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They can say it as much as they want, but Dems leaving the state aren't breaking any laws at all. The Texas Governor is breaking laws. Paxton is breaking laws. Not the Democrats.

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[–] danc4498@lemmy.world 39 points 4 months ago (3 children)

In a statement, O’Rourke brushed off the investigation.

“The guy impeached for bribery is going after the folks trying to stop the theft of five Congressional seats,” he said, before encouraging people to donate to his political group. “Let’s stop these thugs before they steal our country.”

It’s genuinely shocking to me that Beto O’Rourke lost 2 elections and is still finding ways to be relevant and useful. I know Texas is a lost cause, but I hope he finds some way to have a larger impact on politics.

[–] RestrictedAccount@lemmy.world 17 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Texas is not a lost cause. If it were, they wouldn’t be in such a panic to redirect.

Exactly. Texas is 45% blue by the overall numbers. There’s a reason they’re trying to gerrymander the fuck out the state even worse than it already is.

[–] just_another_person@lemmy.world 12 points 4 months ago

To be fair, he's an activist pretty much only running on Texas elections aside from the Prez bid. Really rough uphill battle there.

[–] Soup@lemmy.world 6 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Means to me that he cares about what he’s doing even if he’s not winning. Texans should see him as someone who cares enough to stay engaged with them.

In Canada, our Conservative party leader lost his riding of twenty years. Instead of staying to even pretend he cares he immediately packed up and moved to Alberta where a young conservative MP in a stronghold voluntarily(doubt) stepped down so he could run in a by-election in a place he has no attachment to just so he can stay the leader of the party.

Beto actually seems to care about his area and he seems more focused on making Texas better than just having power somewhere with an easy win and I got mad respect for that.

[–] danc4498@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago

Yeah, I think this is my takeaway too. It makes me think he's doing this for the cause and not for his own personal gain. When he ran in the first election, I wasn’t so sure.

[–] Ghyste@sh.itjust.works 21 points 4 months ago

Until they're stopped laws mean nothing.

[–] PattyMcB@lemmy.world 9 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (2 children)

What are the Rs gonna do? Shoot them?

Fuckers

[–] onslaught545@lemmy.zip 14 points 4 months ago

Probably. Or send them to a concentration camp.

[–] BussyGyatt@feddit.org 13 points 4 months ago

"You saw her! She was coming right for us with that briefcase!"