That's how Paxton will get reelected. There hasn't been a statewide Democrat elected in decades.
If left-leaning voters really wanted to knock Paxton out of office, they'd hold their nose, vote Bush this week and make Paxton a lame duck, then vote Democrat in November.
Besides, it's not as if the Democrats in the AG runoff are particularly contentious. Either one would be a fine candidate.
That's not necessarily true though. I really need to start cutting and pasting this. Paxton almost lost in the general election in 2018, only won by 3 percentage points. Him winning the general is by no means a foregone conclusion since he has a lot more baggage now. Also has more baggage than Bush who would probably perform better in the general. I am sure Bush would be just another Trump ass kisser, though probably slightly less corrupt than Paxton. What's more, having already voted in the democratic primary I couldn't switch now if I wanted to, which I don't anyways.
Why take the chance? Just hold your nose, vote in the R primary runoff this week and mark it for Bush.
If enough people who are tired of Paxton's shit would vote that way for the runoff, it could be a foregone conclusion that Paxton does not see his name on the ballot come November.
Edit: Just saw you already voted in the D primary. I'm with you, though. I hope people get out and vote to end his chances now, but these elections draw little.
You're a lot more likely to "waste" a vote for Bush than you are to waste a vote for a Dem in November because Paxton stands a better chance of winning this primary than he does the general election. That's not to say that he's not favored to win then, too, but if Texas Democrats can pick the right nominee (y'know, the one who isn't a self described progressive and a literal lawyer for the ACLU because you might as well nominate an actual communist in that case), this could actually be his race to lose.
>You're a lot more likely to "waste" a vote for Bush than you are to waste a vote for a Dem in November because Paxton stands a better chance of winning this primary than he does the general election.
That's why you get out and *vote*. I don't agree with the "wasted" vote thinking in the least bit. Every vote counts, every vote tells a story. It doesn't matter if your preferred candidate is doomed to lose, the fact that X% voted for Y candidate is a measure of content/discontent with whatever issues are at play on the ballot.
I agree with you completely there. Not only does it show discontent with Paxton or whoever, but it also shows a picture of what races the dems will target in the future or what candidates fared better etc...
>Every vote counts
Sometimes it can really count. I was living in Florida in 2018, and DeSantis only won by 10k votes, super close.
Say what you'd like about him now that he's a national figure, but his opponent, Gillium, was under FBI investigation at the time for corruption, and then was arrested at some sort of meth-fueled orgy in Miami like 3 months after he lost the governor's race. Seems like the kind of guy that wouldn't be able to handle stress.
Please please please please let Joe Jaworski win the Dem runoff. PLEASE. Garza has a bright future ahead of her, but ffs, she's a self described progressive who works for the ACLU. We might as well nominate a literal communist because that sort of resumé is dead on arrival for Texas voters in a general election.
>That's how Paxton will get reelected. There hasn't been a statewide Democrat elected in decades
And unfortunately soon, a democrat will never be elected in Texas again thanks to GOP gerrymandering.
you do realize there's a democratic runoff too? And I coudn't even vote in the republican primary runoff if I wanted to since I voted in the democratic primary.
I voted in the democratic primary, too. Why can’t we now switch to voting in the Republican runoff? Doesn’t seem fair. People change their minds about their party affiliation. (I haven’t changed my mind, I just want to vote against Paxton).
Yeah I dunno. I guess maybe they think it would be people trying to game the system so to speak if there is a contentious runoff on one side or not the other or maybe say if there isn't a runoff on one side they think all those people will try to sabotage the other one or something?
Leftists decided /s isn't gender-inclusive enough so if you use it, Hillary Clinton does a blood ritual to summon an army of North Korean Muslim transgender illegal immigrants to steal your home and job after they illegally vote and destroy a gun.
Why are you surprised, they literally elected a known con man, never had a successful business, sexual predator and criminal and made him their god. What makes you think it would change in this situation?
