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FightFight

(246 posts)
Mon Oct 21, 2024, 04:39 PM Oct 2024

Ted Cruz Suffers Hit as Texas' Biggest Newspaper Endorses Rival

Source: thedailybeast

The largest newspaper in Texas endorsed Democrat Rep. Colin Allred for U.S. Senate on Monday, dealing another setback to Republican Sen. Ted Cruz in an already tight race. The Dallas Morning News criticized Cruz’s lack of support for the bipartisan bills, including the border deal, the CHIPS and Science Act and the Infrastructure and Jobs Act, all of which Allred has supported. “On the items of crucial importance to our country, [Cruz] digs in in the most partisan mode possible, making no room for common ground,” the editorial board wrote. The endorsement also noted that Cruz was one of the first senators to object to certifying the electoral vote on Jan. 6. “His actions were a catalyst for what became one of the worst days in our nation’s history,” the editorial said. The newspaper highlighted Allred’s commitment to bipartisanship and said he “speaks and acts in ways that demonstrate he is willing to treat differences as things we overcome, rather than root in.” Allred has also been endorsed by the Houston Chronicle, San Antonio Express-News and Fort Worth Star-Telegram. Though the newspaper often endorses Republican candidates, it has never endorsed Cruz.

Read it at The Dallas Morning News

Read more: https://www.thedailybeast.com/cruz-suffers-hit-as-texas-biggest-newspaper-endorses-rival- The largest newspaper in Texas endorsed Democrat Rep. Colin Allred



Ted Cruz is looking into the camera and lying to you. Lying directly to women like Kate Cox, Amanda Zurawski, Lauren Miller and countless others whose lives have been put at risk because of HIS abortion ban.
https://www.tiktok.com/@colinallredtx/video/7426219031742582062

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Ted Cruz Suffers Hit as Texas' Biggest Newspaper Endorses Rival (Original Post) FightFight Oct 2024 OP
Please make it make a difference catrose Oct 2024 #1
hard to say in Texas Skittles Oct 2024 #2
*in rural Texas southmost Oct 2024 #3
I live in a metroplex Skittles Oct 2024 #4
wow haven't seen a single sign for tsf in San Antonio southmost Oct 2024 #5
honestly I'm not seeing a lot of signs Skittles Oct 2024 #6
What? Nextdoor has them. There's a huge Trump LeftInTX Oct 2024 #15
True. But I can dream. catrose Oct 2024 #9
I hear that, I do Skittles Oct 2024 #10
Kick. n/t Upthevibe Oct 2024 #7
They also endorsed O'Rourke in '18 BaronChocula Oct 2024 #8
Beto Only Lost By 2.5% which is the Best Performance in Decades-Allred is Actually a Better Candidate for Texas Stallion Oct 2024 #13
It would be so sweet if we could get Allred IN and Cruz OUT! liberalla Oct 2024 #11
Just About Every Major Newspaper is Endorsing Colin Allred Too Stallion Oct 2024 #12
That is encouraging. Kamala in, Ted out would oasis Oct 2024 #14
What is the ht"? It is nice they did this, but I don't think anyone cares which paper endorses any candidate. 33taw Oct 2024 #16

Skittles

(161,769 posts)
6. honestly I'm not seeing a lot of signs
Mon Oct 21, 2024, 06:38 PM
Oct 2024

it's just people I know - heck, someone told me today they've soured on Trump but they're not sure about Kamala because she's "pro-killing babies"

LeftInTX

(32,258 posts)
15. What? Nextdoor has them. There's a huge Trump
Mon Oct 21, 2024, 11:09 PM
Oct 2024

house behind the BCDP HQ near Zarzamora.
I live inside 1604, but outside 410.
Plenty of Trump signs around here!!

The crappy little duplexes were lined with them yesterday evening. I'm a precinct chair and I go to all the homes.

Also the outer areas had the highest turnout today
NW Vista 1999
Encino
Brookhollow
Cody
Igo
Semmes
Helotes

https://earlyvotecounts.bexar.org/


Skittles

(161,769 posts)
10. I hear that, I do
Mon Oct 21, 2024, 07:47 PM
Oct 2024

I've lived in Texas a long time and it has always been difficult convincing people in blue states there ARE quite a few progressives down here - yes INDEED.

Stallion

(6,615 posts)
13. Beto Only Lost By 2.5% which is the Best Performance in Decades-Allred is Actually a Better Candidate for Texas
Mon Oct 21, 2024, 08:18 PM
Oct 2024

doesn't have the gun control message and is a former NFL Player

liberalla

(10,246 posts)
11. It would be so sweet if we could get Allred IN and Cruz OUT!
Mon Oct 21, 2024, 07:50 PM
Oct 2024

Come on Texas! Do yourself a solid - experience life without Ted Cruz as one of your Senators. It's an immediate upgrade!

Stallion

(6,615 posts)
12. Just About Every Major Newspaper is Endorsing Colin Allred Too
Mon Oct 21, 2024, 07:55 PM
Oct 2024

Dallas Morning News
Ft. Worth Star Telegraph
Houston Chronicle
El Paso Times
Austin American Statesman

those are the ones I noticed yesterday

33taw

(3,058 posts)
16. What is the ht"? It is nice they did this, but I don't think anyone cares which paper endorses any candidate.
Tue Oct 22, 2024, 12:05 AM
Oct 2024

Last edited Tue Oct 22, 2024, 01:26 AM - Edit history (1)

But honestly, who reads the paper? Even if it is in online, the impact is minimal.

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