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State Chapters => Texas => Topic started by: Elderberry on April 21, 2021, 02:31:21 am
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Texas Scorecard by Bryan Mena April 20, 2021
The Texas Democrat has spent 2021 so far block walking in South Texas and advocating for voting access before the Texas Legislature. If that means anything for his political future, he isn't saying.
The placid skies and balmy, springtime heat in South Texas made waiting outdoors tolerable on a recent Saturday this April. Around midday, about two dozen masked volunteers mingled outside the Webb County Democratic Party headquarters, pop music blaring in the background.
Most were waiting in a scattered, socially distanced line to greet Beto O’Rourke, the former U.S. Senate candidate who in 2018 gave Texas Democrats their best shot at unseating a statewide Republican official in decades. Each would get an opportunity to pose for a photo with one of the state’s most prominent Democrats, who was wearing his usual blue button-up shirt, before heading out to another shift of block walking.
It had all the appearances of one of the hundreds of rallies O’Rourke held across the state early in his 2018 campaign for U.S. Senate, or during his ill-fated bid for president soon after. But this time, O’Rourke wasn’t campaigning for anything — at least not explicitly. He told The Texas Tribune he mobilized his supporters to simply understand what issues matter to Laredoans and because Sylvia Bruni, the chair of the Webb County Democratic Party, asked O’Rourke in the aftermath of the 2020 elections to help with voter engagement after Republicans performed better than usual in South Texas.
More: https://www.texastribune.org/2021/04/20/beto-orourke-2022-texas/ (https://www.texastribune.org/2021/04/20/beto-orourke-2022-texas/)
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Beto may not know yet that the 2018 election against Cruz is over.
He fell off his skateboard once too often, and appears dazed and confused.
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What office hasn't he ran for and lost yet. We could add Nacho Gov'nr of TX. maybe.
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Campaigning for 2022 Skateboarding Skillz Master
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@catfish1957
@Elderberry
Beto almost beat Ted Cruz. Why? Because he walked every county in Texas. I began to worry about him and Cruz when I read Beto had gone to Longview, Texas, to walk it. I was born several miles away from Longview, at Greggton, Texas. I understand Greggton is now part of Longview city limits. That whole area is in the east Texas oilfield. My father worked for Sun Oil Company there all his adult life and I grew up there, parents lived there until their deaths.
Have never heard of a state/national candidate going to Longview, in Gregg County. But, Beto did. He is the most known Democrat in the state due to his walking every county. State Democrats are going to vote for him no matter what the office is.
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Anyone who seems to think he's a Kennedy really ought to stay away from any popular modes of transportation.
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@catfish1957
@Elderberry
Beto almost beat Ted Cruz. Why? Because he walked every county in Texas. I began to worry about him and Cruz when I read Beto had gone to Longview, Texas, to walk it. I was born several miles away from Longview, at Greggton, Texas. I understand Greggton is now part of Longview city limits. That whole area is in the east Texas oilfield. My father worked for Sun Oil Company there all his adult life and I grew up there, parents lived there until their deaths.
Have never heard of a state/national candidate going to Longview, in Gregg County. But, Beto did. He is the most known Democrat in the state due to his walking every county. State Democrats are going to vote for him no matter what the office is.
I think Beto almost beat Cruz becuase of the backlash off the '16 primaries.. Lyin' Ted, etc. Majority of us Texans realized that Beto was a lightwieght empty suit. Hold that same election today? Cruz easily beats him by 10 percentage points.
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I think Beto almost beat Cruz becuase of the backlash off the '16 primaries.. Lyin' Ted, etc. Majority of us Texans realized that Beto was a lightwieght empty suit. Hold that same election today? Cruz easily beats him by 10 percentage points.
And because he was "damaged", democrats flooded the election with money from out of state, $20 spent for every vote they got.
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Campaigning for 2022 Skateboarding Skillz Master
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Every time I watch that video I am amazed at how professional it appears. Subject is always at center, it follows through on every move, almost unobscured by passers-by.
It almost seems to have wanted it filmed for some odd reason.
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Every time I watch that video I am amazed at how professional it appears. Subject is always at center, it follows through on every move, almost unobscured by passers-by.
It almost seems to have wanted it filmed for some odd reason.
He's got the moves!! :rolling:
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I think Beto almost beat Cruz becuase of the backlash off the '16 primaries.. Lyin' Ted, etc. Majority of us Texans realized that Beto was a lightwieght empty suit. Hold that same election today? Cruz easily beats him by 10 percentage points.
IMHO Beto almost beat Cruz because of the significant change in demographics.
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IMHO Beto almost beat Cruz because of the significant change in demographics.
That is not reflected in any other statewide Texas election.
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It's obvious - he's running for King of the Furries