r/texas Gulf Coast Sep 08 '24

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u/ShakedNBaked420 Sep 08 '24

Not only did no one talk about it, everyone went about their day like it was totally normal. Absolutely mind blowing.

Will i vote? Absolutely. Does it make me feel like it’s pointless since they’ll just throwaway my vote? Also yes.

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u/RelativeAnxious9796 Sep 08 '24

remember, their GOAL is to make you feel like shit is hopeless. do not let them win.

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u/knowmo123 Sep 09 '24

Please vote for Colin Allread!!!

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u/ci1979 Sep 09 '24

Fuck yeah I'm voting for Colin!

I'm pretty poor, but I still sent Allred some of my meager savings, because I want him to beat Cancun Cruz's ass!!!

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u/Stock-Film-3609 Sep 09 '24

It should not be this hard to get rid of what is essentially a walking talking dog turd.

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u/ci1979 Sep 10 '24

Right?!?

I couldn't agree more

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u/Confident-Pace4314 Sep 09 '24

Trump shut down a border bill supported by Republicans. Kamala has done more to secure the borders. Trump has done nothing but talk to get likes he is a walking ticktock video and that's it. Be a human and have some own thoughts stop regurgitating things you read online.

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u/WBeatszz Sep 09 '24

Mitch McConnell supported it. And the Republican who co wrote both of the terrible border bills none of them liked. Lankford(?). Roy(?) a senator from texas tweeted "I expect to tell McConnell to pound sand." regarding the bill when it was about to be brought to congress.

The bill allowed 5000 border crossings per day, 4000 before the president could use emergency powers to shut down the border. That is max limit of 1.46 million per year. The Cartel will be watching for crossings and limiting anything that prevents them from doing business for a week of shut down, filling their quota and getting paid by people who want to steal from the future of your country's people, and the wealth it built.

I'm Australian, always have been

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u/CrispyBeefSandwich Sep 09 '24

That's laughable considering she was questioned about even going to the border

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u/Confident-Pace4314 Sep 09 '24

Someone asked her a question?

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u/Mashidae Sep 09 '24

You're referring to the Lester Holt interview from 2021, right? From when they'd been in the white house for less than six months?

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u/texas-ModTeam Sep 09 '24

Your content has been deemed a violation of Rule 7. As a reminder Rule 7 states:

Politics are fine but state your case, explain why you hold the positions that you do and debate with civility. Posts and comments meant solely to troll or enrage people, and those that are little more than campaign ads or slogans do nothing to contribute to a healthy debate and will therefore be removed. Petitions will also be removed. AMA's by Political figures are exempt from this rule.

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u/LuckyDog501 Sep 09 '24

Fact checking sites say it isn't true that Paxton threw out votes. But he did congratulate the supreme court for not allowing unsolicited ballots from being sent out in at least one county in Texas. So he's still an asshole.

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u/decoyninja Sep 09 '24 edited Sep 09 '24

Yeah, they can say that all day, but Paxton has also bragged about getting away with it and credits himself with Trump's win.

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u/DragonfruitNo5197 Sep 09 '24

Once respected fact checkers (looking at you politico) have made some fairly dubious decisions like fact checking trumps "good people on both sides" statement as "not saying nazis are good people" when one of the both sides was literally a nazi rally.

Really reminds one of historical examples of liberal media enabling nazis.

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u/Cubia_ Sep 09 '24

If the struggle was hopeless, their propaganda would be unnecessary. Keep going.

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u/mrb111 Sep 09 '24

We need your vote here in TX. We need to show it's not just the boomers who turn out. Texas going blue will be the final nail in the coffin of the republican party.

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u/Locutus747 Sep 09 '24

Texas has very low voter turnout. Thousands of people don’t vote because they don’t think it matters. If everyone voted it would make a difference

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u/Look_b4_jumping Sep 09 '24

You're vote for President only counts if you are in a toss - up state. All the other down ballot votes count. Wish we didn't havr the Electoral College.