo@reddit (OP)

Credit where credit is due…he saw which way the wind was blowing and jumped ship pretty early.

Say what you want, but the dude has some hustle to him.

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SirMrAdam@reddit

Thats not hustle man, thats grifting.

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remembertapes@reddit

He was the hand picked mayoral candidate of the oil billionaire Hunt family. He pretended to be liberal to win the election.

You don't under any circumstances have to hand it to him.

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Furrealyo@reddit (OP)

He was elected to the Texas House five times as a Democrat.

That’s a lot of pretending.

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remembertapes@reddit

Obviously things had changed for him before the mayoral race. Especially because he was recruited to beat the more liberal leaning candidate Griggs.

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I've been out of Texas for years now and I still get sad when I think about that. I went to a debate between the two of them during their campaign and couldn't have been more put off by how smarmy Johnson was. I figured he was a turd, but this is a new and unexpected low even for him. Ugh.

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bemvee@reddit

Wow, Johnson actually showed up for that debate? He skipped a lot of them, one time claiming it was because had an important vote in Austin that the roll call showed him absent for.

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one_bad_larry@reddit

That’s called being sellout, just like what Ted Cruz did

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HintzOfTrouble@reddit

I would say Governor Hot Wheels, would definitely come in first place

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Imaginary_Builder_56@reddit

So is he saying that there will be no fire department, police department, libraries, water supplies, street department, no one to regulate cell phone towers, no Parks, no public schools, public utilities, no nonprofit hospitals, no federal highways, social services, mass transit, sports stadiums funding, etc.?

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j_squares@reddit

“Common sense and the American Dream still reside here.”

Has this delusional groundhog come out of his millionaire hole to see how people actually function around here?

Common sense is no longer common. A notion I learned while living in this city.

Just yesterday, I witnessed a pregnant lady tasked with bringing a pitbull to a vet to get it neutered. The dog was wild but sweet, and kept pulling her, to which, she just let go of the dog and let it run around the lobby.

Common sense is fucking dead and Texans are part of the culprits!

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baphometsbike@reddit

There’s people sleeping on the street at the library right across from city hall, he’s full of shit

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Ilafluffybunnie@reddit

Second this!

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alkaliphiles@reddit

I guess private responders can only help if you live on one of the toll roads.

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TakeATrainOrBusFFS@reddit

Any service the city provides or ever could provide is socialism, as long as taxes are paying for it.

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Maxcrss@reddit

Public services are not socialism.

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IveKnownItAll@reddit

No the fuck it isn't. That is not what socialism is. Public funded services is not socialism.

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someofthedead_@reddit

No the fuck it isn't. That is not what socialism is. Public funded services is not socialism.

You're hilarious! You have no idea what you're talking about but sure as fuck you talk about it

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plastic_jungle@reddit

Please educate us, iveknownitall

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plastic_jungle@reddit

Please educate us, iveknownitall

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SatanMango@reddit

You dipshits have no clue what socialism is and tend to generalize anything you don't like.

We are born ignorant as children, how did you not grow out of yours?

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SueSudio@reddit

So what is socialism in your opinion?

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TakeATrainOrBusFFS@reddit

I mean to be fair, socialism refers more to a comprehensive economic system with collective ownership of the means of production, but watching someone get that deeply offended at my dumb comment is just a great way to start my day.

Anyway, tell that little welfare queen to stay off my streets unless he’s paying every time he uses them.

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Brookenium@reddit

Yeah, the thing is what's described above are examples of the policies that make republicans cry "socialism" so colloquially it's right. Someone is called "socialist" by the right when the support publically funded services.

But neither groups are right. There's no "socialist cities" in the US nor any pushing to be. The things Mamdani is proposing (which this is obviously referencing) are not socialist policies. But they ARE in the same bracket as city provided services.

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TakeATrainOrBusFFS@reddit

Exactly.

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TchoupedNScrewed@reddit

Also it isn’t a binary of one day? Capitalist. Next month? Abolished capital, you own the means of production with your workers, etc. - transitional states. I’m not saying we are one, we aren’t even capable (right now at least), but social safety nets and a better equal distribution of wealth is objectively heading in that direction.

All semantics at this point though.

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sarahkazz@reddit

Username does NOT check out

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Ok-Goal-8767@reddit

You should consider reading a book before speaking. That’s indeed socialism.

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maybeidontknowwhy@reddit

Your username speaks volumes at how uninformed you actually are lol

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TakeATrainOrBusFFS@reddit

It’s OK baby, you’re going to be fine. Just try to breathe.

