- cross-posted to:
- texas@lemmy.world
- cross-posted to:
- texas@lemmy.world
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/1328094
Texas state Sen. Roland Gutierrez, since news outlets have a phobia of putting the damn name in the title
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/1328094
Texas state Sen. Roland Gutierrez, since news outlets have a phobia of putting the damn name in the title
Please don’t pull another “Beto”
He fucking killed his campaign with one sentence. If he was running in California, he might have been able to survive. I have no doubt that Beto would be a fine governor, but the DNC should have never even considered running him in TX.
Ribbit
Gutierrez voted to make Texas a sanctuary state for oil and gas companies. Just another “lesser of two evils”.
Source: https://justfacts.votesmart.org/candidate/key-votes/106951/roland-gutierrez
Unfortunately, many democrats still love thier oil money.
Which you can add on to the list of reasons why two party systems are bullshit.
I vote for people and not against people, though. Corrupt politicians are not politicians I want to vote for.
What was wrong with Beto? Am I out of the loop?
He would have been a fine governor, but the reason he fucked up was because he told TX citizens that he’d take their guns away. That’s the easiest way to kill a campaign in TX
He’s being very anti-gun in a state where there is a strong gun culture. He could’ve said something like “We need to stop criminals from getting guns”, instead, he said something along the lines of “We’re coming for all your guns!”
People seem to just be assuming the gun control comments were an insurmountable anchor around his neck, but after Uvalde polling put him just down 4 points (43-47) for trust on gun issues. There’s a lot more wiggle room in the gun debate, even in Texas, than people think.
Yeah, but didn’t Uvalde vote overwhelmingly for Abbott?
Texas just isn’t purple yet