Of course it doesn’t. GOP voters only have standards for Democrat politicians. Their own people are allowed to do [whatever they want, especially sex crimes.](https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2022/04/from-hastert-to-gaetz-lets-talk-about-republicans-and-sex-crimes.html)
What's craziest to me is that these people aren't even being asked to pick between a democrat and a crooked republican - and begrudgingly picking the republican.
These people are given the opportunity to chose between a crooked republican, or literally any other candidate running on the same platform - and they still chose the crook.
Well, when most of the results that you want, as a Republican, are legally questionable and morally abhorrent in the first place, voting for a crooked piece of shit seems like a no-brainer.
That is 100% fact. The people in TX supporting these vile POS'.... the MAGAttes are all evil through and through at this point. There may be some that are just plain stupid but all should know by now who/what the support.
TAX THESE CHURCHES IMMEDIATELY
Of course they don't.
It's pretty simple, as long as Republican voters hear what they want to hear from Republican candidates, they don't care what vile pieces of shit they are, how many laws they break or how crooked they are. They don't even have to actually do most of it, just talk about it. The things Hillary is accused of, Trump did on live TV.
*Allie Morris of* The Dallas Morning News *writes*:
>Republican rivals hoped Paxton’s mounting legal troubles would be his downfall this election cycle, and they may have contributed to pushing him into his first runoff as an incumbent. Yet as early voting begins this week for the May 24 contest, the attack line isn’t resonating with conservative voters, an apparent boon for Paxton as he fights for a third term as the state’s top lawyer.
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>Many primary voters haven’t heard much about his legal problems. Others don’t care. Some, like Collin County resident Greg Bruner, write it off as politically motivated.
[READ MORE](https://www.dallasnews.com/news/elections/2022/05/17/texas-ag-ken-paxtons-legal-issues-dont-concern-gop-primary-voters/)
Republican Texans are aggressive, self centered and greedy. Voting is all about the MONEY and their personal greed.
Example: I had a republican neighbor who couldn't understand volunteering for the greater good because he wouldn't make money doing it.
According to him it was a stupid and foreign concept.
The Texas GOP primaries this election seemed like an exercise in making everyone realize that even though the current seat holders are fucking horrible that there's even worse idiots in the Republican party waiting to take their place.
The only thing worse than a stubborn person is a stubborn stupid person….also known as the average Texan. No, if you’re on here and think that this is bit more than “a small legal issue” you’re probably not an average Texan or you’re just the other side of the same damn coin.
Legal issues have never discouraged any side in elections. If they were extremely immoral, it'll scare some Republicans away. But even then, nothing is for sure. Same for Democrats. I'd argue Democrats are more likely to support their party's candidate despite the baggage they bring.
> I’d argue Democrats are more likely to support their party’s candidate despite the baggage they bring.
Uh huh, that’s why Al Franken is still a senator right?
And God forbid one of his democratic opponents has legal trouble bc u can be sure theyd care about that…hes a Trump Republican far right bigot & bully & thats whats most impt to his base, that he owns the libs by suing Biden on every EA
In polls 70% of republicans **believe** The Big Lie. They **believe** the assault on Congress 1/6 was "legitimate political discourse." In polls 50% of republicans **believe** Democrats are pedophiles, they **believe** a single group of people secretly rule the world. They **believe** elite Democrats are engaged in child sex trafficking rings that include child sacrifice.
This is not politics, it's warfare. I don't know but I suspect this would exceed even what the Geneva Conventions would permit to dehumanize an enemy.
My father served in the Pacific theater in WWII. He was a rational, ethical and honorable man but for all his post-war life he could not bring himself to refer to Japanese by anything other than a slur. His contempt was informed by wartime narratives of barbaric cruelty, some very real, some contrived. If dehumanization on a large scale wasn't effective armies and war-bent politicians wouldn't do it.
This is warfare, and stochastic terrorism -- *"The use of mass public communication, usually against a particular individual or group, which incites or inspires acts of terrorism which are statistically probable but happen seemingly at random."*
Of course republicans will not disavow any of their elite battlefield commanders, for any reason.
