Democrats being upset at Ted Cruz taking a trip to Cancun be like...
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As much as I hate what the media is doing to Ted Cruz, he did make a terrible strategic error in terms of optics.
He should know by now that the media is looking to destroy Republicans over anything.
The optics of him leaving to Cancun during a 100 year anomaly storm are fucking atrocious. As much as I do say fuck the optics in terms of the culture war, in terms of politics, optics unfortunately still matter to a unhealthy degree.
Even though this should not be a big deal at all, thanks to the psychotic media blitz this will sadly have consequences. Ted barely won re-election to his Senate seat in 2018. He likely will get blown the fuck out in 2024 if he foolishly runs again.
The marxist cunt AOC is piling onto the optics game and trying to turn Texas blue by raising money for people in Texas and personally delivering supplies in a photo-op.
https://archive.is/YHyg4
Ted's optics blunder really will cost the Texas GOP. Texas already has a demographics problem.
Abbott is going to have a hard race next time. Cruz will lose if he runs again in 24.
Yeah, this. I really like Ted and don't give a shit if he went to Cancun. But, he's a massive target to the Democrats and they know they can get that seat because of enough people in the middle that won't vote for him for something stupid like optics not realizing or caring that whoever they are voting for instead will be a total nut job.
Thanks to the Cruz Cancun optics, I think Abbott will just narrowly be able to clutch out the Texas governorship again in 22.
Ted Cruz if he runs again in 24 will only be gifting the seat to whoever the Dems run against him that year.
In terms of presidential elections, Texas might go blue as early as 2024 depending on who the GOP nominee is.
I think if Trump runs again, then 24 Texas can manage to stay red that cycle.
Trump won the votes of many Texas Hispanics who won't vote for a non Trumpian GOPer.
Sadly Texas will eventually go blue because of the demographics of Austin, Dallas and Houston.
Yea. Personally as a Texan I didn’t care about his trip but the optics were bad. I fear we are turning blue sooner than later.
Ain't no one going to care in '24.
I said in the other thread where this came up that Trump absolutely would have flown down there and done something like deliver supplies to people (and probably paid for them out of his own pocket).
I see this sort of thing as a bit different than "optics". "Optics" is not saying mean things on twitter. This is a leader showing some amount of solidarity with those they lead, and making some small sacrifice with them even if that sacrifice ultimately is more symbolic than useful.
You are not wrong there...
And that's what I'm afraid as well!