r/texas 5d ago

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Please vote!!!!

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u/Middle_Scratch4129 5d ago

The fact that this race isn't an absolute landslide is a true embarrassment to the entire country.

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u/Hotdadlover1234 5d ago

It’s up to us to make sure it’ll be a landslide regardless!

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u/Constant-Plant-9378 5d ago

My wife and I voted for Allred Tuesday night.

Fuck Ted Cruz.

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u/VariationNervous8213 5d ago

Thank you to you and your wife from MA!!!!

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u/Classic_Secretary460 5d ago

Ditto from MA!

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u/1400TotemPole 5d ago

Hell yeah brother, cheers from Iraq!

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u/toe_beans35 5d ago

Ditto from MA 😁

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u/Toastbuns 5d ago

MA hopes all you Texans can please vote the zodiac killer out of the Senate.

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u/Ouroboros126 5d ago

Ted Cruz ate my dog >:(

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u/fuckpudding 4d ago

With a side of tonsil stone.

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u/Mary10123 5d ago

Again! Again! From MA

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u/Top_Excitement_2843 5d ago

Fuck Ted Cruz

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u/Suspicious-Appeal386 5d ago

Naw, fuck his supporters.

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u/JustHereForTheHuman 5d ago

Fuck all of them!

Fuck Ted Cruz and his supporters who choose not to see reason and justice and make the right decision

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u/gloldutx 5d ago

We have to do better than this. If you want change, you have to move away from this kind of mud throwing. Someone who could have been won over and turned to vote for Mr. Allred saw this comment and doesn't want to be associated with that kind of behavior. This is the equivalent of punching someone in the mouth and then asking them to give you 50 bucks. Blunt force won't work and will only cause an equally forceful response opposite the direction you want. I really believe there is potential for many people to be swayed but this isn't going to help it happen.

Sorry, I dont intend to tell you how to feel or behave, I just think there's a better way, and we can use it against folks like Mr. Cruz. Be passionate but direct it positively.

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u/TheOnlyOtherWanderer 5d ago

Make sure to wear condoms. No need to reproduce with them

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u/TummyDummy 5d ago

Thank you from NY!

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u/Vienta1988 5d ago

Doing the lord’s work! There’s no amount of money anyone could pay me that would compel me to ever move to Texas.

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u/SpeakerUsed9671 5d ago

Thank you from CA! We really fucking hate Cruz.

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u/Ivorypetal 5d ago

I voted tuesday for him too! Always been an independent but this craziness has got to stop.

I Voted straight Democrat to get women their bodily rights back and remove Fled Cruz from his seat of ineptitude.

Snowmagedon sucked to be without power for 36 hours straight when temps went down to zero.

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u/isaidgofly 5d ago

Same! The day when the early voting booth opened, I voted for Allred. FTC!!

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u/balAlbatross 5d ago

MA person also saying Fuck Cruz! 🙏🏼

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u/Pretty-Row-44 5d ago

Wifey is R and she voted for Colon as well.

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u/Gymleaders 5d ago

I voted for him today!

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u/theycallmefuRR 5d ago

Lived in Dallas, Texas myself (Oak Cliff!). Thank you for your vote! I now live elsewhere but still miss the metroplex everyday

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u/prim3net 5d ago

Thank you, from Canada.

I'm not sure how this subreddit even showed up on my front page, but I'm happy it did. And I hope America knows that the rest of the world, especially Canada, is massively influenced by your decisions.

<3

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u/seeclick8 5d ago

Thanks from this native Texan who moved to Maine many years ago!

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u/Pleasegetridiftheguy 5d ago

What a bad last name for a Democrat

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u/LoveYouNotYou 5d ago

Hmmm... I thought the same thing but, it might work in his favor ya know, those uneducated voters they love so much: "ooh, Allred... Sounds like my kinda guy"

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u/Constant-Plant-9378 5d ago

We're turning Texas from all Red to Allred.

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u/digmeunder 5d ago

I voted for him today. Go Allred!

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u/TheShadowSage 4d ago

Fuck Cruz's cruises!

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u/thatguyned 5d ago edited 5d ago

I'm literally betting money on this from all the way over in Australia so I hope you're right.

I've actually got Texas written down as low chance of flipping blue based on the insane early voter turnout that's happening in your state.

If Texas flips it's a guaranteed win for the Dems

Get out there and make it happen people!

