• fmstrat
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    41 year ago

    What was wrong with Beto? Am I out of the loop?

    • @rockSlayer@lemmy.world
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      411 year ago

      He would have been a fine governor, but the reason he fucked up was because he told TX citizens that he’d take their guns away. That’s the easiest way to kill a campaign in TX

      • Realtrain
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        141 year ago

        “Hell yes we’re going to take your guns” is not the best slogan when running for governor of Texas.

    • 001100 010010
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      191 year ago

      He’s being very anti-gun in a state where there is a strong gun culture. He could’ve said something like “We need to stop criminals from getting guns”, instead, he said something along the lines of “We’re coming for all your guns!”

          • @Zaktor@lemmy.world
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            11 year ago

            I have no idea and don’t see why that would be relevant to gun control being a viable issue in Texas.

            • @sudo@lemmy.fmhy.ml
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              71 year ago

              When someone comes and murders your children in their school, WITH GUNS, and the governor barely responds with anything but thoughts and prayers, and you and the rest of your murdered children town vote thoughts and prayers guy back in, it’s a pretty good reflection of how the town as a whole feels about guns. You like them. Since the children weren’t still in the womb it’s okay if they’re getting murdered. At school. With guns.

              • @Zaktor@lemmy.world
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                21 year ago

                A town’s feeling on the subject has little to do with the state as a whole. It was red before the shooting and still red after, that doesn’t mean there wasn’t movement or that the rest of Texas, that trusted “gun-grabbing” Beto at 43% on guns, isn’t more conflicted on the issue.

    • Zorque
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      31 year ago

      He is to politics as a glass of milk is to beverages.

      • @SCB@lemmy.world
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        11 year ago

        Unironically a great analogy because milk rehydrates you much better than water (and chocolate milk is even better) but it’s fucking impossible to drink when you’re really thirsty.