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Texas secede before blackouts
Feb 20, 2021 9:03 AM
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Watchadave
Repulican speak with forked tongue
Mgxr44
WOAH WOAH WOAH WOAH WOAH.... let’s get q thing straight! New Jersey is NOT a part of New England. Buy yeah, fuck Ted Cruz.
KommSusserTod
I was so happy for those five minutes when Texas was blue during the election. Hey small towns? FUCK YOU!
aristera
Texas is going blue next election. It's almost there.
beefytrout
In conclusion, fuck the GOP.
aspiringgamedev
biden didnt demand an apology and boot kissing to send aid unlike a certain someone. dam its almost like only one side wants division
CangodCreateAStoneItCannotLift
The President does not want to point this out, but the rest of Americans can.
krapmyself
High road. Sure. Republicans have gotten this bad because no with authority has called them out on their bullshit or held them accountable
8rmartin
Also good to point out 5.3 million DID vote for Biden over Mango Mussolini. And we are disgusted at the other 5.9 million.
farshadows
MANGO MUSSOLINI I LOVE IT!
badatediting
Is... is this the unity people are talking about?
matticitt
It's crazy to me Texas has a separate grid on purpose when other countries deliberately join theirs in Europe or Africa. Absolutely moronic.
Scryedk
Every few months, the question seems to come up: If Texas wanted to, could it secede from the United States?
Simply put, the answer is no.
Scryedk
Historical and legal precedents make it clear that Texas could not leave the Union — at least not legally.
The idea is most often raised by
Scryedk
conservatives in the state who are angry over some kind of policy coming from the federal government — and the calls seem to become more fre
Scryedk
Frequent when a democrat is in office. Learn before you speak
VodkaReindeer
They should call the assistance operation BidenCare.
easyoneundone
abo5
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/feb/05/texas-republicans-endorse-legislation-vote-secession
jrredneck
Look up Yes California.
bluerazzgummy
The big question is, will Texans like Cruz realise this reality and act with humility from now on or continue being a cunt?
VainyBangStick
Cunt. They’ll double down on their cunt behaviour. It’s the GQP way.
Dannyalcatraz
Some of the hard-core GOPers among my friends & family here in TX are taking a harder look at state leaders because of this winter’s fiasco.
theSungamer
Feel like the senator should have to resign if they vote against something that they themselves want, because it shows ineptitude
SeveralSpeciesOfSmallFurryAnimalsGatheredTogetherInACave
And after all this, Texans will still vote Cruz/Repubicans.
MyDogsBeinStupid
Republicans will still vote republican
MyDogsBeinStupid
Not all Texans are Cruz/Abbott supporters. I’m sure as hell not!
FisheswithDynamite
I would like to see him crusade for Texans to change their leadership. Be a president for all, but help them see who is wrong for them.
JFkeinK
Something is very wrong, when the POTUS being a human being is considered weird.
path0sMathos
Is this what it's like to have an adult in the white house? God I missed this feeling.
Siliconhobbit
The GOP won't let Biden forget it either. They will chide, harass, harangue, and condemn him for it like it was the end of the world.
TCGView
Texan here. I sincerely hope my republican neighbors get their head out of the sand and see that it was a mistake voting these people in.
SteveTheEgg
They won't. If they had iota of brains they wouldn't allow right wing media to spoon feed them propaganda, yet here we are.
MyDogsBeinStupid
Same. This was hard. My parents are republican. They lost power & water and have been with me since Monday. There’s no changing their minds
MyDogsBeinStupid
MrRobSteel
I wouldn't have said 'sand'
TCGView
Head out of a tire? What the hell are you on about?
twoblackhands
Ass he means ass
TCGView
Oh, I like as. Where can I find some?
FrogBotherer
These things shouldn't need praise, it's the President doing his dang job. After 4 years of Trump though...
Eleshar24
And forever and ever, the republicans will consider him weak for it.
zstorm6
I think it's just good reinforcement that we are, indeed, beyond the trump-style governance.
awesmond
A normal dump always feels just great after a bout of terrible diareah.