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nounthennumbers@reddit

You forgot libraries

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TakeATrainOrBusFFS@reddit

Marx’ wet dream

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Maxcrss@reddit

Public services are not socialism. That’s stupid

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AkuTheNiceGuy@reddit

I'm going to make a wild accusation that the mayor doesn't know what socialism is.

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lemurvomitX@reddit

I was in high school with him. He knows. He's not an idiot. He's just decided that appealing to idiots is his only path to higher office in this idiot-supermajority state.

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JKinney79@reddit

It’s even worse, he’s an educated guy who likely knows better….but knows the buzzwords to use to sell himself to conservative voters.

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Adventurous-Horse305@reddit

This. He knows how much socialism helps literally every city. What he said amounts to, we have no roads, cops, firemen, schools or parks since all that’s socially funded.

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Academic-Visual-1030@reddit

Lol social programs aren't socialism...

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YisITalwaysFASCISM@reddit

Right.. please explain.

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Brookenium@reddit

Seriously, people need to quit pretending Republican politicians are stupid.

They're not stupid, they're greedy and generally evil people. They purposefully misrepresent and spin this shit for their own personal gain. Thinking their incompetent is what leads to us being where we are now. Quit thinking of them as the bumbling oafs that elect them and start thinking of them as the manipulating villains they are.

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MateoCafe@reddit

You can't convince me that MTG and Boebert are smart. That being said there definitely are plenty of well educated Rs that are craven political grifters that will do anything to further there careers and bank accounts.

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Brookenium@reddit

They're not necessarily smart and I'd argue rarely are. But they're not stupid. MTG and Boebert act the way they do because it garners them face time on the news and that's keeping them in their seats. Not that a Democrat can contest either, but they could be primaried. Their districts are so deep red that their constituents (who generally /are/ stupid) eat that shit up and they know it.

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noncongruent@reddit

I'd argue there's a difference between being intellectually smart and being a smart feral. Bobes and Butch Built fall into the latter category, as does Trump.

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31770j@reddit

They bowl politics with rails.

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Csharp27@reddit

Exactly, a lot of the time they aren’t stupid (with many exceptions), but their constituents are and they know it, so they pander to the lowest common denominator and it usually pays off well for them.

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Dontlikefootball@reddit

I think you mean uneducated voters

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Academic-Visual-1030@reddit

We should deport all the socialists forreal though

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yachster@reddit

I’m going to guess the people trying to make “socialism” a negative buzzword know exactly what socialism is… which is why they don’t want it.

They would rather hoard wealth and let the poors die.

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JonasTwenty@reddit

Probably also doesn’t know that the reunion ball is named after a socialist society

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SomethingHasGotToGiv@reddit

He’s telling everyone that he doesn’t know where his paycheck comes from 😆

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DivaMissZ@reddit

When does his term end? Not soon enough

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djporter91@reddit

You can definitely be a liberal and not be a socialist.

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_______woohoo@reddit

trust me its better to be a socialist than a liberal.

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djporter91@reddit

Not if you understand economics haha

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_______woohoo@reddit

I understand economics very well. As well as history.

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ilikeengnrng@reddit

failed socialist experiments

Mamdani has literally only won the primary, he's just pandering and using as many buzzwords as his little brain can muster. As a current resident of Dallas, the "American dream" is not "alive and well" here.

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hbk1966@reddit

The worst part is Mamdani isn't even a Socialist 😭

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Academic-Visual-1030@reddit

Mamdani is a socialist. He literally wants to setup government grocery stores aka bread lines and have them seize privately owned housing properties to setup communes.

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hbk1966@reddit

By his own words he's a democratic socialist not a socialist. Those aren't the same things Socialism isn't when the state does stuff. That'd be like calling the US socialist because USPS or AMTRAK is owned by the state.

The US also already has federally owned grocery stores, lookup what a DeCA commissary is. Are we going to start calling the US military Socialist now? No, because these are owned by the bourgeoisie state and not by a worker's state.

Show me where he said he wants to seize privately owned housing. I think I remember seeing him wanting the option for the city or the tenants to have the first chance to buy apartment buildings when they go up for sale, but I can't remember where. The problem here this it's completely detached from the material conditions of tenants. Tenants are barely scraping by with outrageous rents, they're aren't going to be able to afford to collectively purchase an apartment building.

He has said his goal is to rebuild the democratic party. He is no more a Socialist than Bernie Sanders or AOC. Funnelling people back into the Democratic party isn't the path to Socialism, the Democratic party is the graveyard of social movements. This has always has been the case going all the way back to the Populist Movement/People's Party in the 1890s and happens time and time again. Many people left over after the Socialist Party split were mesmerized by FDR and were funneled into the democratic party. SDS, Occupy Wall Street, Bernie, BLM, and now DSA is starting to show the same trends. Moving into the Democratic party is a guaranteed death sentence for any movement.

