We lost Texas.

[herding cats]

https://cbsaustin.com/news/local/texas-stays-red-president-trump-holds-on-to-the-lone-star-state

Both the senate seat and the presidential race.

This one cuts me deeply. 😭

[Shell_Seas]

1. My soul just died

[herding cats]

4. Mine, too.

So much work.

Maybe we did decent on local races?

[hamsterjill]

2. Me, too.

n/t

[herding cats]

10. Hey, we made it competitive for once!

We made them defend themselves here. It's a huge step in the right direction.

[hamsterjill]

18. Next time, right?

Assuming there is a next time. I have my doubts.

I didn’t think MJ Hegar was a good choice to challenge Cornyn. She was an unknown and I felt it would have been safer to move someone like Joaquin Castro - who has name recognition - to run against the tongue-tied snake.

The majority of Texans are poorly educated. I can say that cause I’m a life long one. They need a name that they’ve heard before because they don’t have the brains to figure out issues.

[herding cats]

26. I agree Joaquin would have been better.

I definitely don't disagree with on any of your points. I wasn't born here, but I've lived here since I was a child. I get Texas in a way only a local can, too. It's my home and I'm invested here.

[walkingman]

29. I like Hegar and wish she would have kicked Cornpone's butt but I so think that had Beto run

we might have won the Senate seat as well as Texas. Not to take a thing away from MJ Hegar. Unbelievably there are a lot of men in Texas who will not vote on a woman. Who the hell do they think brought them to this earth?

[hamsterjill]

32. Oh I liked her. I just didn't think she had a shot.

Yep. You’re right as to some of the men in Texas.

Beto might have had a better shot. I don’t know since he lost to Cruz.

Did I mention that I absolutely DESPISE Cornyn?

[Thekaspervote]

3. It wasn't ever going to go to the dems...sorry

[tarheelsunc]

5. Knew devoting time and resources to TX was a waste.

Those are resources which could have been used to shore up the states on our path to 270. They got arrogant and tried to run up the score.

[vercetti2021]

6. 2024?

Who fucking knows

[Polybius]

13. Oh Hell no

We shouldn’t waste a dime there.

[PatSeg]

7. It is sad, but

we can't lose what we never had.

[Freethinker65]

8. We never had it.

[Codeine]

9. Why? We were never going to win Texas.

Why do people convince themselves that these pipe dreams are real?

[herding cats]

14. Because I live here and I worked my ass off?

Just a guess?

[Codeine]

17. We still need to be realistic, though.

But yeah, putting skin in the game makes it more painful. I hope my offhand comment wasn’t hurtful — I don’t always express myself as sensitively as I should.

[herding cats]

20. I knee jerk reacted.

I'm sorry for that. I didn't honestly expect to win, but I did try really hard to make it happen.

I'm just disappointed tonight. Ignore me.

[BumRushDaShow]

22. TX just surpassed CA for the highest number of COVID-19 cases

https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/country/us

So there are a whole lot of lost lives and many times more shattered lives that could have been voters.

[herding cats]

23. Yes, we did.

It's insane down here and the denialist just won.

We're in for an extremely bad winter. I don't even honestly know what to say. Pray for us if you pray, or think of those of us sane people down here caught up in all this if you don't. At this point all is welcome.

We're literally a sacrifice for Trumpism. It's going to get very dark before the dawn.

[BumRushDaShow]

27. It's not just there

We are getting a spike here in PA and our (D) Governor has been fighting tooth and nail with the GOP state legislature. We had a record highest daily number reported on election day - +2,875 for a total of 214,871 and Philly reported +614 to reach 45,582 as a total so far.

[herding cats]

30. You stay safe out there, ok?

Basically, all we can do is take care of ourselves and our own right now. We're fighting the anti science brigade. Which is a formidable opponent. Which has now been joined by the COVID fatigue people. It's not pretty. I suspect they'll out number us, sadly.

I've lost a beloved person to this virus. I know it's real, dangerous and non partisan.

[BumRushDaShow]

33. You too.

That's all we can do.

[Ace Rothstein]

28. You all are doing a good job.

The margin is moving our way but Texas is probably a decade away still.

[herding cats]

31. ❤️

Thanks for the kind words. They're appreciated.

[Turin_C3PO]

16. To be fair,

wasn’t there several polls indicate that Texas was a toss up?

[Steelrolled]

19. That talk seems to happen every election

and the results is always the same. I ignored it completely this year.

[tanyev]

11. I never thought we'd get the Senate seat.

I held out a tiny bit of hope for the presidential race.

[TexasTowelie]

12. Fortunately I stocked up with an adequate amount of alcohol for tonight. nt

[herding cats]

15. Same.

I'm a full glass of wine into tonight already.

[helpisontheway]

21. That's why Biden did not go there. Nt

[onetexan]

24. Alot more work to do in TX. But we did make inroads, much thanks to Beto.

[mtnsnake]

25. The terrorists who tried to run the Biden bus off the road will take credit for it

[demmiblue]

34. Kick