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BREAKING: Allen West Declares Candidacy For Texas Governor, Will Challenge Abbott For GOP Nomination
National File ^ | July 4 | Tom Pappert

Posted on 07/04/2021 11:05:21 AM PDT by RandFan

Lieutenant Colonel Allen West announced his candidacy to become Governor of Texas this morning in a 7-minute video that detailed his history, celebrated the heroes of the Texas Revolution, and using comparisons to the Alamo, urged Texans to join him on the “right” side of the “line in the stand” with their vote.

“Now it is our time, it is our time to stand up and honor those words of Texas, Our Texas, and to secure the future for our children and our grandchildren, to make sure the growth, the opportunity, and the prosperity, the economic success that you see here in Texas, continues on,” said West, after exploring the Republic of Texas’s rich history of volunteers and politicians who came from other states. West, who was born in Georgia and attended the University of Tennessee noted that over 30 men from Tennessee were among the early leaders of the Republic of Texas, and those who fought at the Alamo.

“That means that we stay energy independent, and we fuel America, so that we’re not dependent on other nations – other nations that are our enemies,” said West. “To make sure that we secure our borders, to make sure that Texas is for Texans.” West added, “We cannot live in a state that is the number one state for human and sex trafficking in the United States of America. That’s not how we protect our children and our legacy.” West then suggested Texas needs modern heroes to match those of the Texas Revolution.

(Excerpt) Read more at nationalfile.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Texas
KEYWORDS: allenwest; texas
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To: Roccus

Carpetbagging is not one of them. Your excuse for not liking Colonel Allen West rings hollow.


41 posted on 07/04/2021 11:46:28 AM PDT by freedomjusticeruleoflaw (Strange that a man with his wealth would have to resort to prostitution.)
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To: RandFan

I will vote for Abbott. I like Allen West but I do not like carpetbaggers on either side. West moved to Texas just a few years ago.


42 posted on 07/04/2021 11:48:17 AM PDT by DFG
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To: bray

We need one great candidate, not two fighting it out, and letting a democrat or McConaughey sneak in. West is being stupid and selfish here.


43 posted on 07/04/2021 11:50:17 AM PDT by Wayne07
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To: SaxxonWoods

They will have plenty to debate.

Grabbot only moves to the right when there is an election. The second it is over, he will move back to the left just like he always does and do his best to vacuum up all of the campaign money whether he is up for election or not.

He looks at what DeSantis or someone who is able to innovate is doing and if it looks successful Grabbot claims credit for it since it was his idea all along anyway.

He needs all of this campaign money so he can run for president in 2024, because the position is owed him, just like Jeb!. He’s in a wheelchair for goodness sake!

I’ve never worked on a campaign but I am thinking real hard about volunteering for West. I am just that sick of Grabbot.


44 posted on 07/04/2021 11:55:28 AM PDT by Clay Moore (RIP, Rush )
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To: zeugma

Abbott acts like a conservative only when he is running for re-election, just like John Cornyn.


45 posted on 07/04/2021 12:04:40 PM PDT by WASCWatch ( WASC)
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To: WASCWatch

Forgot to add that Texas conservatives do not like Abbott.

In addition to being very conservative, West is also black. That’s not a qualification, but no one can deny that it will help.

There is also the Michael Berry factor. His lisenting audience is huge and Michael Berry hates Abbott.


46 posted on 07/04/2021 12:09:23 PM PDT by WASCWatch ( WASC)
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To: RandFan
YES!!!! Texas needs a leader. Wimpy Abbott is nothing more than a professional liar in the "W" mold.

Texas desperately needs Col. West's strength and character.

47 posted on 07/04/2021 12:09:45 PM PDT by SanchoP
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To: mac_truck

Allen West has poor campaign skills. He lost a GOP district in 2012 which Brian Mast (R) has been able to hold comfortably since 2016.


48 posted on 07/04/2021 12:10:30 PM PDT by nbenyo
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To: RandFan

I do not hate Abbott,but West has my vote.


49 posted on 07/04/2021 12:10:39 PM PDT by Fai Mao (I don't think we have enough telephone poles.)
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To: Tommy Revolts

Same thought, unless he’s going to mud sling for someone else.


50 posted on 07/04/2021 12:10:54 PM PDT by IllumiNaughtyByNature (Polls are no longer designed to measure public sentiment but to influence it.)
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To: RandFan

why the freak would West do this??
Love him, but Abbot is doing a good job!

Dumb move!


51 posted on 07/04/2021 12:12:56 PM PDT by bantam
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To: Wayne07
There already was a declared candidate against Abbott, Don Huffines. He is a former state senator who has considerable financial resources. Unlike Colonel West, he is a fifth generation Texan. I like West, and he might be a good Senator but conservatives need to focus on one candidate. While Abbott has shown some conservative leanings recently, his overall track record is moderate, like his predecessors Bush the Younger and Perry. Abbott shut down Texas and mandated masks. Desantis in Florida and Noem in South Dakota did much better.

Texas needs tough minded conservatives. We do not need the compromisers that have led to the Left continuing their winning streak.

52 posted on 07/04/2021 12:15:48 PM PDT by Wallace T. ( )
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To: RandFan

Why ? The person who needs to be replaced is John Cornyn, not Abbot.


53 posted on 07/04/2021 12:19:15 PM PDT by libh8er
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To: RandFan

Many of us in Texas got very fed up with Abbott and his legalese edicts that often infringed on basic rights and left us to fight local authorities during 2020 while he sat back and twiddle his thumbs and refused to call the Legislature into special session to help deal with the pandemic. Because of that he is now trying really hard to get back in voters’ good graces. I welcome Colonel West’s candidancy.


54 posted on 07/04/2021 12:21:56 PM PDT by Texas56
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To: silverleaf

Ross was right, and ahead of his time. I don’t know what West will bring to the table.


55 posted on 07/04/2021 12:25:41 PM PDT by Theoria
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To: nbenyo

That district was completely changed.


56 posted on 07/04/2021 12:32:09 PM PDT by jean michael
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To: Clay Moore

“They will have plenty to debate.”

Thanks, I don’t have a vote in this fight but the West supporters have positive arguments for West and policy disagreements with Abbot while Abbot supporters haven’t said anything positive about their candidate, just a “carpetbagger” charge against West which doesn’t touch on policy at all.


57 posted on 07/04/2021 12:33:22 PM PDT by SaxxonWoods ( comment might be sarcasm, or not. It depends. Often I'm not sure either.)
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To: mac_truck
Great man, but he has a snowball's chance in hell of beating a popular incumbent Governor.

And if he did win he'd put the governorship of a light red state at risk.

58 posted on 07/04/2021 12:34:01 PM PDT by semimojo
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To: Lod881019

Are you in TX?

Just curious.


59 posted on 07/04/2021 12:34:57 PM PDT by Jane Long (America, Bless God....blessed be the Nation 🙏🏻🇺🇸)
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To: SaxxonWoods

I consider every Republican incumbent suspect.


60 posted on 07/04/2021 12:35:13 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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