So... What Happened, Texas?
The cost of ignoring progressive values in Texas.
https://www.lonestarleft.com/p/so-what-happened-texas
For years, I’ve held this belief and written about how appealing to the moderate voter was a mistake. During the Democratic primaries earlier this year, I endorsed the most progressive candidate for the US Senate. At that time, I shared with Lone Star Left readers that the progressive candidate would appeal better to Texas voters than the more moderate options. However, the more moderate candidate won the primary, and I got behind him because of unity.
People on social media, left and right, were messaging me about how they knew so many Republicans who would “crossover” and vote for the Democrats because the common sense GOP members would reject Trumpism. Then there was Liz Cheney, Adam Kinzinger, and Republicans for Kamala Harris.
When my Conservative dad said he was writing in Nikki Haley and voting for Allred over Cruz, I bought into the hype, even though I remained skeptical.
It was all hype. Joe Biden got more “crossover” votes than Kamala Harris.
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many folks on here won't accept it but Bernie's positions brought everyone to the yard. That's all I'll say on that because I don't want to be disrespectful, but higher ups need to look at that. Not so much Bernie himself, but the actual policies he campaigned on.
I don't know what is going to happen, but shit is already hitting the fan in moms' groups as the church ladies who happily voted & gloated about Trump are now figuring out that they are not going to get services for their special needs kids when the Dept. of Education is dismantled. They haven't realized yet that ACA is also up there on the chopping block. Their heads are going to explode over that. We tried to tell them. 