Mamdani is attempting to do the same thing, and I don't think it's out of malice, but out of ignorance of history and how the system works.

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CZall23@reddit

If socialism fails every time, why would he need to declare Dallas a sanctuary city?

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ilikeengnrng@reddit

Right? And crazy how he's encouraging transplants instead of doing anything to help the disadvantaged citizens that already live here.

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spacedman_spiff@reddit

This is a common misconception. The founding fathers rebelled against Britain to avoid paying taxes on their commerce. From their own writings, they made it clear they fully intended to only allow land owning men the right of suffrage. Obviously, Christianity was entwined in all facets of life. That was the original American Dream.

The modern Republican Party is aligning with those original goals.

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musingmarkhor@reddit

Americans don’t know what socialism is or we know and apparently we just make up things just to spread hate and vitriol. Dallas needs someone to defeat the establishment Democrats, and bring new energy to defeat Republicans like Eric Johnson.

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boldjoy0050@reddit

This is the type of thing that Europeans love to make fun of. Americans will call someone a socialist communist and think they know what they are talking about. Our educational system is a total failure because of how many morons we have.

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isthereanyotherway@reddit

This is such an accurate statement it brought a wee tear to my eye. Most Americans barely understand capitalism, there's no hope for most Americans to ever understand socialism. We're such idiotic twats here, it's absurd.

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borderobserver@reddit

Eric Johnson is a pathetic excuse for a mayor whose term in office cannot end quickly enough.

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get_paid_get_laid@reddit

For a second, I had hope that we were a sanctuary for socialists

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BabyBearMan@reddit

My wife and I were just talking about this ass hat the other day. Basically saying it's been a few minutes since we've heard anything from our "honorable" mayor. Now he opens his pie hole with this. Fuck him

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isthereanyotherway@reddit

I was just thinking this the other day too! I don't remember what precipitated my thinking of this asshole, but I remember wondering what the little fucker is up to because I haven't heard anything from him in a hot minute. I then sneered at myself for wondering about him. He's such a piece of shit!

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ohwemadeamistake@reddit

There’s a reason he said he won’t run again after he announced his party switch he knows he won’t win , I also almost got into a twitter back and forth with him about this tweet because I commented on it then he weirdly went to my profile and liked my pinned tweet

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Furrealyo@reddit (OP)

He is prohibited from being mayor again. He is already term limited.

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ohwemadeamistake@reddit

😮 oooh

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spongyguy24@reddit

The only time I've ever seen a DPD officer do a traffic stop was an officer in training that gave me a warning for expired registration.

Law and order my ass. Maybe do something about the horrible drivers breaking laws every day then stump for this bullshit youre faking to care about.

Worst mayor I've seen in any city I've lived in. Enjoy Austin!

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redmambo_no6@reddit

Of all people to be nonpartisan, you’d think a mayor would be at the top of the list.

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Furrealyo@reddit (OP)

The skeptic in me says that’s exactly what he did by switching parties.

The role is largely ceremonial anyway, so why not switch to the winning side where the all opportunities are?

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currently_distracted@reddit

So this is why politics shouldn’t be your fucking career and how you feed your goddamn family.

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Furrealyo@reddit (OP)

Amen.

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Same_Presentation692@reddit

Your political analysis is weak here. If by “opportunities” you mean that he will never get bi-partisan support again, sure. Independents typically don’t like liars. Plus, why did he wait until after the election to come out as conservative? Is it because he would have lost badly? Yes. The only opportunity he has it’s at higher office in the state, where the field is already crowded with MAGA grovelers. Good luck dude, but make no mistake, Dallas will not re-elect him.

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Furrealyo@reddit (OP)

He cannot run for Mayor again due to term limits, so that’s a dead end.

If he was wanted to rise higher in Texas politics, he had no choice but to switch parties. He has nothing to lose.

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Extreme_Obligation34@reddit

Just his integrity

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Furrealyo@reddit (OP)

I’m jealous you still feel that elected officials have that to start with.

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TchoupedNScrewed@reddit

He’s already swap, he literally just needs to leave for a private gig that he can grease the wheels of right now, which is exactly what he’ll do lol. How naive are you?

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ladynomingtonn@reddit

Preach.

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DumbBitchByLeaps@reddit

You don’t think it’s disingenuous to switch parties during your term?

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AAArdvaarkansastraat@reddit

It’s a shame it’s that way in almost every major city. Pander is as pander does.

