Well ... it made me laugh.

I don’t even know how to react to this. You point to facts that basically prove the district is a result of gerrymandering ... and claim those facts mean there was no gerrymandering. The courts specifically packed voters to try and create a Dem enclave within a gerrymandered map. They did this with stated intent well…

Lol. You act like Democrats own the seat. Gerrymandering can only take you so far. Truth is the district has been represented by *this* guy ... who often votes with the GOP and has a stellar NRA rating ... for over a decade. He’s right, his voters know just who he is - and he crushed his last primary opponent.

Holy crap! He looks just like a flight attendant. Lol.

Yeah. I’m with you on both counts. I’m just not at all sure a Democrat who’s running on imposing strict gun control can get enough votes to win a general election in Texas. OTOH, it really does look like a reasonably safe district (D+9) where Cuellar has pretty much crushed all competition in recent elections (both…

Are you kidding me? It’s Texas. Do you actually know any normal people from Texas? If this woman is running on a promise to impose strict gun control - or if she allows that to define her campaign - she is going to get her ass handed to her.

Damn dude, well argued and completely on point. I’ve been trying to wrap my head around why the Dem leadership clique selected *this* hill to die on ... and make no mistake, it is killing them right now. Maybe you are on to something.

Based on that language what probably matters most is an “intent to invade the privacy of a person or persons inside”.

Where, ever ... even once ... did I defend the act of filming in a public bathroom? It didn’t happen. So fuck off yourself.

This is an odd response considering at this point (and every point since CES revoked his credentials) authorities *must* know this incident occurred and so far the idiot hasn’t been charged with anything ... let alone with a charge that is likely to result in actual jail time.

You might argue that ... but you make an unconvincing case. Maybe you just noticed him in 2016, but Sanders has been harping on about variations of medicare for all for a long-ass time and it hasn’t gone anywhere. Clearly, his voice alone certainly isn’t what brought the idea into the mainstream ... nor can Sanders…

In this case, I’m getting the sense most of ‘em really want to be VP and are using this as an audition.

Leaving aside the comic lack of actual participation data cited in that article (it was mostly speculation based entirely on early-voting) ... if there were indicators these voters participated and voted for the GOP, it would be one thing. But all that showed is Hispanic voters likely didn’t participate at the same…

Perhaps Texas politicians putting the state at the forefront of all these hard-right GOP policies is one of the things turning the state’s voters off to the GOP.

Of course there is something inherently wrong with fliming in a public bathroom. There should indeed be consequences. In this case, the guy has already had his source of income removed and been kicked out of an event he has paid tons of money to attend.

I *think* you are both somewhat correct/incorrect.

Hey ... TMP! Haven’t been ‘round those parts for years.

I’d love for Warren to be the candidate too, and I think she’d beat Trump. But I honestly don’t think it’s going to shake out that way.

Louie Gohmert is just so stupid in the first instance that he actually thought he was asking a smart question.

Fair observation. I would argue those are specific exceptions to a identity-politics general rule.