That is recount territory as I'm hearing it was just around a 400 vote difference but with Abbot supporting the incumbent and Trump not being involved at all, doubt it'll change.
The good news to take from this is NOT to get blackpilled as has been shouted by the media cronies, a 'far right gun YouTuber' with little political experience and has video like this managed to SERIOUSLY challenge an establishment crony.
That's a shame, I like Brandon. This is a lot closer than I thought he'd get, and fuck the RINO in there now.
I'd say that if there's any bright side to this the RINO might realize that his constituents hate his guts enough to have almost voted in a YouTuber in his place...but my belief in any amount of shame, self-reflection, or intelligence on the part of politicians was long ago beaten out of me.
You can't make an enemy politician learn anything they don't want to know already.
The establishment RINOs won't learn anything from this, but I hope the majority OUTSIDE that, hell even other 2nd ammendment YouTubers, realise that they got so fucking close this time it might be worth trying themselves to disrupt the system to by getting in, especially if they all try at once to overload them.
What he and his uniparty allies will “learn” is that they need to do a better job of fortifying the next election.
Make them require so much fortification that they die in the seige.
That'll be important going forward. The establishment had to bring out all the big guns against Herrera - outspent him 10:1, got AIPAC directly involved, pulled Mike Johnson & Greg Abbott both onto Gonzales' side, etc. - and the best they could get was this razor-thin result, not even 500 votes between their man and the populist challenger. Definitely doesn't project strength and confidence on the part of said establishment, and I don't think such investments are sustainable if they have to do it for 100+ more races across more states than just Texas.
Gonzales has openly declared that getting revenge on Herrera backers like Matt Gaetz will be his priority if he wins, which he has barring a miraculous turnaround in a recount. So he's definitely learned shit all from this, other than to be even more vindictive & entitled than the average RINO and to shit down his constituents' throats even harder than before.
I think that's a nose hair's close enough away to ask for a recount. Would be worth taking a shot.
I’m beginning to hate just about everything about this rotting corpse of a “nation”, imagine voting for someone who calls the other half your party muh KKK if they’re no better then leftist dogs to be blunt.
Apparently it was an open election so lots of Dems voted too.
Universal suffrage is how society dies. Letting retards vote when they have no conception of the impact it will have on them or others, is retarded. I swear I saw an NPCs brain crash in real time. He was complaining about Hillary losing, but couldn't answer when I asked him why he wanted her to win. At first he started whining about Trump, but froze up when I insisted he praise Clinton without mentioning Trump.
"Tell me what made you think Clinton would actually be a good president, without mentioning Trump even once", is what I said to him. These retards really don't understand what it means to vote for someone and their policies. I still know one retard that voted for Biden, but will insist he isn't anti-2nd amendment.
I think something like the system Heinlein had in Starship Troopers had potential. The problem is that any idiot is allowed to vote and the vast majority are far too easily manipulated. "Tyranny of the majority" is exactly right, especially when you realize how many normies are too stupid to question anything.
How many people do you know who were stupid enough to not only get the clot shot, but also went back for "boosters" too? I've met entirely too fucking many and those retards were even proud of their getting used like that. Too many that will just vote for whatever they're told to fit in, with no ability to even try to comprehend the consequences of it. It's all so tiresome.
Mass immigration is overwhelmingly unpopular in the West yet continues anyway. If "tyranny of the majority" were at work, that wouldn't be happening. The (White) majority needs to do more tyranny, not less.
I've had too many idiots claim they aren't anti-second amendment while telling me they voted for Biden in the next breath. These idiots cannot connect the dots between who they voted for and the consequences of their choice being elected. This is all presuming fair and honest elections too, but that's been called into doubt a few times.
That would explain somewhat
I saw. Real shame. Hope he calls for a recount.
I don't blame people for not voting for Brandon - he's a lesser known newcomer to politics, and did amazing considering - but I absolutely do blame people for voting for Gonzales.
Although I think they were Democrats...isn't it an open system? Retarded.
Wish we could get the numbers to see how many far left cronies may have shown up and voted against him to “stick it to him”
Not the motivation. He's "far right" and a "Nazi," they had to do their part to save Our Democracy, man!
Which makes it all t he more annoying that Gonzales was using those smears; he's yet another Republican who courts Democrats instead of doing what his constituents in the party want.
As much as I hate the two-party system, there's still something deeply disturbing when they are so blatant about their betrayal of their own party, and courting of the other. This applies to Gonzales, Mike Johnson, all those fuckers who sabotaged their own seats and stepped down or otherwise did sketchy stuff, and many more.
Abbot proving himself a uniparty shill yet again, and almost certainly only corruption or outright cheating preserving an absolutely loathsome rino.
I actually take it as good news that he got within striking distance as a complete newcomer. It means the establishment is a lot weaker than most imagine them to be. A few more candidates in this vein pop up and you might see real upheaval within the party.
They stole the white house in 2020 and I'm supposed to get excited about another 50.1/49.9 election where the deep state wins?
"Oh no, you were so close! You can totally win next time!"
I mean no offense to OP but give me a break.
It's not as hard to make a good showing in elections as you might think. The real challenge is what happens to the rest of your life whether you win or lose.
I can't speak to the truth of things, but a lot of discussion goes on about the role of money in winning an election.
I also imagine things get harder as the map or population grows larger, or the position more important.
Yes, the bigger the election, the more difficult of a time it will be. A lot of local elections have low turnout and could be swiped, but what do you do if you win?
I saw that. Hope he tries again. Unfortunately not in my part of Texas. Wish he was
Depending on your representative, you should see if there's a 'gun YouTuber' in your area you'd like to put instead as this was very close for a newcomer.
The Republican Party just cannot exercise quality control on their candidates. You can literally vote against everything the voters want and still, somehow, win.
Any update if his going for a recount. No way tony won without getting the usual dem boost from msm.
well, what would be the point in "finding" more ballots once you reach 50.1 ?
Unless you plan on showing up on the news later, shut up because accelerationism doesn't work.