As Texas's Lt. Governor rants about Dr. Fauci, Fox News plays montage of minorities in face masks

I thought that must be The Onion or something, but he actually said that. Wow.

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this guy is like a character out of a movie. dumb good old boy politician. what a fucking joke

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Dan Patrick is all kinds of awful. Transphobic, homophobic, racist, anti-immigrant, and a misogynist. Oh, and he thinks we need to turn to his god and his religion to solve racism. He claims changes in the law won’t matter until we all turn to Jesus and the left has been busy kicking god out of the country. So… racism is because of liberals.



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Aren’t the demographics going to turn Texas blue sometime in the next decade or so?

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They can do this only after they’ve been relocated to Bullshit Mountain.

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You can’t link directly to the figure, but here is the future of cases in Texas because of this attitude:

https://txdshs.maps.arcgis.com/apps/opsdashboard/index.html#/ed483ecd702b4298ab01e8b9cafc8b831

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That’s the kind of ramp the Duke Boys just couldn’t resist driving down…

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stefonaccurate

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i’ve read about this guy before. what a piece of shit. glad i live in NYC. our gov is not always easy to root for, but he has sided with the scientists on covid and we are all the better for it.

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Maybe? Probably at some point, but I wouldn’t discount the level to which they could hold on by gerrymandering and voter suppression.

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I wouldn’t hold my breath. Texas polls show it threatening to turn turn blue for almost 20 years now, but the vast rural areas keep it solidly red every election. I don’t think pollsters are good at reaching the rural communities.

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I wouldn’t be too surprised if it wasn’t even a completely conscious choice. More like “find pictures of dodgy looking people wearing masks” and then they just “happen” to all be dark skinned. Your point is still completely valid of course.

WE ARE TRYING.
Voter suppression is a hell of a drug, though.

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Bingo. Look at Crenshaw’s district for a perfect example of how Texas gerrymandering is trying to prevent flips.

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I’m trying with you.

I live in Crenshaw’s district, in the little sliver cutting through Montrose. It should be illegal to have districts that look like this:

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Likewise - I’m in the shadow of Cecil’s, and GODDAMNITSOMUCH.

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Now, more than ever, I miss Ann Richards.

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I wish Molly Ivans was around for all this shit…

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Another great day in Failed State America.

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