Texas Democrats nominated the former Dallas County Sheriff Lupe Valdez to be the nominee for governor. She will take on Greg Abbott in November. I want to take a moment to celebrate this achievement. A Latina lesbian has been nominated to statewide office in Texas. I didn’t think such a thing would happen in my lifetime. Her story is compelling, specifically when it comes to how she had to go school on the other side of her town to get an education that would get her ready for college. That type of thing still happens in Texas.
Greg Abbott has a huge war chest. He’s also on the wrong side of the gun issue when it comes to schools and kids. He’s on the wrong side of education policy. He’s on the wrong side of Medicaid expansion. He’s just wrong. He’s also never properly accounted for why he dismissed the Trump University case when he was AG. Just another cog in the Trump corruption machine.
Republicans don’t have a record of achievement to run on in Texas this cycle. But they know how to get in the mud and sling shit everywhere. Ted Cruz, Greg Abbott, and Dan Patrick are the GOP trifecta of cruelty, inaction, and stupidity. They will attack Lupe with everything under the sun. We need to be ready.
Texas Democrats, this is the year to take down the Three Stooges. It is time to turn Texas from a non-voting state into a voting state. We have our gubernatorial nominee, Lupe Valdez.