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alm723@reddit

We don’t even have nonpartisan judges

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currently_distracted@reddit

All I need to know is Dallas is a sanctuary for freedom of choice. I can’t even boot out a couple of unwanted cells from my body if I don’t want them multiplying.

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ars_inveniendi@reddit

Ok. A great place to remove the horrible effects of socialism would be to start with all the corporate tax breaks and incentives .

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TooSus37@reddit

Couldn’t be happier to be moving here ❤️

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paisleychicken@reddit

We need to try again on starting the process to recall him. Get this bait-and-party-switch shitwad out of office.

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chilltx78@reddit

lol da fuk

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yachster@reddit

Dude is a fuckin 🤡

Who votes these people in?

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earthworm_fan@reddit

This is gonna make some edge redditors angry 🍿

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Quick_Ad_5691@reddit

You are the edgy redditor “socialism” in today’s politics is just basic humanity

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Quick_Ad_5691@reddit

F you Eric Johnson you sellout

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NearHi@reddit

Weird, because I'm from Phoenix and I was surprised my how many more "socialist" policies and practices there were here than there.

That law that you have that caps the cost of life saving medical procedures like kidney transplants and heart surgery.

Then, I've never seen so many libraries, parks, museums and rec centers. You actually use your taxes to invest in the community and its amazing. That's "socialist," in many circles.

And even though its a private organization, NTTA is a socialist practice: collecting money from everyone to provide a road and free towing services on said roads.

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LightsStayOnInFrisco@reddit

This lying fuck fart is too comfortable running his mouth for a city he doesn't represent. He can't leave soon enough.

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Whole-Future3351@reddit

I’m a socialist, and I live here. Ya’ll aren’t safe from me. I’m gonna sneak up behind you with fair wages and free healthcare.

Then I’m gonna snatch that dumb fucking hat he likes to wear off his head. Clown.

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31770j@reddit

Fuck Eric Adams. I mean Johnson. Gaddam.

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aggie1391@reddit

Lmao. The only thing Dallas has on NYC is lower cost of living. Dallas has higher crime, our state has higher infant and maternal mortality and it’s going up, we absolutely do not have the same comforts and conveniences, public transit being a massive example not to mention a host of social services to actually help people. NYC isn’t about to lose free enterprise, it actually has roughly the same small businesses per capita as Dallas, and obviously is a massive economic powerhouse. Johnson kissing up to MAGA fascists by trying to put down NYC is hilarious. Republicans destroy cities and states far worse than any Dem does.

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Alarming-Interview90@reddit

Dallas has better BBQ.

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stoic_spaghetti@reddit

That doesn't have anything to do with city services

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Furrealyo@reddit (OP)

And TexMex.

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BlueDotBarista@reddit

Stupid idiot.

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milkman231996@reddit

Good

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PokeMeRunning@reddit

Jesus Christ somebody wants higher office

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TheyFoundWayne@reddit

But what is even the logical next step for him? Not Senator. Congress?

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PokeMeRunning@reddit

Attorney General Eric Johnson

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NintendogsWithGuns@reddit

Does it impress the GOP when you can only get elected by misrepresenting which party you’re part of?

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PokeMeRunning@reddit

Yes it seems to

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IveKnownItAll@reddit

Nobody qualified does.

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kia_backseat27@reddit

Wait are people against this?

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stupidgnomes@reddit

I think it’s the hypocrisy that’s being featured here

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CaliGirlRC@reddit

Have you looked around this city ??? He is worthless

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joannamiller05@reddit

Finally! I knew my prayers to the asphalt gods would be answered. Can we get an express lane for people who know how to use their blinker? Or a special zone where folks don't merge onto 635 at 40 mph? I'll personally volunteer to enforce it.

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l_ally@reddit

It’s like dealing with my mom with a personality disorder. She sees us do something that makes sense and then tries to do something that sounds the same but there’s no logic or kindness. My mom’s attempt at sarcasm comes to kind. It was just insults. She also tries to set boundaries when she’s the abuser.

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meatforsale@reddit

Red states are on welfare paid by blue states and continue to fail their public time and time again… “keep your politics out of our state”.

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StroodleNoodles@reddit

I think we need to look more into who feeds the pockets of these candidates for Mayor BEFORE voting for them.

For instance, AIPAC, they seem to have their dirty money involved with a lot of folks in DC. Johnson’s National Republican Mayors Association (RMA) has paid a little over $10,000 directly on candidates and $6,500 to a handful of local conservative political organizations, according to publicly available records filed with the IRS.

Johnson, who served for years as a Democrat in the Texas Legislature, switched to the GOP just months after winning reelection for a second mayoral term in 2023. Then he created the RMA.