BigHeadWeb
But to Republicans, that's not what being president means.
cirethered09
The ending gets my upvote. While it's easy to make fun, sometimes we forget that real people are struggling.
SoberAsABird1
100% agreed. Most of the rest of it and a chunk of these comments, though, seem a lot like the kind of point scoring Biden is discouraging.
storebrandproductmascot
The real people are gonna end up blaming the folks that helped them, and voting for the folks that hurt them. Again and again and again.
NotABadLookingNarcissist
True af.
generalprotectionfault
^^^^^
22pcScrewDriver69420
This is what I've been arguing the whole time. Everyone has just been wanting to shit on texas politicians but real people are hurting 1/2
22pcScrewDriver69420
That had nothing to with what came out of stupid Ted cruz's mouth (2/2)
Elhombremacabro
They elected him. Every texan is responsible for what he says as he is their elected "voice." Democracy encompasses owning your own shit.
MyDogsBeinStupid
You hateful person! Not EVERY Texan voted for him!
Elhombremacabro
I said they ELECTED him. When you vote, you ELECT someone. The ELECTED person being who you voted for or not. That's the democratic process.
ddashizzle
Yeah, let's not pretend that politics aren't "real". The impact of politicians' decisions certainly are for the rest of us.
NotABadLookingNarcissist
As a leftie, seeing libs on social media joking about “red states deserving this” and making light of Texans dying is pretty disgusting.
MyDogsBeinStupid
As a leftie Texan dealing with all of this, I also think it’s in EXTREMELY POOR TASTE!
MyDogsBeinStupid
Makes me think they don’t care about the fact we’re all human, just that they want to be hateful. I’m not about that. Makes them no better
MyDogsBeinStupid
Than the other side.
generalprotectionfault
Uhhhh you're letting the agitprop get to you.
NotABadLookingNarcissist
Right. “They” being people who are saying this type of shit online, which don’t represent the whole imo - but still too many.
FishSausages
When (not if) Texas turns blue, this crisis and the response from Cruz / Abbott et al will be the turning point
orbitn
A good portion of texas is currently blue, if cartoon temperature physics is to be believed.
krapmyself
No, I get it, a lot of you voted for biden. Unfortunately, you guys got a epidemic of stupid down there that runs generations deep.
FishSausages
And those generations are getting older and their numbers are dwindling in comparison to younger, more progressive voters
Dragongurl392
So freaking true. At my grandmother’s burial a couple of weeks ago, relatives were being stupid about COVID, and praising Trump.
Dragongurl392
I loved my Granny, but I’ve estranged myself from most of the family, and listening to the idiots made me very glad I did.
Sturmdodo
Not until you get rid of gerrymandering at the very least.
gohomebaby
You can’t gerry an entire state
MCNewYorkLives
AND the active voter supression (like limiting to polling locations to like 1 per million in Dem areas)
nopost
Gerrymandering only affects local elections, not statewide elections like Senate and president.
FishSausages
Or Governor, for state-specific matters. Might still have a red statehouse, but look at Tony Evers in WI.
tentacularfleshscape
Local elections affect statewide ones, due to voter suppression, control of local media, etc. The rot is all the way through
dandanthedrywallman
By 2022 when they’re up for re-election they’ll forgot. They vote for guns and against abortion and that’s all that matter.
FishSausages
It's a simple numbers game. You don't have to convert red voters to blue, the changing demographics will turn the state in time
dandanthedrywallman
They’ve been saying that for years. Sadly Republicans are more likely to vote. Democrats face more barriers AND are less inclined to vote.
kingbobtomola
Barriers like what?
dandanthedrywallman
Removing polling places in minority neighborhoods, making it harder for students to vote, removing absentee/mail in voting, and on and on
HarryDresdenIsMySpiritAnimal
AOC, a New Yorker, also helped raise money for Texas.
