Just A Reminder ...

[ItsjustMe]

[marble falls]

1. Could she find the missing Sen Cornyn?

[Wounded Bear]

2. Somehow, I don't think that was high on her priority list...

[marble falls]

3. But he might be frozen in his little house with no water or 'lectric!

[Wounded Bear]

4. Texas ain't so lucky...nt

[KS Toronado]

7. Sen John Q Cornyn was busy overseas doing important stuff.....

digging up dirt on Hunter Biden

[marble falls]

25. 'N it's too 'portant to speak to my constitchiants about. I thank tou.

[Freddie]

5. And to show their gratitude, the folks in Texas are spreading this meme:

“Isn't this just great, AOC came to Texas to give away somebody else's money. Oh yeah, that's what Democrats do.”

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Posted by a RWNJ “friend” from Texas. Unreal. I was inclined to help til I saw this. Let them secede and solve all their problems on their own.

[notinkansas]

8. Wow. I'm thinking this 'friend' must have been

one of the people who didn't actually lose power or water.

[lambchopp59]

14. I'm all for that at this point, cut Tx loose and grant Puerto Rico statehood.

Wouldn't even have to change the stars on the flag.

[calimary]

19. Now THERE'S an idea!

Texas doesn’t ever seem to want to be part of things, anyway.

[soldierant]

35. Perhaps two other deep red states

would join Texas and could be replaced with DC and the Virgin Islands. Stacey Plaskett would n=make a fine Senator.

[efhmc]

37. This is either the fifth or sixth time I have posted this on DU.

Here are the stats: 5,259,126 (46.5% of Texans voted for Biden and 4,045,632 voted for Beto. If you want to help us make a change try helping not discriminating.

[Evolve Dammit]

15. Ingrates. And they aren't getting anything. You want secession? Die with your boots on.

[Oldem]

18. This is despicable. She "gave away" money that had been given

to her campaign to help Texans--by people all over the country. The implication in the quotation is that she gave away taxpayer money. The donors are taxpayers, alright, but that's where the similarity ends.

I'd like to know if the guy--or people--who are spreading this slur took any of that money.

I'm with the suggestion to cut TX loose--cede it to Mexico, and see how Texans like that--and grant statehood to PR--DC, too, while we're at it. TX wants to secede? OK, secede it with extreme prejudice.

[mgardener]

21. But your friend

Has no problem taking money from the Federal government, my tax dollars?

[Freddie]

22. He's retired Navy

Talk about socialism - he gets a great pension and healthcare - yes, he earned it - but people hoping to get the same by working and paying taxes is SOCIALISM!!

[GoneOffShore]

36. No cutting Texas loose - Think it through - It's a bad idea on multiple levels.

The big problem with secession/partition is that there are large numbers of people in the 'Red' states who don't share the political, religious, or cultural values of the people 'in control' in those states along with POC and LBGTQ folks. Then there are those people with 'Red' state values in the 'Blue' states, though their situation would not approach in any fashion that of people with Blue state values in a Red state.

Secession/partition - call it what you will - throws a lot people 'under the bus', in a very awful way. Some people have ties to the area where they live: familial, business, sentimental, etc. Huge sacrifices are involved.

It's easy to say 'People can migrate', but it takes a lot to completely pull up your roots, get rid of everything, and start in a new place. Enormous numbers of people really don't have the resources, physically, financially, or psychologically, to do that.
I've moved countries three times - once to the UK in 1970, back to the US in 1980, and finally to France in 2018. Even wanting to move causes major stress and upset. Some folks never get over it.

Splitting the US up would end up causing far more harm than can be imagined. Think North and South Korea, India and Pakistan, Bosnia, Armenia, the first American Civil War, etc, etc, ad infinitum.

There would disputes over borders, water rights, licensing of products, etc, etc. And the 'Law of Unintended Consequences' would apply in ways that at this stage are not even being considered.

The US needs to be fixed. And there are mechanisms to fix it. It's just that at the moment those mechanisms need some serious adjusting. And there are a lot of people who have a vested interest in seeing that those adjustments aren't made.

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

6. Nice senimen. But does the mis-spelled "represenative" detrac from the message?

Gimme a "T"!

[Harker]

9. A 'T' for Texas? A 'T' for Tennessee?

Or a 'T' for Thelma? That woman made a fool out of me.

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

26. "T" is for "Ted". Not the missing "T", but the missing senator.

No, wait, not missing, just in Cancun. Had to go there because they have electricity and internets, so he can do senator stuff.

[Harker]

28. I'll call him Ed now. n/t

[csziggy]

11. C'mon - there is one "T" in "represenative"

How many do you need?

[calimary]

20. "T for two", obviously!

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

27. As Ted Cruz would say, "Only on 'T' in 'hat', ...

... ' but you need two for 'cattle'"

Ted: all hat, no cattle.

[h2ebits]

10. Can you correct the spelling of the word "Representative"

[erronis]

29. You're la_e _o _he par_y. _ is vas_ly overused. Le_s also drop _. "Rprsnaiv". Cool!

[Grins]

12. Source???? Who created this?

Give them credit.

[Roc2020]

13. The GOP is getting kicked by a donkey

while they are down. Come to think of it. the Democrats logo is a Donkey

[WilliamPlanke]

16. "Unity" means Texas GOP needs to say Thank You.

It would go a long way towards normal behavior and common courtesy if a high ranking Texas GOP leader stood up and thanked AOC for helping to collect the donations.

[Jay25]

24. Normal behavior and common courtesy, not going to happen with those Texas leaders.

Their constituents are only worth the vote needed to get them into office, other than than they are a non factor.

[BobTheSubgenius]

17. I thought it was GOP dogma that the recipient of largesse has to show the proper amount of gratitude

And say nice things about their benefactor. I'm sure I heard that somewhere.

[erronis]

30. I belive their idea of gratitude is tied to untraceable $$$$$$s.

Same as some churches.

[area51]

23. As a Texan, I have this to say about AOC:

[Joinfortmill]

31. She rocks

[ironflange]

32. That she does!

[hamsterjill]

33. I left her a voicemail earlier today thanking her

I meant every word of it. My beloved Texas is in shambles, and her help is appreciated.

[calimary]

34. AOC is A-OK!

[ananda]

38. So did Beto!

Our Dems are fantastic!