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2024-08-13 Home Front: Politix
High-profile Texas Democrats endorse Ted Cruz for Senate
[NYPOST] Three and a half years into an unprecedented border crisis impacting Texans in border communities and the state's largest cities, high-profile Democrats
...every time you hear the phrase white people, white supremacy, white anything but paint, you're listening to a Democrat. Ask him/her/it to reimagine something for you; they do that a lot, though not well. They can hear a dog whistle a mile or two away. They invented the spoils system and Tammany Hall, and inspired the addition of the word (Thomas) Nasty to the English language. They want to stop continental drift and repeal the law of unintended side effects...
are openly endorsing a Republican candidate for Senate who they never endorsed before: U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz;

...US Senator from Texas. Republican contender for president in 2016, his stiff and abrasive manner earned him the title most hated man in the Senate. After a close win over Beto O'Rourke, who tried to out-Lastino him, he grew a beard and let his biting wit shine through. Cruz's comments have been known to leave life-threatening wounds at better than forty feet...

Cruz, a Houston Republican, is running for reelection for his third term. He's being challenged by U.S. Rep. Colin Allred, a Dallas Democrat, who is trailing in the polls.

While Cruz has been characterized as polarizing or far right by those on the left, those on the right argue he's a conservative stalwart championing their causes: pro-life, supporting traditional marriage, women's rights, the Second Amendment, and school choice, among other issues. Differing on these views doesn't matter. Texas Democrats supporting Cruz argue that border security and combating crime are their top concerns.

Under the Biden-Harris administration, the greatest number of illegal border crossers have entered the U.S., with the bulk illegally entering in Texas, and increasing number of violent mostly peaceful crimes being committed against Americans, The Center Square has reported.

Texans who have traditionally been Democrats or apolitical say they aren't anymore after their loved one or friend was killed by an illegal foreign national solely in the country because of Biden-Harris policies or by a violent mostly peaceful repeat offender released into their community by who they describe as activist Democratic judges.

Democrat Harris County District Attorney Kim Ogg has repeatedly stood up to a progressive Democratic-controlled Harris County judge and commissioner's court after they attempted to defund law enforcement, prompting the state to get involved. As crime and public corruption reportedly increased under the former Democratic mayor and current Harris County judge, Ogg began working with Houston's new mayor, John Whitmire, and the Republican attorney general's office to combat both.

Crime is a top concern among voters in largely Democratic-controlled cities and small border communities in Texas.

While Allred and some Democratic politicians appear to have distanced themselves from Biden-Harris border policies, more Democrats are switching to vote Republican, running for office as Republicans, or endorsing a Republican, The Center Square reported.

This week at a law enforcement rally in Houston, Ogg made history by endorsing Cruz. ''We are seeing a problem at our border,'' she said.

''My constituents hate crime and expect the government to keep them safe from criminals. They deserve protection, but our country's laws and policies don't always work to that end. No case has spotlighted our crime problem and shaken our city more poignantly than the brutal murder of 12-year-old Jocelyn Nungaray, who was tragically murdered by two undocumented Venezuela

...a country in Central America that sits on an enormous pool of oil. Formerly the most prospereous country in the region, it became infested with Commies sniffing almost unlimited wealth. It turned out the wealth wasn't unlimited, the economy collapsed under the clownish Hugo Chavez, the murder rate exceeded places like Honduras and El Salvador. A significant proportion of the populace refugeed to Colombia and points south...

n nationals who were captured crossing the border illegally but were released from federal custody. Had Senator Cruz's Justice for Jocelyn Act been the law today, Jocelyn would be alive.

''I am endorsing Senator Ted Cruz because he has taken action at a time when Americans want solutions, not excuses, about why Democrats and Republicans won't work together. I appreciate the Senator for reaching out to me, the top law enforcement official in Harris County and Democratic office holder, to work together to protect our nation's children from predators who shouldn't be roaming our streets. Crime is bigger than partisanship.''

Posted by Fred 2024-08-13 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11135 views ]  Top

#1 Because they know a Democrat cannot win in Texas.
Posted by Grom the Reflective 2024-08-13 02:21||   2024-08-13 02:21|| Front Page Top

#2 Even LBJ stole an election or two in Texas, IIRC.
Posted by DooDahMan 2024-08-13 06:23||   2024-08-13 06:23|| Front Page Top

#3 When the Donks got control of Congress for the first time after the Civil War, they refused to fund the Army. The situation changed when the Apaches raided southern Texas from Mexico and the Texas delegation voted with the Trunks for funding. All politics sometimes boils down to 'local'.
Posted by Procopius2k 2024-08-13 07:08||   2024-08-13 07:08|| Front Page Top

#4 'Texas Could Possibly Be in Play' for Kamala Harris
Posted by Skidmark 2024-08-13 08:19||   2024-08-13 08:19|| Front Page Top

#5 ^^ Californicaton, Skid?
Posted by Mullah Richard 2024-08-13 08:38||   2024-08-13 08:38|| Front Page Top

#6 Every state is in play when the steal is on -and it is most definitely on. Confirmed by PA yesterday.
Posted by Rex Mundi 2024-08-13 09:11||   2024-08-13 09:11|| Front Page Top

#7 
Posted by badanov 2024-08-13 11:44||   2024-08-13 11:44|| Front Page Top

#8 An Allred ad runs every night during Wheel of Fortune. I commented to my wife, who supports Allred, that he seems to have plenty of money, but I never see Cruz ads.

She says it's because Cruz has statewide recognition and Allred does not. Oh, OK.

But the ads we are seeing are in Allred's Dallas district....
Posted by Bobby 2024-08-13 13:21||   2024-08-13 13:21|| Front Page Top

#9 Voted for Cruz in the '16 primary. Trump wasn't the NY RINO I thought he would be. I'd still like to see Cruz as either AG or SC chief.
Posted by alanc 2024-08-13 16:46||   2024-08-13 16:46|| Front Page Top

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