The RMA was formed to “support the election of Republican mayors and candidates across America, to build and expand upon their [successes] in office, and to advocate for Republican leadership of American’s cities,” according to its public IRS reports.

The group often backs candidates with press releases and posts on its social media accounts — and touts their victories when they happen.

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Danyboii@reddit

I remember when this sub had no opinion on Eric Johnson, “he’s ok, not good not bad.” Then he became a Republican and suddenly he was literally the worst person ever. Y’all are tiresome.

Also he’s right, if you don’t think bad policies in New York, California, or Oregon have had an effect I have a bridge to sell you. Mamdani is a disaster waiting to happen. Government run grocery stores? Raise taxes on whiter neighborhoods? Yall see “socialist candidate” and put the blinders on.

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FantasticFrontButt@reddit

meanwhile rapist president

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noncongruent@reddit

Don't forget he raped a 13 year old girl at one point, likely not the only one either.

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FantasticFrontButt@reddit

and got in a fight and had a longstanding grudge with his best friend about who should get to rape another minor first

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Furrealyo@reddit (OP)

Agreed. If your side is “all good” and the other side is “all evil”, you’re part of the problem.

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HorseCockExpress6969@reddit

How dare our mayor not let people totally trash and ruin the city!!! All right everybody meet tomorrow to protest it!!! Who's got the dates?

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noncongruent@reddit

People are bothered by the fact that he lied to his voters and ran as a Democrat, taking Democrat donations, all the while having already decided to switch parties after getting elected. In other words, he lied and deceived his way into office. This city is solid Blue, if he'd run as a Republican he absolutely wouldn't have gotten any donations from people who support Democratic and liberal causes. He's an ignoramus and a liar, but of course that's on brand for Republicans.

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AustinInDallasTx@reddit

Funny how y’all love to pretend it’s about “policy” when a politician flips parties mid-term without a mandate and starts parroting national GOP talking points like he’s running for Fox News contributor of the month. No one thought Eric Johnson was amazing before... he barely made waves. But switching parties after winning a nonpartisan office is a bait-and-switch, not a policy evolution.

As for your fear mongering, nobody in Dallas is copying New York grocery co-ops or taxing people based on skin tone. You’re just name-dropping boogeymen and hoping people don’t notice how corporate giveaways and neglect under Johnson have made Dallas less livable for working folks.

But sure, let’s pretend his party switch was a brave stand and not a self-serving audition for higher office. Tiresome indeed.

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Sniper22106@reddit

.....so a normal city?

Wtf was even the point of this speech?

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TexasBaconMan@reddit

That guy is a dipshit

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Skydog69@reddit

CoL has already gone up so much here in the last decade, do something about that before asking more people to move here

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Furrealyo@reddit (OP)

If NYC elects a Mamdani, the flight of conservatives from NY to TX/FL will make the recent Cali influx look like a trickle.

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PresidentTroyAikman@reddit

Conservatives are the dumbest babies on the planet. They’re a fucking joke.

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Thespiritdetective1@reddit

Rich people are lying, they aren't going to sell a penthouse in Manhattan to live in Dallas, delusional thinking. 😂

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Furrealyo@reddit (OP)

NYC middle class = NTX rich.

Same as the Cali peeps moving here for the last 5 years.

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nounthennumbers@reddit

Wrong, I was NY middle class*, bought a house here 18 years ago that immediately lost value. Now I could not afford to even buy it from myself.

*I am not from NY it was just a waypoint in my life due to my wife’s career.

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Thespiritdetective1@reddit

That was due to the tech boom in Austin, not fucking Dallas 😂 that's also slowing down as well as people have come to understand what a shithole and backward thinking place this is.

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Skydog69@reddit

Tons of businesses relocated from CA to DFW too, it’s absolutely part of why home prices have gotten insane here

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Furrealyo@reddit (OP)

My house value going up >50% in 5 years says you’re mistaken.

https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/DAXRNSA

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Thespiritdetective1@reddit

Hopefully you'll continue to hold onto it, we all know real estate never goes down in value? 👍🏿

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AlotEnemiesNoFriends@reddit

You are wrong…I did just that. I’m not super duper rich but my income puts me in the top 1%. I am completely remote and could not just live anywhere in America but anywhere in the world and keep the same salary. I chose here for many reasons.

Also the fortress credit ceos moved here(though one just left for London)…they are certified rich rich

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LiberacesWraith@reddit

Dude, take a break. Your algorithms are making you sick.

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Terrible_Shelter_345@reddit

respectfully even I don't agree with Mamdani's policies like rent control, and I think government owned grocery stores are not going to work out

but the fear mongering about him is fucking insane

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Upstairs_Balance_464@reddit

No, it really won’t. Turn off the Fox News.