TheDreadLordOfDownvotes
She has ties to Texas
TheDreadLordOfDownvotes
Downvoted? lol: https://www.houstonchronicle.com/politics/texas/article/texas-home-for-alexandria-ocasio-cortez-aoc-tx-15485656.php
The701
Meanwhile, Ted Cruz went to Cancun, which is surely the location of his sophisticated disaster-response coordination headquarters.
HarryDresdenIsMySpiritAnimal
He has a disaster-response coordination headquarters called Shirley? That's a weird coincidence.
BillBrasky11
LoTRFanatic42
Over $2 million in about 12 hours. Now she's in Houston helping distribute supplies at a food bank.
CheshireCad
"We don't need no whiny little highfalutin' New York city-slicker who ain't never done a lick a' hard work!" says Cletus, a Trump voter
HarryDresdenIsMySpiritAnimal
Those slack-jawed yokels. She's a woman, she's a minority, and she's relatively young for politics, without a celebrity background.
CheshireCad
You missed the joke.
HarryDresdenIsMySpiritAnimal
What joke? I'm saying she has worked her ass off to get where she is.
CheshireCad
Everything Cletus described is exactly what Trump is. Therefore, comedic irony.
RadicalLeftist
Do you remember how he ended his debate "ill be a president for all".
BoobsLotsOfBoobs
8 pieces of shit disagree
CatsDogsFoodandNature
As a Canadian I appreciate this a lot from Biden. I don't know who 95% of his administration is and I LOVE IT!.
bazookasoup
I get it, but when one side keeps leveraging situations and the other doesnt, things only move in one direction.
TheElusiveEnchilada
Dodged that bullet, amirite!?
SrMordred
GOP Pres: For GOP only. Dem Pres: For GOP and Dems. They will learn nothing.
SrMordred
It’s important that Biden continue to do the right thing, but the people that need to will not see this post.
LiteralFish
I used to show some. But I got sick of being screamed at and insulted. They refuse to believe anything that isn't posted by Fox / Alex Jones
LiteralFish
And even if it were posted by Fox or Alex Jones, they would claim they must have been infiltrated by the enemy and still not believe it.
ThisFireGrowsHigher
I remember but since when do president words mean anything? He's a weirdo for doing what he says
empire161
also remember THIS is what Biden means by bipartisanship. Not “give R’s in Congress what they want for the sake of their vote”
ButtProblems
This aged well
Soggybathroomsock
You're right with your first statement. On the other hand, the media will keep pressuring Dems to do the second part, and some probs will.
Aaronspark777
It's been the Democrats nature the past 20 years to cater to Republicans.
JodyBird
Crater is more like it
brainmydamage
It's hard to win with people who are willing to overthrow the government and murder you if they don't get everything they want.
Zedd990
true but when enough shit is enough?
benzur
Does “enough” mean not getting aid to us dems who voted for Biden in Texas?
SuperIncoherentRantingMan
Think of it like the president(parent) is taking care of two children(states). Every month, one parent gets total control over every
SuperIncoherentRantingMan
Decision in the household. All the other parent can do is sit and watch. Parent A decides since child A was mouthy, they aren't feeding
SuperIncoherentRantingMan
Child A for their entire month. Does that mean when parent B has their time that they should neglect the other child as revenge? Fuck no.
holyspaghetti
This mindset is exactly what put the US where they were 3 months ago. Stop with this bullshit.
RadicalLeftist
Maybe tell people to shut the fuck up when they try both sides and instead show them the active good a dem run country achieves.
WorkBeerRepeat
Most regular people, even if they vote Republican, don’t hold extreme views. We can’t punish them for the idiots like Cruz.
pimpquisition
Exactly - but need to find ways to make it clear who helped who didn't for next vote. Ban fox be a good start
junkgoof
Indeed, being gullible is it's own punishment. Trump is only rich because there are people dumb enough to keep giving him money.
banoot
But now some people aren’t willing to give him money anymore.
junkgoof
You have to hope and it's only about 50 years too late for him and way more for his scamming forbears.
AtomikMolotov
They're absolute scumbags but if you refuse aid to them, you refuse aid to all the non-scumbags and people that are just trying to live.