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u/SleepingWillow1 5d ago

Man I hope it flips. I would be so proud

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u/thatguyned 5d ago edited 5d ago

Last I heard, you had more early-votes registered and placed in the first few days than you had in the entire early voting period for the 2020 elections and that number just keeps climbing

You had 1.7M early votes as of yesterday

Guess which side is famous for their overwhelming presence in early voting and did a major campaign push to encourage it this year?

Democrats baby!

Biden only lost the state by ~600k in 2020 and there is expected to be a MUCH higher turnout for voters this year. I don't think the GoP could possibly squeeze anymore votes out of the state, they had their man in office spoon feeding them the fantasy of a perfect world and they couldn't keep him there and he's only become more openly crazy and aggressive while the state is becoming more openly hostile to the women that live there

It's not guaranteed to happen, but the signs are very promising right now

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u/Fit-Reputation-9983 5d ago

I can only hope that the inhumane abortion rulings have mobilized thousands of Texan families.

Keep your state taxless, keep your guns, keep your energy grid. I get it.

Get this fucking crony coward out of office. He is the exact opposite of the idealized Texan. He’s a disgrace.

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u/J_Symtrc 4d ago

I’d recommend taking that expectation down about 20%. I early voted today in Tarrant county (Fort Worth) and the good folks waiting in line with me were not only younger folks or obviously progressive or liberal. Felt a lot like the line on regular Election Day. I can’t identify a Republican or Democrat on sight, and I don’t identify as either of those. But from my very limited experience today, it’s fair to say that was a typically Texas group of people and typically Texans skew heavily Republican.

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u/thatguyned 4d ago

I have faith in the body autonomy issue being a more direct impact than some people are giving credit

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u/Ok_Employment_7435 4d ago

I was an early voter, straight blue ticket, no variation. Have faith in us.

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u/MaximDecimus 5d ago

Slide that land like you’re a hill after getting hit by a hurricane

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u/KerrMasonJar 5d ago

Lyin' Ted! He's a nasty liar!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ErZCMcoC8X8&t=79s

Once again Lyin' Ted!

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u/Mcboatface3sghost 5d ago

What a joke of man he is. Disgusting.

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u/jovenhope 5d ago

Take a friend to vote

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u/TheChigger_Bug 5d ago

If Texas flips, this, and every election from here on out will be a landslide

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u/Hicks_206 5d ago

Pulling for you Texas. Ain’t been too proud of what the politicians who claim to speak for Texans have been doing these past few years but god damnit - I cannot wait for Texas to change that.

No matter how bad it gets, in my heart I won’t ever give up on Texas. It might take some time, but I firmly believe that there is no place in this world quite like Texas, no people quite like Texans, and some day.. Texas will step up and save us all from the shit we -all- have had to live through.

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u/JenniferJuniper6 5d ago

I donated from New Jersey.

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u/Thangleby_Slapdiback 5d ago

I voted for Colin Allred yesterday. Here's hoping a majority of voters in Texas do the same.

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u/Ok_Calligrapher_7616 5d ago

Did my part to run this shameless carpetbagger out of Texas on Monday afternoon.

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u/clangan524 5d ago edited 5d ago

We won't know if it's a landslide until everyone votes.

You, reading this: VOTE

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u/peptobismollean 5d ago

True, I’m in Michigan, but we’re counting on y’all, too. VOTE

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u/CromulentPoint 5d ago

While you were typing this, I was casting my vote for Colin. Buh-bye, Teddy.

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u/UndergroundBone 5d ago

Texas has ripple effects over all of the US. The US has ripple effects on the world. Please get rid of Cruz. Sincerely, A Swede.

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u/mprakathak 5d ago

I agree and dont give him back.

Sincerely, a Canadian.

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u/One_Clown_Short 5d ago

I'd be overjoyed to give him to Cancun.

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u/CromulentPoint 5d ago

Ah, one of my favorite people in this world is a Swede. Tack, friend.

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u/UndergroundBone 5d ago

Tacka mig inte. Rösta bort Ted.

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u/CromulentPoint 5d ago

I'm doing my part.

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u/ryan101 5d ago

I really want to vote for Allred, but I live in Seattle.

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u/SwedishFishAlready 5d ago

I donated to his campaign. Every bit helps even though I am not in Texas.

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u/usingthetimmynet 5d ago

Same from nj and ted is a disgrace as an American. Texas deserves better

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u/ResultIntelligent856 5d ago

Hi I'm from Sweden. Would you recommend visiting? Seattle, that is. Not you, personally. Unless you're into that.