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FantasticFrontButt@reddit

link to tweet pls, can't find it

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Furrealyo@reddit (OP)

https://x.com/johnson4dallas/status/1940764056576561561?s=46&t=IyxxxxuYsmJIALtCrHQ8kA

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FantasticFrontButt@reddit

thanks!

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SimiShittyProgrammer@reddit

Awesome, shut down all city services. Water, police, trash, fire, etc.

Oh he's full of shit. With his socialist job.

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HorseCockExpress6969@reddit

r/dallas not gonna like this🤣🤣🤣🤣

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ELECTRICMACHINE13@reddit

My gosh bless his heart......he ain't got the sense God gave a Goat!

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StronglyHeldOpinions@reddit

I'm kind of in favor of all the worst people concentrating in one place.

Especially since I don't live there any more.

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RumRunnerMax@reddit

Trying to get Trump’s invite to the Whitehouse

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ohwemadeamistake@reddit

Probably he was at the RNC convention last year

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Furrealyo@reddit (OP)

Better yet, he’ll host Trump here.

It’s a bigger deal for Trump than it is for Mayor J.

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tooheavybroo@reddit

You can bet your ass my entire social circle is voting this boot licking guy out.

Switching parties once elected has got to be one of slimiest thing any elected official can do

VOTE HIM OUT

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EchoNineThree@reddit

We are full in Dallas. To come here you must remove two 2 socialist per new non—socialist resident.

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Same_Presentation692@reddit

I guess you aren’t very perceptive because they’re are empty warehouses littering the highways here. Also, you probably can’t even define a socialist. Utterly laughable.

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Lt_Cochese@reddit

Sure they do. Socialism = whatever I don't like

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EchoNineThree@reddit

Then you all…….. Fascism: Whatever we dont like.

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Lt_Cochese@reddit

The right tends not to know and understand what socialism is, yet in many instances, they embrace it. The left tends to know what fascism is and finds it abhorrent in all forms. The right 100% embraces fascism, provided it's their flavor.

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EchoNineThree@reddit

Then you all……. facshism: Whatever We dont like.

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EchoNineThree@reddit

How does an empty warehouse litter a highway?

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AustinInDallasTx@reddit

Too bad we can’t fix your low IQ.

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EchoNineThree@reddit

Oh damn….. You literally destroyed me with that one…….

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Kidg33k@reddit

This guy didn’t even win as a republican. He did the bait and switch. He should shut up and sit down before people remember

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noncongruent@reddit

If he'd told his voters that he was going to switch they wouldn't have voted him into office, for sure. He had already decided to switch at that point, that's for sure.

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Alcophile@reddit

It needs to be pointed out to our Dear Mayor and some similarly ignorant people on this thread that socialism is NOT 'when the government does something' or 'when taxes pay for something.'

Socialism is when workers own the companies they work for and keep all the profits they create. Capitalism is when people who have money but don't work are allowed to own companies and keep some of the profits they didn't produce.

Socialism and Capitalism are economic systems, not forms of government.

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permalink_save@reddit

Socialism is when workers own the companies they work for and keep all the profits they create.

So like Publix, which I don't hear bitching about profits and competition and needing to merge like Kroger and Albertsons are doing. So which ones are employee owned vs owned by someone that wants a bigger yacht? Oh right.

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noncongruent@reddit

WinCo is also employee-owned. I've talked to employees there when I go and they're generally very happy about that fact.

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neverendingnonsense@reddit

I regret voting for this guy in the run off everyday.

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noncongruent@reddit

You couldn't have known he had already decided to switch parties at that point, but lied about it to his voters.

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Jeffreyknows@reddit

Reminder, he won his office by running as a Democrat

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noncongruent@reddit

And given that he switched pretty much immediately after winning, and considering that switching parties in modern times isn't something to be done without extensive forethought and consideration, it's a very safe bet that he was planning on switching long before winning, probably long before running for reelection. That means he lied to get elected, and even though Dallas mayoral elections are ostensibly non-partisan, the reality is that most of the people that donated to his campaign though they were donating to a Democrat, not someone planning to switch to being a Republican as soon as he took office. If he'd switched before running he almost certainly would not have been elected, and a Democratic party candidate would have come forward to challenge him.

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JustMyThoughts2525@reddit

So will Dallas get rid of all subsidies and tax breaks for all corporations in the city?

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Boring_Impress@reddit

No silly. That’s the good socialism. He only wants to get ride of the socialism that helps poor people.

