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.