Texas GOP Chairman Resigns, Warns That Texas Could Turn Blue

[sheshe2]

It would appear that the state GOP is torn between a somewhat rational faction that sees the likely effects of Texas changing demographics, and the usual gang of fanatical Teabaggers. The most visible manifestation of that divide has been the legislative battles between Lt. Governor Dan Patrick and House Speaker Joe Straus. And, as a famous Republican once said, “A house divided against itself cannot stand."


“A party that is fractured by anger and backbiting is a party that will not succeed,” Mechler said in his letter. “It is no secret that our party is divided into factions. It is also no secret that those factions frequently throw rocks at each other. As I prepare to leave this role, my hope is that every faction of this party will treat each other with kindness and respect.”

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“As the demographics continue to change, our state will soon have a majority-minority voting age population. If we do not continue to make efforts to engage in the diverse communities across Texas, our state will turn blue,” Mechler wrote in his letter of resignation. “This is no longer just a possibility, it is an inevitable reality if we fail to act.”

The party that Mechler leaves behind is currently dominated by misogynistic, LGBTQ-hating xenophobes. I don’t know what “efforts to engage the diverse communities across Texas” he is referring to, but there seems to be little evidence that they are working, if they exist at all.

Read More:http://www.dailykos.com/stories/2017/5/22/1664805/-Texas-GOP-Chairman-Resigns-Warns-That-Texas-Could-Turn-Blue

More good news...not yet maybe, but soon because the GOP will indeed fail to act and fail to correct their direction.

[Bleacher Creature]

1. Texas becoming blue (or even blueish) is the game changer of all game changers.

And it would force the GOP to re-evaluate what it stands for in every way.

[sheshe2]

2. You are so right, Bleacher Creature. nt

[Binkie The Clown]

3. "my hope is that every faction of this party will treat each other with kindness and respect."

Right. When has any Republican treated anyone else with kindness and respect?

[sheshe2]

4. Lol!

I know, huh?!

[DBoon]

11. And pigs will fly

Nt

[dem in texas]

5. Got my blue shirt ready!

It will take years for Texas to go blue. We have more rural counties than any other state and they are all red. The popular vote is getting close to purple, but the Gerrymandered districts will keep Texas red for many more years.

[sheshe2]

6. You may be right, you live there...

However, SCOTUS just struck down gerrymandering in NC...this is huge.

https://www.democraticunderground.com/10029102031

Glad you have your blue shirt ready, dem in texas.

[mcar]

7. I am so hoping for a D gov in FL in 2018

My red county has seen lots (for it) of Democratic activity lately.

[sheshe2]

10. Good luck, mcar.

GOTV 2018

We can do this.

[mcar]

14. Yes, we can!

[Phoenix61]

17. Yes please nt

[Aristus]

8. Trump is definitely a sign of the fact that the GOP ship of fools is taking water over the side.

But the one-day, much hoped-for demise of the GOP may attributed to, among other things, antagonizing and repelling the socially conservative Hispanic community. That was a voting block they definitely shouldn't have alienated. (Excuse the expression).

[sheshe2]

12. +1000

[lpbk2713]

9. Anne Richards is smiling broadly right now.

People can only tolerate just so much stupid and then it's time for a change.

[sheshe2]

13. That she is, lpbk.

Bless her heart.

[dembotoz]

15. thing an outgoing chair might say right before they launch a big fundraising campaign

doom doom, gloom gloom...send cash now


your mistake is you are believing a republican

[ProudLib72]

16. After those nasty voicemails on Al Green's phone

I hope Texas turns deep blue and they march those deplorables into the Gulf.