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hiscpanicausnapanic@reddit

Uncle Tom vibes

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Electrical-Peak5685@reddit

Racist indeed.

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NotSafeForKarma@reddit

How is this not incredibly racist

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Aggressive-Tiger-545@reddit

Speaking of the judges here in DFW, I can think of 1 in particular that that should be their middle name

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Fun_Guest8288@reddit

Omg you participation trophy loving morons are truly melting down. This is absolutely the best crying group circle jerk I have ever seen. You all need to get out of your parents houses get jobs and grow up. 😂😂😂😂 omg thank you I really needed a laugh today. 😂😂🤣🤣

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kaiser_soze_72@reddit

I say this with the most sincerest conern for the love I have for my town, Dallas, and that is Fuck Eric Johnson.

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claudial12@reddit

Law and order? The cops don't do shit to help, how is that law and order? MF talking out of his ass

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pianistafj@reddit

Isn’t kinda mind blowing seeing what Republicans do when they have zero checks against their power. No one in their way, so they just start doing everything they’ve always dreamed of, right out in the open.

They hat each and every one of us.

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A_Homestar_Reference@reddit

Is there a way to contact this guy without getting filtered by spam or secretaries or whatever

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Furrealyo@reddit (OP)

I see him at the Mavericks games pretty often.

He is SPORTS MAYOR after all.

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TheBoringAssholeLBK@reddit

Ask if he's running the churches out of town. Those are socialism.

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TITANUP91@reddit

Aren’t first responders a form of socialism?

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Kineth@reddit

Yeah, the bureauplibcans are still there.

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Decapitat3d@reddit

Lmao, only if you're not rich.

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u2aerofan@reddit

Fuck this guy.

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iqueefkief@reddit

guess it’s time to get involved in local politics

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nomosolo@reddit

#preach

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Bchip4@reddit

When is he up for reelection?

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Furrealyo@reddit (OP)

He can’t run again for mayor.

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Joffles@reddit

So no more roads, running water, or other public works? Socialism is all around you...

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Badlands32@reddit

Hahah Dallas not suffering from government bureaucrats. That’s hilarious. Dallas is notoriously difficult to deal with to do anything under the government Johnson runs.

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Revolutionary-Pea438@reddit

He is desperately trying to position himself for a run at a state position because he isn’t winning another citywide election.

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Sasukes_Sword@reddit

He’s such a fuckin goofy.

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DallasMotherFucker@reddit

What a bitch

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yusuksong@reddit

Not while I’m here it’s not

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Ok-Valuable-9147@reddit

I travel around Texas extensively and I avoid Dallas at all costs because I am a woman and the cops there are rapey.

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smallsoylatte@reddit

🙄

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Tralliz@reddit

Jokes on him. I'm a socialist = )

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you_me_andplastic@reddit

Can we make the city a sanctuary city from potato shaped hypocrites who cheat on their wife.

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captainburger31@reddit

Deal was clear.

He knew that, barring a Crockett-tier national spotlight, he had limited options with the dems in Texas with Senate/Governorship being longshots.

However, he switches to the GOP (after securing his election), all of a sudden he hands the GOP their biggest city and rises up on the Totem pole. He likely made agreements for subsequent support for Senate or Governorship in exchange for Dallas.

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Furrealyo@reddit (OP)

Agreed. You’re absolutely correct.

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hkral11@reddit

This guy is an idiot. His job is mostly a figurehead while city council and the city manager actually run everything.

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SGJango@reddit

I'm willing to bet that this guy and 90% of the "far right" don't even know what Socialism is.

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goodjuju123@reddit

Law amd order? Has the Mayor ever driven in the streets of Dallas? Does he know it’s the city most likely to be killed in a Traffic accident in the country and, as a result, has some of the highest insurance rates in the country? The police don’t even respond to 911 calls in Dallas.

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MC_ScattCatt@reddit

Bit ironic coming from him. He gets paid to be the mayor and doesn’t show up to do his job.

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TBB09@reddit

What a bitch

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misscrankypants@reddit

Such a thirsty asshole.

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MikeFromSuburbia@reddit

Nice, can’t wait to vote his ass out. Fucking tool

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KuramaReinara@reddit

Well, he's gonna lose his position

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Freejak33@reddit

he thinks hes gonna be the black guy in the mix. 1 term as a mayor isnt gonna cut it nerd

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ExpensiveAd8413@reddit

Snake oil capitalism RULES!!! Get back to work, you lazy serfs!

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t3ddt3ch@reddit

What a spineless idiot.

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Basement_Chicken@reddit

Yea, the roads and highways in Dallas can surely, positively, definitely, 100%, "trust me", accommodate few million more cars.

