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Cornyn is worried that trump could lose Texas (Original Post) Gothmog Feb 2019 OP
"use"? WheelWalker Feb 2019 #1
Too late Senator. MontanaMama Feb 2019 #2
Thoughts and prayers Freethinker65 Feb 2019 #3
Cornyn is shaking in his loafers that he'll lose the next election. n/t Liberal In Texas Feb 2019 #4
That would be so awesome!!! Dustlawyer Feb 2019 #6
It would. He's called in an SOS to the Natl. Repubs to help him. Liberal In Texas Feb 2019 #9
Oh god yes sharedvalues Feb 2019 #12
Please, Rump, please take Texans' land through eminent domain ProudLib72 Feb 2019 #5
Only land of republicans who voted for him. area51 Feb 2019 #15
One good way is NastyRiffraff Feb 2019 #7
I sure hope so - I know that most of Austin is firmly against Trump. I suspect more and more walkingman Feb 2019 #8
Ha! OP title - typo or deliberate? :) blogslut Feb 2019 #10
Let's hope CORNYN loses Texas. He is Horrible. Run, Beto, Run ... for Senate. sharedvalues Feb 2019 #11
use it for what? nt msongs Feb 2019 #13
I posted that question at 6:21 pm.. lol Cha Feb 2019 #14
Golly gosh! That would sure be sad! struggle4progress Feb 2019 #16
In a fucking rational world...this muthafuck woulda never HAD Texas in the first place. nt UniteFightBack Feb 2019 #17
Beto O'Rourke, please pick up the nearest white courtesy telephone Brother Buzz Feb 2019 #18

walkingman

(7,591 posts)
8. I sure hope so - I know that most of Austin is firmly against Trump. I suspect more and more
Sat Feb 16, 2019, 12:53 AM
Feb 2019

Texans are waking up - maybe just wishful thinking. Things were totally different prior to '94 and hope things can go back. There is a lot of horseshit that needs to be flushed out. I hope I live long enough to see it . IT WILL HAPPEN.

blogslut

(37,997 posts)
10. Ha! OP title - typo or deliberate? :)
Sat Feb 16, 2019, 01:00 AM
Feb 2019
https://www.texasmonthly.com/politics/president-trump-uses-texas-as-prop/

Texas Has Been Just a Prop for Trump From the Beginning

...Unfortunately, every part of what the president said is delusional. El Paso has been one of the safest cities in the country for decades and fencing along the border, erected in 2009, didn’t affect the rate of violent crime at all. But it’s not surprising that Trump got it wrong. For Trump, Texas is a backdrop and nothing more. It’s the president’s Westworld. That’s a very peculiar thing for Texas to experience, because the state is accustomed to deference from Republican administrations—deference it has earned. And the strangest thing of all is who is going along with it...
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