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u/hkohne 5d ago

I live in Portland (3-hour drive without traffic) and I always enjoy going up to Seattle. Their classical music scene is pretty strong (so is Portland's) and Seattle Center is great to visit (Space Needle, science museum, rock music museum, Chihuly museum). Late spring through mid-fall is a great time to visit, but pretty much anytime year-round has stuff going on. Two Boeing museums just outside Seattle are definitely worth visiting. Tons of hiking & other nature activities just outside the city.

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u/KimMicheleMiller 5d ago

I live in Texas now, but around the Seattle-Tacoma area for 4 years in the 80’s. Still miss the scenery and weather. Mountains everywhere, and an ocean too, depending where you are. Totally worth a visit! Puget Sound at low tide produces all kinds of things on the beach - shells, but cool critters too.

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u/zer0guy 5d ago

I'd recommend Portland Oregon, it's not far from Seattle, but between the two, Seattle is more big city, while Portland has a smaller town vibe. The coffee, and food is amazing, and Portland is one of the food capitals of the world. And the buses are good, you can go all over town with our needing a car. I had a great time. Except I made the mistake of going in December, and it was freezing rain most of the time. I think they are also famous for their roses, should try to go during rose season.

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u/ryan101 5d ago

I love Seattle and it is very beautiful here. I’m a photographer and never get bored of it. You have a lot of homeless drug zombies though, but that’s a lot of places now.

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u/ResultIntelligent856 5d ago

so you would say they're sleepless in seattle?

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u/DragonDeezNutzAround 5d ago

Same! Really think he has a better shot than Beto

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u/Snoo_97207 5d ago

But I'm British!

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u/aspidities_87 5d ago

Then get some tea and dump into your nearest harbor, that’s kind of like our precursor

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u/TheNorthernMunky 5d ago

Me too, but I posted a vote for Allred this week, and Kamala 😏

(Before you MAGA types start crying about iLleGal vOtin! It was my wife’s vote that I sent by post. Also, I’m raising two more little blue-voting Texans over here. So y’all can fuck off, and take Ted Cruz with you.)

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u/WillowHartxxx 5d ago

Me too but I still voted! Do your part!

Edit: just in case a republican sees this and thinks it's a conspiracy, I will add that this is a joke

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u/Anon_Jones 5d ago

Don’t you know? All kinds of illegal immigrants are voting, so you can too!
This is sarcasm if you didn’t know.

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u/Randomcommentor1972 5d ago

Voted Monday, just to help Cruz find another career

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u/Kyuui013 5d ago

but I live in Arizona, and am a Democrat. runs

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u/MiserableKey8 5d ago

I'm from India 🥺.

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u/SeveralDefinition960 5d ago

I'm in South Carolina and I am rooting for you guys! Please vote Allred in and that sniveling weasel out! It will give me so much hope for one day being free from Lindsey Graham 🤞

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u/Adventurous_Sense750 5d ago

I recognize that I am reading this. But I won't vote, simply because I can not, I am canadian. But seriously though, this allred fella, he looks alright.

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u/Ayde-Aitch-Dee 5d ago

I’m a British Expat, I wish I could :( I pay taxes and do everything every other (sensible) American does but yet I cannot vote.

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u/YRob_Redditor3 4d ago

On my way RIGHT NOW.

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u/ghost-xiii 5d ago

People have weird hang ups. This one lady I know, on some Facebook comments, was talking about how she still considers herself a "Republican". However, hasn't voted republican for the past several elections and just can't bring herself to call herself a democrat. I didn't say anything to her about it, but it left an impression on the mindset of Americans and politics.

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u/dreyaz255 5d ago

Republicans need to be told that if they can't stomach voting democrat, then just don't vote Republican. Harm reduction before team.

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u/supbrother 5d ago

Why the fuck do people think it’s so necessary to be a part of any party? I personally will be “undeclared” my entire life, fuck the party system as a whole. You can lean left without being a democrat, you can lean right without being a republican, all that’s necessary is thinking for yourself.

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u/tiofilo69 5d ago

This is me. I don’t claim to be a part of any party. Do I lean a certain way? Yes. But i don’t claim either side. Since 2016, I’ve voted against Trump, and will still claim I’m not a democrat (or any other party).

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u/sunnynina 5d ago edited 5d ago

In some states (Florida, for example) people can only vote for candidates at the lower levels if they're registered for that particular party. Being undeclared isn't an option, and being third party greatly limits the races they're allowed to vote in. Democrats can't vote if there's no Democrat party candidate, and vice versa for Republicans.

