I still support him? what do you expect me to say? i hate him and now support cruz?
do you know how expensive campaigns are? they’re not cheap. the average cost of a winning Senate candidate from 2016 was $10.4 million. Million.
Cruz had PACs/super PACs and special interest groups pouring millions into his campaign. Beto’s came from the people. i still support him, and I will continue to support him.
EDIT: so, i got another ask from someone (probably the same person) about how he wouldn’t give money to other dem candidates, so screw beto.
let’s do the math here. there were a total of 33 seats up for grabs in the senate. Subtract one to account for Beto himself. So now there are 32 senate seats up for grabs. If Beto’s campaign (his campaign, not him. He himself does not hold the money, it does not go into his pocket) donated to all 32 candidates, that would be $64,000.
Take it to the House. All 435 seats were running this time around. If the campaign had donated to them as well, that would come out to $870,000.
He can’t just freely give other candidates money. He is limited by federal law how much he can donate.
2/2 And even though I am Indescribably Angry that we have to live with
SIX more FUCKING years of the founder of the fucking Tea Party and the
man who shut down the government I have to at least have hope that
things are moving in the right direction.
Jk 3/3 Everyone who voted for Cruz can still fuck right off though
lmao hey Memley anon. im glad to hear you were supporting in florida too!! happy to hear he’s making waves across the nation.
and i agree. Texas was purple this election, which is crazy. i’m still seething with rage and anger, but it’s a step toward a better texas.
and i agree. everyone who voted for cruz can fuck off.
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”
Before y’all say, “I hate Texas for not electing Beto O’Rourke” please know these things:
1. Record numbers of Texan voters came out to the polls to vote because of Beto.
2. Because more Texan voters went to vote, more democratic votes were cast in other important areas.
3. Beto lost by the slimmest margin seen in Texas in 25 years meaning CHANGE IS COMING.
4. If you lived in Texas, you would know Beto was not expected to win and the fact that he got the large number of votes that he did is incredible.
Thank you Beto for all you’ve done to unite the people of Texas and across the country. Maybe this will get y’all to change y’alls minds about hating Texas.
if you voted for ted cruz, get the fuck off my blog. I do not want to interact with anyone who did, I don’t want you interacting with my posts. Beto is what Texas needed and now Cruz is back in fucking office.
Particularly if you live in Texas, please vote, just for the schadenfreude. Can you even imagine if Texas goes blue. Can you even imagine Ted Cruz losing. I’m getting giddy just thinking about the conservative meltdown. There is literally zero path to the Presidency for Republicans that doesn’t include Texas. If they have to sweat bullets for the next forever thinking that Texas might be a left-leaning state… guys, this just sounds like a fun time.
Vote for Beto for the schadenfreude.
Beto is fucking BEHIND!!! Get out there and VOTE!!!
Last I checked, Beto is behind by like 4%. That is already huge for a Democrat in Texas by my understanding, and that is only polling “likely” voters, which literally never includes young people. If people our age turn up to vote, it would definitely swing the election massively towards Beto.
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