2020 election wasn't stolen, but voting must be secured
While virtually every candidate Trump endorsed in the March 1 Republican primary in Texas won, Republican voter turnout averaged a measly 10.9% compared to the 66% of Texans who voted in the 2020 presidential election.
No pollster worth his salt would extrapolate a mandate for or against anyone from a 10% turnout.
Trump is still in suspense over one major Texas race. Attorney General Ken Paxton, whom Trump enthusiastically endorsed, despite Paxton’s scandal-ridden career, faces a May 24 runoff versus George Prescott Bush, the son of former Florida governor Jeb Bush. You can be certain that George P. would love nothing more than to exact political revenge on Trump, who hounded his father out of the 2020 presidential race, taunting him with the nickname “low-energy Jeb.”
One other Texas race with national implications is heading for a showdown in a runoff, with Democratic progressives ecstatic over the performance of Jessica Cisneros, who ran neck-and-neck with conservative Democrat Henry Cuellar in the 28th Congressional District, parts of which adjoin the US-Mexican border. The superstar of the Democratic progressive movement, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortes (D-NY), is a vocal Cisneros backer.
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