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Tony, Pretty Much May 1, 2023

Republicans come up with all kinds of red herrings to distract attention from the obvious fact that guns are the problem.

Mental illness, too soon, thoughts and prayers - the list goes on.

“Illegal immigrant” now from Greg Abbott, as if that somehow mitigates the deaths of 5 people and doesn’t even appear to be true. But this is who the GOP are.

Only 50% of registered Texas voters voted in 2022. Thinking that your vote doesn’t matter because you live in a red county/state? What if it would?

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GlenG🌻 - Support Ukraine May 1, 2023

@TonyStark

This is kind of a surprising statistic, as I've always felt that Republicans in Texas are big voters; at least all of the ones I know are.

For Democrats it's certainly been frustrating.

But we keep voting, and hoping that some day we'll unseat some of those miscreants.

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Scissors Cut Paper...May 3, 2023

@Gleng2 @TonyStark

I'm a sometimes election judge and the number is not surprising. Texas isn't red, it's non-voting.

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GlenG🌻 - Support Ukraine

@vor @TonyStark My county is one of the strongest Red counties in Texas. Voting increased from 65-73% for President 2016/2020; but midterms decreased from 59-50% 2018 / 2022 which makes sense due to Trump fatigue; Harris County which is much bluer increased 58-66% for President but also declined during midterms 52-42%. With so much at stake, 2022 midterm’s lower turnout for Democrats is what’s so surprising to me. We all know here we’ve got a big job to do, at least that’s been my perception.