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[–] reddig33@lemmy.world 121 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Can’t have people changing their names. I mean how would Rafael Cruz or Donald Bowman ever get elected? Oh wait…

[–] beliquititious@lemmy.blahaj.zone 18 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (2 children)

Well to be fair Pudding Fingers Cruz isn't Ohio's problem.

Edit: As a commenter observed, Pudding Fingers is actually Ron Desantis. Cancun Cruz would be more accurate

[–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 19 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

He's a Senator from possibly the most gerrymandered state in the entire country. He's everyone's problem and accountable to nobody except the fascist GOP.

I mean you're not wrong (I live in Texas), but there is nothing Ohio state law can do about him is what I mean.

The fuckery Abbott and his cronies get up to in Austin basically ensures we're stuck with him.

[–] gac11@lemmy.world 5 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

Wait, isn't desantis the guy that ate pudding with his fingers? I think Cruz is mostly famous for fleeing to Cancun when things got ugly at home

[–] QBertReynolds@sh.itjust.works 4 points 3 weeks ago

And here I was thinking that Cruz was famous for eating a booger in the middle of a debate.

[–] ShepherdPie@midwest.social 2 points 2 weeks ago

Cruz is also famous for the Zodiac killings AFAIK.

As a kid, I sucked at who's that pokemon. You're right of course, but in my defense I'm not worried about the specific lore of any of them.

[–] norimee@lemmy.world 43 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

If the governing body who has to decide on this is GOP led, nothing will come of this.

They will decide to follow the intent of the law, not the letter.

[–] cogman@lemmy.world 11 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Yup. Still important to bring up these cases to highlight how ridiculous the whole thing is.

[–] norimee@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago

I didn't mean it doesn't matter. I meant to point out the two-faced arbitrariness of the GOP.

[–] jjjalljs@ttrpg.network 7 points 3 weeks ago

It's the "conservatism means there must be outgroups for the law to bind but not protect, and in groups for the law to protect but not bind" thing again.

[–] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 23 points 3 weeks ago

Republican State Rep. Tex Fischer legally changed his name from Austin James Fischer to Austin James Texford Fischer in 2020

Ha! What?! Why! What a silly thing to do. I have no ability to understand the motivation here. We are different types of people.

[–] ZILtoid1991@lemmy.world 21 points 3 weeks ago

Not even the leopards themselves are safe from getting their faces eaten!

[–] Feathercrown@lemmy.world 14 points 3 weeks ago
[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 10 points 3 weeks ago

I think there's only one real response to this:

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