People crapping on @BetoORourke for not beating Cruz in 2018 need to Google what "Pyrrhic Victory" means.
Beto's work helped @texasdemocrats crush the GOP in every major county in the state.
There are ZERO county-wide elected R's in the largest county in the state (Harris).
Just for perspective - 6 years apart:
2012 - Presidential - Cruz by 16
2018 - Midterm - Cruz by 2.5
Laugh & gloat all you want... @texasdemocrats are comin' for ya.
Texas Legislature - House Democrats gained...
12 freaking seats... in a MIDTERM election in a DEEP RED STATE.
About a half dozen Rs scraped by less than a point.
One won by 47 votes...
In this same note:
Give a donation to @texasdemocrats.
We can't do it without you.
texasdemocrats.org
One really big thing that @BetoORourke did for Texas in 2018 was wake up Dem donors and orgs.
Traditionally, Texas Dems just send money out. No one sends money in because they think it'll be a waste in a deep red state.
Beto proved them wrong and changed things for 2020.
Beto also woke up Dem candidates.
It's always been chicken or the egg: good candidates don't run because they don't think they can win - we can't win because we don't have good candidates.
Now, really solid Dems all over the state are thinking about running in red-ish areas.
I think @BetoORourke on the Presidential ticket would be a knockout blow to Texas GOP.
They know this. We know this.
Beto running for Senate is good.
Beto running for President is 🔥🔥🔥.
#TurnTexasBlue
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