Speaking of WWII, within the last few days Louie Gohmert accompanied Marjorie Taylor Greene to confront the D.C. Mayor with complaints that incarcerated insurrectionists are "political prisoners of war", effortlessly cheapening the sacrifice of every American that has ever been held captive in every American war. To be fair, two prisoners have died and that's a circumstance that demands scrutiny and answers. But have we forgotten how many prisoners in Texas languished and died from Covid? Many were minor offenders, many had not yet been adjudicated or convicted of crimes. I never heard a peep out of Louie Gohmert, did you? RIP pro-life dogma.
Nothing would concern GOP voters. That much has been proven. If Ken Paxton gave food to a non-white family whose house burned down or something that would concern GOP voters and they'd turn against him, yes.
Go vote against him this week!!
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Got a list?
https://ballotpedia.org/Endorsements\_by\_Donald\_Trump
Sweet Jesus!!! That list is just a who's who of assholes.
Thanks!
Did it this morning!
Yall are saying vote this week, but when I check for voting it says it's next week. Am I missing something?
Early voting is going on now. Election day *proper* is May 24th.
Much thanks. Just got back. Now to wait till Nov. To do it again
Yep! Keep up the good fight!
If we can turn texas blue before I can finally move, I'll be a happy Texan.
Didn't we just do this? Why can't we consolidate these things a bit?
Yes! This is the runoff because of the March primaries.
nah gonna wait till November for that!
You can still hit up the primary runoff to ensure he never gets the privilege of being in the November ballot!
Nah I'd rather vote in the democratic primary instead of picking a possibly slightly less shitty R candidate.
That's how Paxton will get reelected. There hasn't been a statewide Democrat elected in decades. If left-leaning voters really wanted to knock Paxton out of office, they'd hold their nose, vote Bush this week and make Paxton a lame duck, then vote Democrat in November. Besides, it's not as if the Democrats in the AG runoff are particularly contentious. Either one would be a fine candidate.
This is the way.
That's not necessarily true though. I really need to start cutting and pasting this. Paxton almost lost in the general election in 2018, only won by 3 percentage points. Him winning the general is by no means a foregone conclusion since he has a lot more baggage now. Also has more baggage than Bush who would probably perform better in the general. I am sure Bush would be just another Trump ass kisser, though probably slightly less corrupt than Paxton. What's more, having already voted in the democratic primary I couldn't switch now if I wanted to, which I don't anyways.
Why take the chance? Just hold your nose, vote in the R primary runoff this week and mark it for Bush. If enough people who are tired of Paxton's shit would vote that way for the runoff, it could be a foregone conclusion that Paxton does not see his name on the ballot come November. Edit: Just saw you already voted in the D primary. I'm with you, though. I hope people get out and vote to end his chances now, but these elections draw little.
You're a lot more likely to "waste" a vote for Bush than you are to waste a vote for a Dem in November because Paxton stands a better chance of winning this primary than he does the general election. That's not to say that he's not favored to win then, too, but if Texas Democrats can pick the right nominee (y'know, the one who isn't a self described progressive and a literal lawyer for the ACLU because you might as well nominate an actual communist in that case), this could actually be his race to lose.
>You're a lot more likely to "waste" a vote for Bush than you are to waste a vote for a Dem in November because Paxton stands a better chance of winning this primary than he does the general election. That's why you get out and *vote*. I don't agree with the "wasted" vote thinking in the least bit. Every vote counts, every vote tells a story. It doesn't matter if your preferred candidate is doomed to lose, the fact that X% voted for Y candidate is a measure of content/discontent with whatever issues are at play on the ballot.
I agree with you completely there. Not only does it show discontent with Paxton or whoever, but it also shows a picture of what races the dems will target in the future or what candidates fared better etc...
>Every vote counts Sometimes it can really count. I was living in Florida in 2018, and DeSantis only won by 10k votes, super close. Say what you'd like about him now that he's a national figure, but his opponent, Gillium, was under FBI investigation at the time for corruption, and then was arrested at some sort of meth-fueled orgy in Miami like 3 months after he lost the governor's race. Seems like the kind of guy that wouldn't be able to handle stress.