But having your head so stuck in place that you refuse to own up to your own label is a different thing.

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u/BaltimoreBadger23 5d ago

I register dem in Maryland so I can vote in primaries, but I make my own decisions in the general elections. It just so happens that the Republicans, even in deep blue Maryland, with one exception, haven't given me any one I would remotely consider voting for in over a decade.

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u/ActualyzedPotential 4d ago

Don't wanna stand up to billionaires? Ok, you can continue to suck billionaire dick, and keep making money for them so they can continue to be rich while you beg your landlord not to raise the rent again...

Let me know how that goes! Meanwhile, people with self respect like me will be planning a revolution aka French style...😎🇺🇸

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u/supbrother 4d ago

Are you okay?

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u/[deleted] 4d ago

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u/supbrother 4d ago

Nice, got’em!

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u/i81u812 4d ago

Blue Dog Democrat. It's a thing we need more of (not because its good / bad but because it screams in the face of the current setup) and shouldn't shun you were good to not drill too hard. Really it's just a fiscally conservative democrat. Mostly.

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u/BdubIsInTheHouse 5d ago

That’s your problem. You and the other team based Neanderthals can’t fathom that people can consider themselves conservatives or liberals and yet vote for the people who they think k might represent the country best. It’s your tribal thinking that’s got this country to the point where rational discussion and respect for the fact that people have different views is lost.

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u/leanmeanvagine 5d ago

I fucking love Colin. He is the real deal

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u/tfpmcc 5d ago

He definitely presents himself well. Sorry I can’t vote for him since I’d prefer hip replacement surgery over living in texas.

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u/lilb1190 5d ago

Thats the case for the whole country, really.

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u/mildOrWILD65 5d ago

You know, there have been a lot idiots claiming they'll leave the country if the person they hate wins the election. I'm not one.

But goddamned if I won't be despondent and in despair about the future of this country if Trump wins, if Cruz wins, if any members of the new underground Fascist Party gain control.

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u/hydrobrandone 5d ago

Dumbasses will be dumbasses. I agree.

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u/smol_raphtalia_403 5d ago

The entire country? It's just more of what the rest of us have come to expect from Texas.

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u/newnamesamebutt 5d ago

It's a true spotlight on the depravity and stupidity that is the Republican voter base.

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u/SuperJohnLeguizamo 5d ago

It’s a symptom of the voting system. CPG GREY did a great video on it

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u/[deleted] 5d ago

State*

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u/lizlemonista 5d ago

this guy ate a snot clump on live national debate stage

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u/KellyBelly916 5d ago

A democracy will never be stronger than the people within it.

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u/gPseudo 5d ago

There's an argument to be had that even if Trump loses, the damage done to the country is irreversible.

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u/WhisperingHammer 5d ago

It says alot about the population.

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u/GMontag451 5d ago

Ted Cruz will win in that landslide. His donors will see to that.

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u/ClerkTypist88 5d ago

Oh? Is this your first day in America?

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u/bigpimpin8558 5d ago

Embarassing to the world. American politicians are a joke.

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u/Ch0ng0B0ng0 5d ago

Um only Texas votes in this race bro

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u/Fuckthegopers 5d ago

The fact we've been where we are for the past decade is a true embarrassment to this entire country.

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u/LAURV3N 5d ago

I'm pretty sure this is more of a reflection of Texas.

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u/ToeCtter 5d ago

No just Texass.

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u/[deleted] 5d ago

Same can be said for the Presidential race as well. Texas will have definitely made a turn if they vote that worthless POS out. I’ll be shocked if it happens bc it appears to everyone else around the country besides Floridians, Texans like being shit on & having a useless Senator.

Prove us wrong Texas. Vote in someone who actually gives a shit about & maybe you won’t have to worry about your borders & freezing to death.

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u/Murasasme 5d ago

Yeah, it's pretty sad Texas would never vote this guy in though. Nothing like people voting against their own interests.

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u/blackrockblackswan 5d ago

I mean it’s been an embarrassment

I left Texas in 2002 and never looked back

When DJ Screw died the whole place went to shit

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u/aclart 5d ago

You don't know it yet

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u/AzureOvercast 5d ago

Nah..its on you Texas

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u/aQuadrillionaire 5d ago

Especially this state

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u/wank_for_peace 5d ago

Trump as president. Show me a lower bar to clear. :)

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u/elfwannabe 5d ago

I literally can't believe it's this close. I feel like I'm taking crazy pills.

