Posted on 03/04/2018 5:20:08 PM PST by SMGFan
Texas holds the nation's first 2018 primary elections Tuesday, and the campaign is providing a vivid exhibition of the Trump effect in GOP politics. Some races are playing out in a roadshow of one-upping emulation of the combative president, in which there's no such thing as cozying up too close or too ardently, regardless of his rough edges or low approval ratings nationwide.
"I'm Robert Stovall, and like President Trump, I realize the swamp is the problem," begins a campaign ad for Stovall, a San Antonio Republican Party leader now running for Congress. He stands in a literal swamp wearing a "Make American Great Again" hat and cocks a shotgun at the end.
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What matters is where they stand on amnesty and enforcement of our immigration laws.
Texas politicians have been almost as bad as Arizona’s.
Not even on a DARE!
#MAGA Yee haw ping
you can’t believe that bush kid sucking up to Trump- in Texas. It is sickening and so phony. Bushes are finished in Texas. Before you kill 5000 of our troops and get 40,000 wounded and kill 200,000 iraqis and spend 3 trillion fricking dollars , be sure there are WMD!!
In Rat primary it’s who can hate Trump most.
P Bush’s leading opponent voted for Hillary.
He is a bush-— finished!!
Ok, Texas, time to help Americans...Who can tell me about Stovall?
I’m not voting for the Bush either but Patterson at one time said vote for the Democrat in 2016
At least PPBush endorsed Trump
https://www.texastribune.org/2015/12/14/patterson-knocks-trump-exit-railroad-commission-co/
I don’t vote for any rino.
Texans, do what needs to be done!...ping....
In the 15 largest counties by population there were 885,574 early votes
cast thru end of day Friday which is 8.93% of registered voters.
You think Lupe Valdez has a chance in hell? Beto O’Rourke?
Dems are going nuts due to record turn out, Brapp! this is a Rep primary run off AND WE can vote for one fool or the other to represent the Liberals
Lupe and Beto indeed! lol
open primary
The Rep infighting is terrible, Beat up the Libs.
Huffines and Paxton are ridiculous
There are a bunch running in that race..... 14 candidates.
Can’t help with any info
Invasion of Iraq gave us the Mideast we have today. I will take a hardline SECULAR/military dictator over Islam any day. Invading Iraq lost the war in Afghanistan and the “War on Terror” will soon be 20 years old. Bin Laden post mortem: “mission accomplished” and it’s just getting started.
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