Beto 2022 feels a lot like Wendy Davis 2014. The campaign does all it can to make Austin liberals happy but doesn't really do anything to attract the oh so coveted "moderate" suburban swing voters. This race was always going to be an uphill battle, but it feels like Texas Dems aren't really even trying.
Tbf I do think the degree they need these "swing suburban voters" to win Texas is overrated. Also it's important to remember by and large folks support abortions. Like, most swing voters prolly at least agree abortion should be allowed in cases of rape and incest, though that doesn't mean this isn't poor messaging.
No legal restrictions on abortion means legal procedures on the third trimester and right up until just before birth, which is a particularly Twitter-brain and gross position to take, and definitely not supported by the majority of people in Texas.
He would be limited with an R dominated State legislature this is amoot issue
Users get so giddy off of one issue
Oh, I'm not giddy. I actually think Abbott is one of the worst governors of the country at the moment. Taking him out was very unlikely to happen this year anyway, it's just Beto is making his reelection all the easier here.
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