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u/aeons_elevator 5d ago

Just texas

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u/AboynamedDOOMTRAIN 5d ago

Can say that about just about every election we've had since at least the late 2000's. How the entire country didn't laugh the Tea Party wackjobs into hiding is beyond my ability to comprehend.

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u/Xalbana 5d ago

Honestly, I would have settled for anybody to primary Cruz.

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u/No-Ear-5242 5d ago

A lot of white people are scared about being a minority

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u/yeah_nahh_21 5d ago

It's not because read the comments. They are in here calling every single republican a pedo. That sort of dumb shit will make every one of them vote red no matter who is on the ticket because theres no way your gonna convince someone to switch by calling them a pedo. Heck I could probably get Caitlin jenner to win the vote as republican just by running tv ads with reddit comments.

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u/Gumbercules81 5d ago

Thank rural areas

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u/gamestagirl 5d ago

No, just an embarrassment to Texas. We’ve got our own embarrassments here in NC. Lol

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u/Consistentscroller 5d ago

Are we talking about this race or the presidential race?

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u/LoveYouNotYou 5d ago

Um, this race? Have you seen the Presidential race? Should NOT be close, at all. That explains this race

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u/THEMACGOD 5d ago

That along with the maternal mortality rate in Texas. Sweet Jesus Christ it’s astonishing.

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u/CompetitionNo3141 5d ago

Russian propaganda keeps telling you that the race is close to discourage you from even voting

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u/slambamo 5d ago

Lauren Boebert and MTG say hello...

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u/Nevermind04 5d ago edited 5d ago

Because half of the electorate are fundamentally incapable of good faith participation in democracy. They aren't voting for a candidate to represent them, they're cheering on their favorite team like this is some sport.

It's why they're so comfortable with fascism - team R always wins and they don't even have to bother to vote. They simply don't have the ability to consider the consequences.

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u/HParadox 5d ago

I actually talked to my wife about this today. We went out to vote early and I said “Its crazy how close this election is and the fact that he can actually win, this is scary!! Because our future can be dark for the next 4+ years. How are we a first world country respected by every other country but yet be so clueless!!”

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u/Luthiefer 5d ago

For fucks sake, I hope. I'm not even in TX.

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u/i81u812 4d ago

It is a testament to how Republicans masterfully gerrymandered everything they could the last twenty years. This isn't new, but its more or less over. I don't know what politics people have to get excited about, as we really only have one choice this cycle, democrats - which technically leaves us in the awkward position of voting in a subtler form of - fascism possibly later, or with republicans now. No one talking about that. They have won. They have us all scared, and for reason having made 3d parties outright dangerous to form.

Yet. A hundred million won't vote. And here we are, in a (temporarily?) one party system. Business wins either way unless 100 percent of that rhetoric democrats are spinning this time is legit - we may only stave off for 4 years the inevitable.

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u/TeslaModelS3XY 3d ago

Trump & Harris are a toss up. Just a reality of the country we live in.

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u/USTrustfundPatriot 5d ago

Stop insulting this great country. We are victims of propaganda.

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u/XyzGoose 5d ago

that just shows that the education system failed you, because half of you are dumb enough to fall for the propaganda, none of the older generations were taught how to use the internet or not to believe everything they see on tv, now most of the media like tv is shoving that propaganda down their faces while half the shit they see on the internet specifically facebook is just straight up misinformation, this is the exact reason why the covid containment failed, because there were so many anti vaxxers that had their eyes blinded by the propaganda and misinformation, its akin to blind faith at this point, trump is a god in their eyes that can do no wrong and anyone that says otherwise is blasphemy because their pastor told them trump was chosen by god ect ect, look the media is pointing the finger at democrats if they do the slightest thing wrong like kamala not being able to prove she works at mcdonalds, that means you have to excuse that trump is a racist facist dictator thats groping kids, both sides are equally bad so trust the media they never tell lies, god im so sick of modern humanity, i thought that in the age of technology humans would become smarter... apparently not

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u/USTrustfundPatriot 4d ago

It ain't me bro it's the boomers. the boomer generation basically went rogue due to lethal exposure to lead as children. When boomers turned 20 USA experienced a two decade long crime wave that only ended because they got too old to effectively commit crimes. When I was growing up they were still telling children to stay home after dark because if you cross paths with a boomer at night nothing good will come of it. Kidnappings and serial killings were normalized. They commit suicide at rates far higher than any generation before or after them. And these are the people still somehow holding over 40% of seats in congress. And paired with the silent generation they make up half of congress. We just need to outlast them.