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Shell_Seas

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Sat Jun 14, 2025, 10:24 PM Jun 14

Only 27% Of Eligible Voters In Texas Voted For Trump [View all]

This is what fascism looks like. But we still have the numbers to win.

https://www.lonestarleft.com/p/only-27-of-eligible-voters-in-texas




This morning, a Trump supporter walked into the home of former Minnesota House Speaker Melissa Hortman and murdered her and her husband in cold blood. He then turned his gun on Senator John Hoffman and his wife. One couple is dead. The other is barely hanging on.

And while law enforcement confirms this was a politically motivated assassination, complete with a hit list of 70 other Democratic lawmakers, the right-wing media machine is already lying about who pulled the trigger.

They’ve spent years feeding their base a diet of hate, calling us invaders, groomers, Marxists, and demons. They’ve normalized political violence. They’ve fantasized about it. And now that it’s happened, they’re trying to pretend it wasn’t one of their own.

But we aren’t fooled. And we aren’t outnumbered.

Because the truth is, Texas isn’t red. America isn’t red. What we are is a country drowning in disinformation and voter suppression, and worst of all, a profound, dangerous disillusionment. The biggest bloc in this state, every single cycle, isn’t Republicans or Democrats. It’s people who don’t vote. And that’s not on them. That’s on all of us.

Today, we saw millions in the streets. That’s power.

If you’ve got rage in your chest and nowhere to put it, start by convincing just one person in your life that their vote matters. Then convince another. And then another. Because 11 million people in Texas stayed home in 2024. We don’t need to flip minds, we need to wake them up.

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