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Current_Analysis_104@reddit

He doesn’t speak for me. I value human beings and treating them with compassion and respect, regardless of their legal status. I believe in truth, which is a rare commodity in our leadership these days. I believe in justice and balance of power, not a dictatorship. I DON’T believe ANYTHING that comes out of his mouth, Fox entertainment, or NewsMax.

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permalink_save@reddit

And yet DPD is not assisting ICE unless legally required, so I don't get what he is talking about with this racist shit when it's not reality. We aren't safe from that shit because of some effort on his part, we are safe from it because it's not the boogey man that GOP is using.

We need to recall him already. We got a serious bait and switch with him. Thank fuck he doesn't have as much power as other mayors get.

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zakats@reddit

This goes right up there with "circle circle, dot dot, now I have my cootie shot" for efficacy for things that exist in reality.

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How profoundly childish.

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Key_Ad_4357@reddit

When he switched parties after he was elected, he should have been removed. The people voted in a Democratic, so since he switched the democrat that ran against him in the primaries and got the next highest votes should have been installed.

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Banjo_2-Row@reddit

In case y’all were unaware, Democratic Socialists of America has a North Texas chapter that meets every month in Dallas, and we would be happy to have you.

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MihrSialiant@reddit

Oh ya? No socialism in the city? Ok bud. Guess Dallas is losing its police, fire, and all public services then. Where can I buy the road I live on? Cant be having public roads, thats socialism!

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Hark_Triton@reddit

I’ve never seen more homeless people in all of my life here and somehow our governing in Texas is superior? Sure.

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uhh_khakis@reddit

Better for the people that matter to him anyway

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DreadLordNate@reddit

Dang. Every time I think EJ couldn't be any more pathetically desperate/thirsty for that approval and attention, he does something to make me rethink that.

He's basically a human Chester the terrier with Abbott et al as Spike the bulldog, with his fawning and sycophantic kissing up.

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jabdtx@reddit

“Pick ME!”

doesn’t get picked

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Shanknuts@reddit

But I was told he was a communist? Cute hat, Eric.

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Historical_Chip_2706@reddit

He’s a POS

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AnxietyDepressedFun@reddit

Crazy cause I'm a socialist & I live here, better come lock me up.

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DCJustSomeone@reddit

Bigsby?

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challahbee@reddit

lol uh huh

signed, a socialist in dallas

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cuberandgamer@reddit

What a useless thing to be. No cities in the entire country are socialist. NYC electing Zohran Mamdani won't change that

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wireless200@reddit

Seems to be by far one of the best run large US cities. I have a close relative moving to Dallas due to a job opportunity. I’ve been helping her.

Was quite pleasantly surprised at how good the city is: easy to get around, easy to drive, relatively clean, people are friendly, apartment rent prices relatively low, not being harassed by miscreants, a good arts scene.

We are not hardcore political either side. I’ve spent time in other large US cities. Dallas is way better as far as infrastructure and being well run. Despite the dorkiness of his tweet, Dallas is clearly doing something right.

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Far_Mistake9314@reddit

Dallas is a blue city, he ran as a democrat to get elected.

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rhyde11@reddit

Eww

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NecessaryViolenz@reddit

Democrats should hate this. Republicans should also hate this. Finally, something we can all hate together.

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kwill729@reddit

Law and order? Literally everyone in Dallas complains about police not responding to calls. I used to live in a very expensive neighborhood and we had our own private police patrol because city police do.not.respond. I’ve since downsized out of that neighborhood and thankfully have not needed to call the police, but it8s pretty common to hear gunfire at night.

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stutteringwhales@reddit

Does this mean they are taking away all of the sidewalks in Dallas?

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TakeATrainOrBusFFS@reddit

So who do we want for mayor? Who’s actually a cool person who could drive progressive and also not alienate all the Dallas moderates and conservatives?

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vitaminz1990@reddit

Finally something I agree with him on

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jollytoes@reddit

Wait until he finds out what MAGA really think of black men.

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nihouma@reddit

The way literally the entire political establishment, Republican and Democrat, are losing all their marbled over a guy who called for city funded grocery stores be opened in food deserts is wild to me (something Baldwin,FL, a rural town outside of Jacksonville did after they couldn't get a privately owned grocery to come in, though they closed it last year), and free to ride buses (something Kansas City, MO has).

Frankly I could care less about the platform of a guy in NYC who is running on making the lives of every day New Yorkers better. And if he's unsuccessful the voters can vote him out in the next general election (assuming he wins the general, dude has only won a primary).

Because the way people are suffering in the USA, Dallas and NYC alike, something needs to fundamentally change

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