Texas always finds a way to make national news. Like Wendy Davis, who led a filibuster of a pro-life law in the long, long ago, Texas Democrats are fleeing the state after Gov. Greg Abbott held a special session to make a new congressional map official. It favors Republicans. Democrats can’t block it. That’s why they fled the Lone Star State like scared wombats. Yet, the overall reasoning is baffling, and I’m going to bet heavily that the messaging here is going to get chopped down quickly—no one cares about this, guys.
So, in essence, Democrats don’t like that the Republican legislature is gerrymandering the maps. And? We are dealing with mental invalids if this is the core of their grievances. Democrats do this too, you clowns. Just look at the maps in Illinois, Maryland, and New Jersey, the last two being the most egregious. Blue and red states do it, only that the House GOP caucus is more geographically diverse. Unlike House Democrats, one-third of the caucus doesn’t hail from three states.
California Gov. Gavin Newsom, who spends more time rage-tweeting anti-Trump nonsense than rebuilding Los Angeles County, has threatened to gerrymander his state to the point where there might not be any Republicans. Go ahead. Unlike you people, I’m not accustomed to or wired to throw a tantrum any time something doesn’t go my way.
The Texas legislature has issued arrest warrants for the cowardly rogue Democrats who fled the state, an act that even CNN sees as a stunt. They must come back, and this isn’t some unprecedented act either: the governor can call a special session, and gerrymandering isn’t new—what am I missing here?
You already know the game here: it’s the only thing Democrats have, which is whine like brats, hoping that history and Trump’s supposedly unpopular agenda will usher them into power in 2026. Not the case—this party has no leader, agenda, or messaging. Even this Texas stunt is being filleted in real time. The brand is in the basement, and Democratic assumptions have often led to disaster.
At least Davy Crockett and those at the Alamo, hopelessly outnumbered, didn’t flee—they fought to the bitter end. Today’s Texas Democrats had the stones to drop the “come and take it” line in response to Abbott’s threat of vacating their seats if they didn’t return yesterday for the vote after they had fled.
What a shoddy operation. Bush league.
