Let's talk about the Texas primary shifting dynamics all over the country.... - Belle of the Ranch

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Well, howdy there Internet people. It's Belle again. So, today we're going to talk about the Texas primary shifting dynamics all over the country.

The primaries in Texas happened and well, the Republican Senate primary was kind of a worst case scenario for the Republican party all over the country. Neither Cornyn nor Paxton received enough votes to win the primary outright, so they're going to be involved in an expensive months-long mudslinging rodeo to try to get the nomination. Paxton will try to play the outsider, while Cornyn will try to play the role of the guy who can actually win. Republicans will dump millions upon millions of dollars into a primary fight in Texas. And that's millions upon millions they can't spend elsewhere.

Senate Republicans will go all in on supporting Cornyn. And we had some questions about that. Why do they care? First is that Paxton is a scandal magnet. And there are probably some in the Senate that worry about his scandals becoming a problem up on Capitol Hill.

There's also a concern that Paxton literally can't win which means they'll have to spend even more money trying to defend Texas when the general election rolls around, which leaves traditionally battleground states underfunded as Republicans defend what should be an easy win.

Then there's the big one. He's not really Senate material. His rhetoric and attitude doesn't align with what's called the world's most deliberative body. Republican senators are looking forward to a post Trump world. They don't want another person who puts showmanship over substance.

Trump is going to be gone in a couple of years. Whoever wins the Senate seat will be their six. They're already trying to weed out Trump supporters who are a liability in a post Trump world. This dynamic is going to be a giant mess that the Democratic party can take advantage of.

The Democratic primary wasn't without issue. There were voting issues and it was a mess, but at the end of it, James Talarico became the nominee. A showdown between scandal plague Paxton and Talarico, a guy who hands out “love thy neighbor” signs, might be one of the more entertaining things to happen in Texas politics in a while.

Representative Dan Crenshaw lost his primary, becoming the first incumbent this season to be shown the door. Because of Republican retirements and Crenshaw getting the boot, Texas will have pretty much destroyed its seniority in the House. Representatives get seniority on committees the longer they're there. With everybody leaving, Texas is basically starting from scratch and will have less influence.

Elsewhere, it looks like Brandon Herrera is heading into the runoff against Representative Tony Gonzalez, who is currently surrounded by allegations of an affair with a staffer in his congressional office, who later died by suicide. Gonzalez has Trump's endorsement. So, on the Republican side of the aisle, this election season is shaping up to be much the same as all of those since 2016. By which I mean a giant mess ruled mainly by personality instead of policy. Call it the Trump effect.

Anyway, it's just a thought. Y'all have a good day.

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1. Republican under fire over 'Mein Kampf' podcast admission

I was shocked that Gonzales got more votes in the primary. Gonzales is an asshole who drove a member of his staff to suicide but he may be better than this asshole/nazi

The Republican Jewish Coalition is blasting MAGA-aligned Texas congressional candidate Brandon Herrera after resurfaced podcast comments in which he discussed owning a copy of Adolf Hitler's manifesto "Mein Kampf.

— Raw Story (@rawstory.com) 2026-03-07T04:00:15Z

https://www.rawstory.com/brandon-herrera

The Republican Jewish Coalition is blasting MAGA-aligned Texas congressional candidate Brandon Herrera after resurfaced podcast comments in which he discussed owning a copy of Adolf Hitler’s manifesto "Mein Kampf."

Herrera, a gun rights YouTuber who is now the de facto Republican nominee in Texas’ 23rd congressional district, made the remarks during a 2024 appearance on the “Unsubscribe Podcast” – after his first failed run for the same House seat, according to Jewish Insider.

During the episode, another guest produced a copy of Hitler’s memoir, which prompted Herrera to reveal he also owned a copy and pulled out his phone to show a photo, the publication reported Friday......

But the comments drew a fresh rebuke Friday from the Republican Jewish Coalition.

“The RJC has a longstanding policy of speaking out against those who traffic in Nazi ideology, and this is another case,” spokesperson Sam Markstein said in a statement. “The RJC opposed Mr. Herrera in 2024, and he will not get our support now.”

Herrera’s path to the nomination in the massive border district was cleared when Rep. Tony Gonzales (R-TX), who admitted to an affair with a staffer who died in a gruesome suicide last year, announced Thursday he would drop out of the runoff.

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2. This asshole has converted a Tesla Cybertruck into an attack vechicle

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