Republicans are freaking out over Texas Senate race

[Dulcinea]

(Politico) With just days until Texas’ primary, Republicans in Washington are growing more alarmed that their increasingly vicious intraparty contest could cost them a must-win Senate seat.

Sen. John Cornyn appears to be headed to an expensive and nasty 10-week runoff against Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, with a strong chance that Paxton wins the nomination even after national Republicans spent months airing his dirty laundry all over the Texas airwaves in an effort to boost Cornyn.

“Honestly, if you look at the polling in a general election setting, I don't think it's outside the realm of possibility that the seat [flips], depending on who the Democrats nominate,” said Senate Majority Leader John Thune, when asked about the possibility that Republicans could lose the race if Cornyn, who he endorsed, is not the party’s nominee.

If Cornyn loses the primary, Senate Republicans worry they could be forced to spend hundreds of millions of dollars that could otherwise go toward key battleground races in expensive states like North Carolina, Georgia or Michigan, complicating their path toward holding Senate control.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/republicans-alarm-grows-holding-texas-094500181.html

[mwmisses4289]

1. They are right to be freaking out.

Perception among many voters is that republicans prefer criminals for office and that they are covering up for the biggest pedophile criminal of all.

[Grins]

2. " If Cornyn loses the primary..."

…it will say more about Texas “Family Values,” “law and order” Republicans being colossal hypocrites than anything else.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

3. They shit their bed.

Let them sleep in it.

[MW67]

4. The one thing repubs care deeply about

They may lose an election, time to press the panic button now !

[slightlv]

5. NOW they panic?!

Maybe if they had made good and helpful laws to the Texans living there -- not just the oil and infodata rich-- they wouldn't have to worry. But most of the R's in office right now down there are actual criminals, even adjudicated as such. But why should that matter? They just emulate their lord and master, trump.

I lived in San Antonio and then Austin for over 25 years. But it was before GW Bush took over. When Cisneros was mayor (I think I remember correctly), and we had an excellent female governor in office who really cared about all Texans. My SIL and BIL moved back there to Seguin to retire. SIL was born and raised in San Antonio, always wanted to move back to retire. Now I worry about her as much as I would if she were here in this christianist state with me.

[moonshinegnomie]

6. once the primaries are over and campaign signs for the general start appearing

im making a set of signs that say republicans support pedophiles and similar to put up in front of signs for either paxton or cornyn...

[Skittles]

7. they are all vile, truly disgusting people

fuck them ALL