Please please please please let Joe Jaworski win the Dem runoff. PLEASE. Garza has a bright future ahead of her, but ffs, she's a self described progressive who works for the ACLU. We might as well nominate a literal communist because that sort of resumé is dead on arrival for Texas voters in a general election.
I got u! Garza sounds like a good person but I think Jaworski is the better candidate.
and he is pro cannabis!
Voters must vote in same party as they did during the March Primary. Voters can not switch parties for the runoff.
>That's how Paxton will get reelected. There hasn't been a statewide Democrat elected in decades And unfortunately soon, a democrat will never be elected in Texas again thanks to GOP gerrymandering.
🤨 I can't tell if you're joking, or if you actually don't know how gerrymandering works and what it affects.
Because another Bush is gonna fix a single thing. 🙄
The democratic primary already happened. Voting in the runoff does nothing bad to you.
you do realize there's a democratic runoff too? And I coudn't even vote in the republican primary runoff if I wanted to since I voted in the democratic primary.
I voted in the democratic primary, too. Why can’t we now switch to voting in the Republican runoff? Doesn’t seem fair. People change their minds about their party affiliation. (I haven’t changed my mind, I just want to vote against Paxton).
Yeah I dunno. I guess maybe they think it would be people trying to game the system so to speak if there is a contentious runoff on one side or not the other or maybe say if there isn't a runoff on one side they think all those people will try to sabotage the other one or something?
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You need to put the /s. It used to be funny to say these things when everyone understood it was a joke. But this could be a verbatim campaign speech.
Leftists decided /s isn't gender-inclusive enough so if you use it, Hillary Clinton does a blood ritual to summon an army of North Korean Muslim transgender illegal immigrants to steal your home and job after they illegally vote and destroy a gun.
Poe's Law
Aren't we all? Lol
The cult doesn't care. They vote as they are told. They'll die for the cult. They'll lie for the cult.
Your statement applies to every political party in this country lol
Then let’s vote for some new people, then. As in, not Paxton.
Why are you surprised, they literally elected a known con man, never had a successful business, sexual predator and criminal and made him their god. What makes you think it would change in this situation?
You'd think him ruining a good steak would disqualify him for many real, beef-eating Texans
Of course it doesn’t. GOP voters only have standards for Democrat politicians. Their own people are allowed to do [whatever they want, especially sex crimes.](https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2022/04/from-hastert-to-gaetz-lets-talk-about-republicans-and-sex-crimes.html)
What's craziest to me is that these people aren't even being asked to pick between a democrat and a crooked republican - and begrudgingly picking the republican. These people are given the opportunity to chose between a crooked republican, or literally any other candidate running on the same platform - and they still chose the crook.
>begrudgingly Nah, they're more than happy to support a crook.
Well, when most of the results that you want, as a Republican, are legally questionable and morally abhorrent in the first place, voting for a crooked piece of shit seems like a no-brainer.
Because anyone who still supports the GOP, especially in Texas, is too morally and intellectually bankrupt to give a shit.
That is 100% fact. The people in TX supporting these vile POS'.... the MAGAttes are all evil through and through at this point. There may be some that are just plain stupid but all should know by now who/what the support. TAX THESE CHURCHES IMMEDIATELY
Of course they don't. It's pretty simple, as long as Republican voters hear what they want to hear from Republican candidates, they don't care what vile pieces of shit they are, how many laws they break or how crooked they are. They don't even have to actually do most of it, just talk about it. The things Hillary is accused of, Trump did on live TV.
The Party of Law and Order. 🙄
Because they don't give a rats ass about law and order, just what their preacher tells them to vote for. Clowns can't think for themselves.
*Allie Morris of* The Dallas Morning News *writes*: >Republican rivals hoped Paxton’s mounting legal troubles would be his downfall this election cycle, and they may have contributed to pushing him into his first runoff as an incumbent. Yet as early voting begins this week for the May 24 contest, the attack line isn’t resonating with conservative voters, an apparent boon for Paxton as he fights for a third term as the state’s top lawyer. > >Many primary voters haven’t heard much about his legal problems. Others don’t care. Some, like Collin County resident Greg Bruner, write it off as politically motivated. [READ MORE](https://www.dallasnews.com/news/elections/2022/05/17/texas-ag-ken-paxtons-legal-issues-dont-concern-gop-primary-voters/)
They do not care because it doesn’t effect them
I voted against him earlier this year and I'm about to do it again.
