Wow, republicans losing Texas, that would be a hell of a win if Colin could pull it off.
Texas is far more politically complicated than most Americans realize. Gains in Texas are proportionate to politicians running on platforms that matter to Texans. Hopefully if Cruz gets voted put the Democrats learn a valuable lesson about how to win in Texas. My concern is they’ll take all the wrong lessons and take the win to mean it’s time to double down on the old losing strategies.
As a leftist in Louisiana, it’s sometimes important to remind people that there were more Trump voters in California than Texas.
as a non-american, that is fun fact to me, but it was just because the texans couldn’t be bothered to vote…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2020_United_States_presidential_election_in_California
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2020_United_States_presidential_election_in_Texas
Except that our voting system makes that mostly irrelevant. California still had all their electors vote for Biden. Plus California has 10 million more people so that makes sense too.
California has more Republicans than any other state.
Because we’re a big state.
I feel like Beto could’ve pulled it off if he’d ceded the gun issue. Of course it’s a mess but the NRA has convinced people that school shootings need to be a part of life for freedoms or whatever.
::sigh:: It’s not that the NRA has convinced people of anything, it’s that it’s literally a constitutional right. Dems need to drop this call for widespread bans on firearm types and features, and work more on addressing the circumstances that lead to violent crime in the first place.
O’Rourke saying that they were literally going to take guns is exactly the stupidest fucking thing to say in Texas, especially given that Latinos, African-Americans, and women are the fastest growing demographics of new gun owners, and especially given that LGBTQ+ people are finally figuring out that cops and the gov’t won’t protect them and so they need to protect themselves.
I will believe it when I see it. This asshole is always behind in polls but somehow manages to pull +5 to +10 advantage at the last moment. Do not believe in any of these “news”
Fuck you “Rafael”…
Calling Ted Cruz “Rafael” is incredibly lazy. The man now licks The Donald’s boots after calling his wife ugly and left Texas to hide in Mexico during a disaster. There is so much more material.
Fuck Raphael “Ted” “my wife is ugly and incapable of taking care of our children without me supervising” Cruz.
Are you talking about the Raphel “Ted” who abandoned his constituents during a state disaster to go on a tropical vacation?!
Rafael* Cruz.
He’s not Italian. He is Latino*. A self-hating one. I’m embarrassed for him.
*You could make a case indicating that Italians have Latin roots, but you know what I mean.
I spell shit wrong because I’m a drunk. Whoever reads this, listen to this person and not me.
Don’t sell yourself short. You aren’t just a drunk, you’re the Texas drunk!
Ted Cruz may not have as big a lead as he would have been hoping for in the race for his Texas Senate seat, according to a poll.
A Manhattan Institute survey of 600 likely voters in Texas found that Cruz has a 3 point lead (46 percent to 43 percent) over his Democratic rival, rep. Colin Allred. This margin is down from a double-digit lead the incumbent Republican has enjoyed in previous Texas senate surveys.
Makes me want to buy some campaign signs…
“Oust RINO Ted Cruz, vote All-Red for senate this November!”
“Ted” Cruz? You mean the guy who was born out of the county, who’s had gender-affirming care, and who refuses to use the name his parents gave him when he was born? That “Ted” Cruz?