Zedd990
I'm not talking about ppl, ppl of Texas didn't deserve any of this, I'm talking about Ted and another politicians
Eldis
Also, vast majority of those "scumbags" are victims of Republican policies and propaganda.
goatamon
This. It really bothers my how broad a brush some people paint with on imgur.
iworkforjesus
As someone who lives in Alabama. This.
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JustABookworm
Well, 46% of the Texas popular vote went to Biden, if that helps to know :). I know the other half is very very stubborn, but the other half
goatamon
But... surely you understand that Texans aren't a monolith? You can't blame everyone for how some people voted.
lifesucks3million
Yes, because they didn’t all vote for this.
EalisLav
Well, don't say for all Texans, it was like 5% difference between Trump and Biden if I recall...
gunnexx
Which is about 45% too much
SuperRockinMrMagic
52.5% too much
gingerminge
And we deal with considerable voter suppression.
OmahaJim
You are who represents you. Sorry the truth is a difficult pill but thems the way the apples fall. Generalisms ARE allowed
goatamon
So we can blame you for Trump then, right?
OmahaJim
And you as well...
goatamon
I'm not American. You are though, right? So by your logic, you are to blame for Trump, despite the fact that I'm guessing you didn't vote
OmahaJim
But doesn't the obvious fact that you are absolutely clueless (your own words show your guilt) absolve you from letting your mouth prove it?
goatamon
for him?
goatamon
I mean I'm fairly sure this is a troll account, based on your comments, but asking just in case.
OmahaJim
but based on your comments you're position in the hierarchy of Trolldom must be waaayy up there huh?
OmahaJim
"fairly sure"? Yeah, I mean, I'm almost, kinda', nearly, just about, close to not understanding what you think you sorta' mean.
MacAwesome
Get rid off your ridiculous voting system of winner takes all and maybe we will mention that next time. Until that, texas is 100% red.
gingerminge
So the kids too young to vote, the disenfranchised, the homeless, the poor, they all deserve to get fucked over?
Feralkyn
He said Texans, not Texas. Read.
ma8e
In the same way as the whole US were Trumptards for four years?
iTakeQuotesOutOfContext
Yes. We wear that shame, Texas gets to wear theirs, too. I hate that my country did that. I hate the things he did. But that was the US.
AccordingToYourMom
Wow, great idea! Brilliant, really! Let’s just convince the people with power to change to a system where they’ll lose power. Simple!
stevencloser
The only ones who ever benefitted from winner takes all were republicans.
MacAwesome
Who said it was easy?
gingerminge
It's not easy but from someone on the ground here, it's not any easier when out of state libs scream that we deserved it.
gingerminge
Doesn't really help us change hearts and minds, asshole.
AccordingToYourMom
Well, ignoring 5.3M Biden voters and saying texas is 100% red from a 600,000 vote difference will only make it harder to accomplish
MacAwesome
But that is exactly what is happening. 5m biden voters got ignored
madeyoulookXD
The electoral college is the greatest fraud ever perpetrated onto the world.
KinetoPlay
I dunno man, have you ever heard of religion?
madeyoulookXD
Got me there
WigglyBlondeNoodle
Founding fathers: "Let's let white male land owners vote but we have the final say on who wins."---Democracy
MyOtherShipIsAPython
It seems like a way to take the election out of the hands of the people.
Greatrbob
It is exactly that. It was a compromise between state power and democracy.
pooperscooper3333
This is factually the most incorrect statement I’ve ever read regarding politics...And I’ve seen a lot
HelicopterfuelCANmeltsteelbeams
Proof..? Genuinely curious
iTakeQuotesOutOfContext
How? The electoral college means if Texas votes 50.1% red it is the same as being 100% red. It’s a very common thing to be angry about.
AccordingToYourMom
Texas’ electors are 100% red, but to say that *Texas* is 100% red is disingenuous to 5.3M non-red voters
Feralkyn
They have two meanings. One of them is talking about the state politically, the other about the people. Being that the guy discussing the
Feralkyn
people spoke first, the response about "100% red" is dead wrong in context.