Been There, Done That

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— Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson) April 6, 2022

I saw a massive campaign to scare voters on precisely the subjects of pedophilia and trans-gendered persons (who wanted to drag our young white girls into public bathrooms for unspeakable purposes or read books to them in our public libraries while dressed in drag). It was “carpet bombing,” and I think to this day it was the reason the Democrats swept the county and city elections. Democrats have been the elected majority since (elections have consequences), but it’s clear that was the watershed. And what drove it was the lunatic claims of hard-right wing Republicans determined to scare everybody about the fate of their children. Except it had the opposite effect. It galvanized the Democratic vote. That was the year the slate of black women judges swept out all the incumbent judges in the county. Democrats, everyone of them. It was also the year the incumbent and admired white make chief county official was turfed out by a then unknown Hispanic woman. The election was a Democratic rout.

Abbott and Paxton thought they could do what they couldn’t get through the Lege: legal action against trans children. Abbott is now focused exclusively on the border, The proposed law was purely for political purposes; so us Paxton’s opinion and Abbott’s directive to COS. Paxton is beginning to realize the Texas Supreme Court may not save him, and vast majorities of Texans are NOT clamoring to be protected from trans children or pedophiles in basements. If anything, Abbott and Paxton have handed Democrats a reason to vote: simply to protect children and reject insanity.

I don’t think it’s so simple as “Republicans win because crazy rules.” Crazy does motivate; but that road runs both ways.