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© Copyright 2021 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed without permission.Celebrity politicians test voter interest in post-Trump era
By JILL COLVIN WASHINGTON©2024 GPlusMedia Inc.
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lincolnman
So Caitlyn Jenner is the new Repub rising star.....
I wonder what the pro-Trump, bible-thumping Evangelicals will think of that...
Express sister
Jenner is an idiot and Yang is an embarrassment.
Blacklabel
here is a great policy here. as a trans person and an athlete, Jenner would know.
Still getting attacked by liberals anyway for this comment.
bass4funk
He/she thinks so, lol
As you can tell, no one is supporting Jenner
Blacklabel
we won that election yesterday in Texas by 20 points that Dems claimed they would flip.
No celebrities were needed, just a Trump endorsement.
The anti-Trump candidate came in 9th or 10th.
takeda.shingen.1991@gmail.com
Republicans won an election in Texas? That's amazing!;)
Blacklabel
best Dem hope of 2021, according to liberal media. ummm Sanchez (D) didnt even make the top 2.
with the "D" standing for Disappointment.
https://thehill.com/opinion/campaign/551073-tomorrows-special-election-in-texas-is-the-democrats-best-house-hope-in-2021
bass4funk
That’s like saying, it’s a shocker a Democrat won the State of California.
Blacklabel
my point is simply that the Trump backed candidate won and no Democrat even proceeded to the next round.
Republicans dont need "celebrity" candidates, Trump IS the celebrity and his endorsement still matters. I wonder if he will actually endorse Jenner here or not.
The "we hate Trump" Republicans endorsed the 9th place finisher in Texas.
bass4funk
Uh-huh, lol
Jsapc
And that is exactly why the GOP is toxic and needs to cheat a lot in order to win the next presidential elections.
Wolfpack
If Republicans in South Carolina could vote in a female Indian-American as governor and a black man as their US Senator (defeating Strom Thurmond’s son) anything is possible.
takeda.shingen.1991@gmail.com
You got the joke. Congratulations?
Jsapc
That is very true. After all, the "bible-thumping Evangelicals" had no qualms voting for the least religious presidential candidate in history, a known liar and philanderer who cheats on his wife with porn stars. Those people don't have actual values or principles to follow, so yeah, anything is possible.
Jimizo
Texas is getting closer. You can uh-huh, lol, smh or ROFL and counter with anecdotes, but the numbers don’t lie.
Are you saying this isn’t a concern for republicans?
Toasted Heretic
Celebrity politicians don't have a great track record. It's depressing that the focus isn't on the people they seek to represent.
I believe, or I hope, that US voters have sense and aren't blinded by the artificial light from these weekend politicians. Be they Republicans or Democrats.
bass4funk
Say the people that whine about voter verification, interesting how so many minorities that have homes and apartments, wonder if they needed to verify who they are in order to qualify…..
Now that Florida and other Republican red states are ensuring that there is zero cheating, the left still complain…smh
The liberal numbers would tell them so, they also had the numbers that Trump was going to lose Florida. Lol
Florida and many Red States they did. Remember Pelosi said, the Dems were going to overwhelmingly gain seats in the House and Senate that didn’t happen as well
Texas, absolutely not.
Toasted Heretic
At last the far right admit to cheating.
Sounds like the much trumpeted never going to happen, on the possiblitly of 45 losing the election.
Jsapc
The amount of cheating was already zero. The GOP is simply ensuring that people will have a harder time voting so that their toxic candidates can win. They have no policies and no agenda other than that.
theFu
Name recognition is important, but not everything.
Start on the school board, if you want to get into politics and don't have a law degree.
And a law degree would be nice - don't need to practice law, but having that sheepskin is important ... for a "law maker."
Call me crazy.
Jimizo
The numbers are clear over the last few presidential elections - Texas is getting closer. Romney beat Obama by 1,200,000 votes in 2012, Trump beat Clinton by about 800,000 votes in 2016, Trump beat Biden by about 600,000 votes in 2020. Three elections is a pretty decent gauge of change. From 2012 to 2020 the percentage vote for the Republican candidate dropped from 57% to 52%.
This should be taken seriously.
This has nothing to do with liberal or conservative views. Perhaps you regard these numbers as being part of massive election fraud, but there is no proof of that.
I’d say strategists of either party should be fired if they reacted to these numbers with a Lol.
Blacklabel
And we had an election yesterday where the Republican candidates got 60-65% of the vote and 3 of the top 4 spots.
not even close.
bass4funk
I never said that, don’t put words in my mouth. I said, Republicans are ensuring that there is no cheating, no voter suppression, no irregularities, that way both sides can rest easier. That’s a good thing for the US.
The GOP just gained 2 house seats in Texas. So no, not worried
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/texas-gains-house-seats-while-new-york-loses-in-census-count/ar-BB1g4YNo
bass4funk
That’s not the point, the point is, liberals bought the idea it was going to turn blue, it didn’t and probably won’t
Jsapc
No they didn't, actually. Very few people (if any?) believed Texas would turn blue last year, but most credible analysts are simply pointing out to the rapidly shrinking vote difference between republican and democratic candidates, which is indicating Texas could eventually turn blue in the future. That is what people mean by Texas turning "pink".
takeda.shingen.1991@gmail.com
Yeah, in Texas.
Tell that to Kelly Loeffler and that other Republican rook who lost his senate seat.
Blacklabel
actually they did. I posted it above.
this was about yesterday election, that the MOST LIKELY scenario is that the Dem Sanchez would come in 2nd. they then went further to tell us the scenario how the Dem could win the runoff.
Or has the meaning of most likely changed too?
Cant wait for this next round of elections that dont have the COVID-19 relaxations of the voting rules.