Is It Time For Democrats To Abandon The South?

The American South is dominated by Republican politicians. In the past, the difference was only visible in the policy differences between Republicans and Democrats. But today, the Right has launched an assault on women, people of color, and the LGBTQ+ community. So is it time for Democrats to leave the area in order to protect themselves? Farron Cousins answers that question.

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There's no question whatsoever that the state of Florida is definitely, well, let's face it, a hellhole. Ron DeSantis and his Republican goons in Tallahassee have made sure that Florida is one of the most oppressive states in the nation, and they're not even done yet. If anything, they're only just getting started. So one of the questions I get every time I do a q and a is, is my family going to stay here in Florida? In fact, here's a question this time. This is from a Sabrina Imer 3 9 5 6. Who asks, do you and your family plan to stay in Florida, even though there's nothing but negativity in a constant downward spiral spiral throughout the state, if you were to leave, where would you go and would you base it off a red, blue lens? Um, my wife wants to move to Colorado. She's always wanted to move to Colorado.

She spent, uh, uh, a couple summers there as a child, and I love Colorado. I think it's great. A nice swing state, right? Not too far left, not too far, right. I could probably blend in pretty nicely. Um, although when we did take a trip to Colorado a couple summers ago, you know, I'm already outta shape as it is, as you, I'm sure you can tell. Uh, I couldn't catch my breath the whole trip, so I don't know. And I, you know, had horrible asthma growing up. I still have it to this day, just not as bad. Uh, I don't know that I would survive in that altitude. Uh, but as for staying in Florida in general, right now, we have no immediate plans to move. We're always open to it. And in fact, I've told my parents who, who live nearby her, her mother lives nearby.

Um, I told my mom, I was like, when y'all are gone, like you and dad, like I'm out. You know, I'm not gonna stay here, but my family needs me here. Her family needs her here. So we stay, we know, especially with her being a teacher, this is not a friendly environment for teachers. Uh, I know with my politics, this is not a friendly environment for me. Um, I've even had very public feuds, uh, with my state representative. He's a Republican. Uh, he is, uh, harassed the hell out of me across social media. Uh, so it's, it's a bad place. But we're also, uh, in a position to where we're, I mean, she is as a teacher, but it's bad for us, but it's not as bad as it is for other people. And I, I've also had a lot of people ask, like, should, you know, other liberals leave the state of Florida? And the answer to that is not as simple. 'cause not everybody has the means to just say like, all right, kids, pack it up. We're leaving. We're gonna move to a different state. But there are people that are being specifically targeted, and I mean, pretty much the entire L G B T Q community, the African American community, the the Latino community here in Florida, all of them being targeted specifically by legislation from the Florida government. Women,

Regardless of political affiliation, regardless of race, women are being targeted with the abortion ban here. So it's getting bad. And, and pretty much everybody except straight white men, unless you're a teacher, have been targeted. So it, it, it is very difficult. It isn't a friendly environment at all. But because we have our, our support systems here, it's harder for us to just say, screw it, we're gonna leave. Uh, but again, the other part of your question was where would you go? I mentioned my wife likes Colorado. I fell in love with Arizona. I love Nevada. Uh, I, I liked the southern part of Utah, uh, that we spent a little bit of time in on our vacation this summer. Uh, I like, uh, apparently and this summer, I didn't know about myself. I like Red Rock, like apparently that's what I love. So I'd be open to that area.

Arizona, Nevada, of course, a little bit, a little bit red, but a little bit blue, depending on where you're at. So I don't think politics would play much of a role in where I went unless of course, we were specifically targeted by that legislation. And obviously having a wife and daughter, any state that has ridiculous bans on, you know, uh, uh, abortion or women's reproductive freedom, those are off limits. And that is actually one of the reasons, 'cause I'm, I, I'm terrified of something happening to either one of them or any woman in my family. And then, oops, well, law says six weeks. Sorry, you're stuck with it. Uhuh. That's not okay. So eventually I will leave here. That is a promise.