did you miss the part where beto o’rourke, in the middle of hurricane harvey, called up a woman he’d met at a shelter to asked if she and her family needed anything, and she said, “well i’m fine but my sister-in-law has six kids and a tree fell on their house and destroyed the roof and thankfully no one was hurt but now they’re staying with a family friend and they’re rapidly running out of supplies which is such a shame because it’s her birthday” and beto o’rourke proceeded to drive to the sister-in-law’s house with a truckload of supplies and a birthday cake & he and his campaign staff sang happy birthday to her. that’s like the david sheldrick wildlife trust elephant adoption of public service.
But Texas goddamn elected Ted ZODIAC KILLER Cruz OVER THIS FUCKING GOOD BOY.
Because i guess my Americans hate sweetness and kindness and generosity and honesty so so much they couldnt stand it?????
Nope, because we have a profoundly flawed electoral system that isn’t truly democratic. And because Americans tend to look at election results and fail to analyze what is truly happening — and give up. Beto broke my heart, but he’s started a profound change in Texas. The Democratic Party was barely even trying in Texas before. We have an enormous, outdated, unwieldy electoral system that suppresses the vote nationwide. We need to show the fuck up for more than one midterm election before things change.
Beto was fighting uphill, against the wind, with the sun in his eyes the whole while.
And he still almost did it.
The fact that the race was close…in TEXAS…is absolutely astounding.
You’re absolutely correct. Beto sparked something, and I anticipate that something causing an absolutely remarkable shift.
If he runs again, next time around…and I think he should…I can see him winning.
i know its real fun to talk shit about texas and to laugh it up about how stupid texans are but can we PLEASE acknowledge that this election made texas purple, and that there have been HUGE efforts to bring out people of color and poor people who have previously been disenfranchised, and that even though beto didnt win this is STILL A REALLY IMPORTANT STEP. especially the latino voting population grew enormously this election cycle. fuck the 71% of white men and 59% of white women who voted for cruz, and i dont wanna come off like im making some kind of “not all texans” argument, but the people of color here r fighting tooth and nail and it sucks that ppl r just unilaterally saying “texans stupid nyeh”
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