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BETO is back in the news in his recurring role as the never-will-be-savior of Texas Democrats.
The two-time electoral loser (more if you count his proxy run for HD 28 in 2020) is damaged goods, but the Democrat bench is so weak in Texas they keep him on repeat.
Correctly viewed, Bobby is a less degreed Castro bro.
Here are some quick takes on why Beto should be ruled out from seeking office and indicators he wouldn’t stand a (trigger warning) snowball’s chance in Texas of winning if he did hazard a run.
Couldn't take out a poor candidate/campaign in a Dem wave election
He was an unknown in his 2018 run (pre-I'm taking your guns = strongest chance)
2022 is a pendulum swing back to the right
Wendy Davis is a warning
Cush gigs are hard to leave
Beto may be foolhardy and privileged enough to take another crack at running, or he might go the way of coaches and players (Dungy/Romo) who hit the booth and don’t look back.
JOE BIDEN appears to be cool, with China running a genocide on an ethnic minority.
During a CNN-hosted town hall last night, Biden chalked up widely reported genocide (also rape and forced sterilizations) to different cultural norms. Yikes.
The revelation about China was not the only gaffe from Biden last night; he stated in pants-on-fire fashion that his administration did not have a vaccine when he assumed office.
DONALD TRUMP took Mitch McConnel out back yesterday.
Trump’s letter calling out the Senate Majority Leader follows the latter’s virtual signaling during the Democrat’s failed impeachment over the weekend.
In other Trump news, the NAACP has sued the President for exercising free speech under the same goofy premise that he incited (he didn't) an insurrection that didn’t occur. Zip-ties, Viking horns, and petty podium theft don’t an insurrection make.
As TDS rages on even after the Biden-Harris swearing-in, it’s clear the swamp creatures and their hack media messengers are trying (but failing) to use the specter of Trump to advance an unwanted and unwarranted progressive agenda.
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