The people have spoken. But will they vote for more of same? Or are these the "natural Republicans" the RINOs keep talking about?
Posted on 04/20/2024 2:01:26 AM PDT by Morgana
Calexico has voted to oust the first transgender mayor in California in a long awaited recall vote as the politician blames transphobia for the decision.
Mayor Raul Ureña, 26, identifies as a transgender woman and prefers she/they pronouns.
Ureña was elected into office in 2020 at the age of 23 and came out as gender-fluid and transgender in 2022 - after her re-election.
She eventually started wearing dresses and makeup in official appearances, which riled up voters who felt duped because they believed they were voting for a gay cisgender man and not a transgender woman.
However, on April 16 nearly 74 percent of voters supported the recall of the City Councilmember, according to early results released by the Imperial County registrar of voters on Wednesday night.
Another Calexico politician and coworker of Ureña was also targeted by the recall campaign.
Councilmember Gilberto Manzanarez, another young and progressive outspoken politician, saw 73 percent of voters vote in favor of the recall.
Despite recall campaign organizers insisting that the efforts were rooted in concerns about homelessness and the economy - the ousted politicians believe otherwise.
Ureña and Manzanarez said they believe the recall campaign was largely motivated by transphobia, according to the LA Times.
Ureña said she remains 'hopeful and optimistic, despite the results. 'We will not give up on social justice in the Imperial Valley,' Ureña said. 'We're not going anywhere.'
Manzanarez said in a City Council meeting on Wednesday that the young politicians were being unfairly blamed for Calexico's problems that had existed long before they were elected into office.
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
***the recall campaign was largely motivated by transphobia***
Transmisia is a better word. “A REVULSION of trannies.” Also works for homophobia (who is scared of a queer?) Homomisia is a better word.
Not one mention of his policies. And I’m sure that has a lot to do with it, but he’s playing victim.
Recall organizers said that their campaign was rooted in concerns about rising homeless numbers and lagging economic development..
In a previous interview with The Times, Hurtado, a member of the City Council from 2010 to 2018, called Ureña and Manzanarez “toxic” left-wing activists. She said they dismissed downtown merchants’ concerns about crime, public drug use and rampant homeless encampments, focusing instead on what recall proponents saw as more frivolous projects, such as installing charging stations for electric vehicles that most people in town cannot afford.
Hurtado, 58, said Ureña used gender “as a card this whole time,” dismissing people with legitimate political grievances as transphobic and racist.
He switched it up when a financial report came down on his use of funds. Now he claims transphobia - to stay in office.
The reason some people leave all the money to their pets.
Looks Russian to me.
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If they have a pr*ck, they are male. How hard is that to figure out? Get some help.
The people have spoken. But will they vote for more of same? Or are these the "natural Republicans" the RINOs keep talking about?
No, not “phobic”. “Disgusted” with its idiocy.
I'm going to need that translated. It started out as a dude but then went gay and followed that by getting it chopped off so is now... oh, I give up. All that $$$ sent to Ukraine should have gone to mental wards.
I thought “cisgender” referred to NORMAL. So GAY cannot be CIS.
Yes.👍
What are they doing electing a 23 year old in the first place? What’s the population of this place? 10?
Perhaps this video will help?
Uh, read the article? They thought they were just voting for a regular fag...
imperial county has always been democrat leaning
looks like they were full retard
If they HAD one, and chopped it off, they are STILL male - just dickless!
...and got an irregular one instead.
Lol..so true.
I guess Calexico is chock full of idiots if these are the types they want in charge of them.
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