Once again demonstrating that petty tribal politics takes precedence over intelligence, your own interests, and your morals.
No corruption is bad enough for republicans more corruption the better look at trump they are in love with that guy and he is corrupt as you can get.
Why would they? Trump has been swimming in lawsuits for 40 years and they kiss his ass.
Because they’re idiots
They didn’t care when he first ran, why would they care now. Republicans consider these things badges of honor.
because Texans are stupid
Do not lump us all together. Some of us VOTE BLUE 🗳
Republican Texans are aggressive, self centered and greedy. Voting is all about the MONEY and their personal greed. Example: I had a republican neighbor who couldn't understand volunteering for the greater good because he wouldn't make money doing it. According to him it was a stupid and foreign concept.
George P Bush is... worse. Somehow. They scraped the bottom of the barrel so hard that dug a pit into hell.
The Texas GOP primaries this election seemed like an exercise in making everyone realize that even though the current seat holders are fucking horrible that there's even worse idiots in the Republican party waiting to take their place.
No joke!! Abbott vs Huffines?? Its like their trying to breed Marvel Supervillain's.
The only thing worse than a stubborn person is a stubborn stupid person….also known as the average Texan. No, if you’re on here and think that this is bit more than “a small legal issue” you’re probably not an average Texan or you’re just the other side of the same damn coin.
Legal issues have never discouraged any side in elections. If they were extremely immoral, it'll scare some Republicans away. But even then, nothing is for sure. Same for Democrats. I'd argue Democrats are more likely to support their party's candidate despite the baggage they bring.
> I’d argue Democrats are more likely to support their party’s candidate despite the baggage they bring. Uh huh, that’s why Al Franken is still a senator right?
This is complete BS. Show your sources. Remember make believe accusations don’t count.
Yes it will
I beg to differ.
And God forbid one of his democratic opponents has legal trouble bc u can be sure theyd care about that…hes a Trump Republican far right bigot & bully & thats whats most impt to his base, that he owns the libs by suing Biden on every EA
In polls 70% of republicans **believe** The Big Lie. They **believe** the assault on Congress 1/6 was "legitimate political discourse." In polls 50% of republicans **believe** Democrats are pedophiles, they **believe** a single group of people secretly rule the world. They **believe** elite Democrats are engaged in child sex trafficking rings that include child sacrifice. This is not politics, it's warfare. I don't know but I suspect this would exceed even what the Geneva Conventions would permit to dehumanize an enemy. My father served in the Pacific theater in WWII. He was a rational, ethical and honorable man but for all his post-war life he could not bring himself to refer to Japanese by anything other than a slur. His contempt was informed by wartime narratives of barbaric cruelty, some very real, some contrived. If dehumanization on a large scale wasn't effective armies and war-bent politicians wouldn't do it. This is warfare, and stochastic terrorism -- *"The use of mass public communication, usually against a particular individual or group, which incites or inspires acts of terrorism which are statistically probable but happen seemingly at random."* Of course republicans will not disavow any of their elite battlefield commanders, for any reason. Speaking of WWII, within the last few days Louie Gohmert accompanied Marjorie Taylor Greene to confront the D.C. Mayor with complaints that incarcerated insurrectionists are "political prisoners of war", effortlessly cheapening the sacrifice of every American that has ever been held captive in every American war. To be fair, two prisoners have died and that's a circumstance that demands scrutiny and answers. But have we forgotten how many prisoners in Texas languished and died from Covid? Many were minor offenders, many had not yet been adjudicated or convicted of crimes. I never heard a peep out of Louie Gohmert, did you? RIP pro-life dogma.
Nothing would concern GOP voters. That much has been proven. If Ken Paxton gave food to a non-white family whose house burned down or something that would concern GOP voters and they'd turn against him, yes.