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Beto Tweet: (Original Post)
applegrove
Mar 2022
OP
MontanaMama
(23,302 posts)1. This is the language that needs to be used.
If folks cannot grasp it, I dont think anyone can save them.
dalton99a
(81,432 posts)2. Kick
L. Coyote
(51,129 posts)3. One of the best strategies to turn out voters, especially in states with initiative petitions.
Also in states with initiatives, legalizing weed on the ballot alters who votes dramatically.
SunSeeker
(51,550 posts)4. That is how we win. nt
Rhiannon12866
(205,110 posts)5. Twitter replies:
applegrove
(118,595 posts)6. Thanks Rhiannon!
Rhiannon12866
(205,110 posts)7. You're more than welcome, a lot of support for Beto out there
And not just from his home state!
peppertree
(21,620 posts)8. The problem is that even if Beto wins, he won't win
Abbott will pull a "Texas landslide" (black-box voting/tabulation). You can be as sure of that as a Texas thunderstorm in June (or more!).
catrose
(5,065 posts)9. Still not convinced he lost to Cancun Cruz
High school students have shown they can hack those voting/tabulation machines within minutes - and manipulate data without a trace.
And we know both Cruz ad Abbott are capable of just about anything - so long as they think they can get away with it.
catrose
(5,065 posts)11. And Cruz was Cambridge Analytica's 2nd biggest client after TFG
Stopping now before descending into ct territory
peppertree
(21,620 posts)12. Would that Michael Connell had lived to testify about certain things
But...
RANDYWILDMAN
(2,667 posts)13. Wow, sad come on Texas
elect Beto and things could get better !