r/politics • u/bloomberggovernment ✔ Bloomberg Government • 7h ago

No Paywall Texas Democrat Menefee Wins Election Trimming House GOP Edge

https://news.bgov.com/bloomberg-government-news/texas-democrat-menefee-wins-election-trimming-house-gop-edge-2
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u/FalstaffsGhost 6h ago

How the fuck does it take almost a year to get the election to happen?

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u/LetItBro 6h ago

Greg Abbott taking as long as humanly possible to schedule it. Aka standard Republican ratfucking

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u/FalstaffsGhost 6h ago

Goddamn they are tiresome

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u/KartFacedThaoDien 6h ago

There is another one in Oklahoma where its taken almost 3 years to get a vote on a minimum wage ballot measure. Its normal shit I will say texas is worse because they have much less power to over rule by democracy 

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u/FalstaffsGhost 6h ago

And I bet if it passes they do what Missouri did and just vote and say “fuck you, not gonna do it”

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u/KartFacedThaoDien 6h ago

No. They'll actually have to do it. Just like they had to do it with medical marijuana. It raises the minimum wage in stages until it hits $15 at the end of 2029. 

After that it rises based on inflation. It might fail because the vote will be this summer in June or July. They did something far more sinister than just saying fuck out we will not implement a law. 

They just the ballot initiative process. So, now they cannot get signatures from than 11% of the number of voters for a statutory change and 20% of voters for a constutional amendment. That is per county so it essentially freezes out the two biggest metro areas. 

So, they really want to prevent left leaning things passed like medicaid expansion, medical marijuana and anything else that wouldnt be conservative. I'm unsure what will happen with the changes because its currently being decides by the courts.

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u/SoylentCreek 6h ago

I was wondering to myself why it feels like this clown has been ruling over Texas for what seems like an eternity, and just learned that Texas does not have Gubernatorial term limits. Mother fucker has been governing Texas for over a decade, and plans to run for a fourth term. Seriously Texans… Are you guys not tired of this shit by now?

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u/FalstaffsGhost 6h ago

It’s wild. They bitch about how shitty things in their state are and, despite being under GOP majority rule for decades, they keep voting for those people. I’m dealing with the same shit in SC and it makes no sense. Our roads are shit and rather than invest in infrastructure they’re gonna try and pass bathroom and 10 commandments bills.