Uhm ... No.
The author’s assertion is wrong, as far as it relates to Texas.
Governor Greg Abbot won his reelection with over 70 percent of the vote. Ted Cruz should have had the same margin. He failed to do that because he is widely disliked - not because he is a Republican, but because he’s an a-hole.
The reason Cruz won by only 5 percent is indicative of how much he is disliked - mainly for reason of his despicable behavior during the 2016 election.
Most Texans know that Cruz is a POS. The fact that this Republican senator nearly lost his seat, while the popular Republican governor won by 70 percent, is not indicative that Texas is going “blue,” by any stretch; but rather it is the voice of Texas saying: Hey Ted, you’re a despicable a-hole.”
So, all the liberals, Democrat voting northerners, hipster tech socialist kids, college kids wanting all the free stuff that beto-bernie-cortez are peddling that are flooding Texas and lots of other Southern, Conservative locations have nothing to do with it? It’s all just Cruz? Now we’ll toss in carloads of legal and illegal immigrants. None of that matters? It’s all about Cruz?
He may be one cog in the wheel, but he isn’t main one, IMHO.
True
I like how he votes but he’s unlikable
Always has been
I’ll spend $80,000,000 telling people you are a pierce of sh!t (as you say) and see how you do.
#NeverCruzerChorus