Crime Threatens Dems

One, important variable is being overlooked:  choice
The fear-mongering over the border/brown folks is being used in ads for Republicans, and, personal economies aren’t great due to inflation.   
Some of that inflation is due to lack of labor.   We need a manageable, guest worker program.
If the message gets to migrants that they are helping Republicans gain/retain office, they may hold off coming to the border until after the election. Why, it’s almost like Republicans are promoting coming to the US border to help their little, show.   Almost.  

Violent crimes, including deaths of police officers, have risen since Greg Abbott has been Governor of TX.

Police are against permitless carry.

Teachers are leaving due to being underpaid and nothing being done to make schools safer. 

Parents are hesitant to send kids to public schools, knowing Greg has done nothing to make them safer.

Abbott has done nothing since Uvalde; nothing has changed.

Abbott/Patrick/Paxton have stripped away healthcare from women/girls.
 

There is absolutely no reason to keep any of the Texas Republicans in office.    They have one move – telling folks to be afraid of brown people at the border.   Never mind the opportunity to install a guest worker program (which would also help keep food costs stable); they are just racists who know fear mongeting works.

Women may pull the Dems through.  I think most will think it’s scarier to lose the right to bodily autonomy than anything else Republicans can concoct. 

Beyond that, LP should air ads comparing Repugz to fascist dictators of the past and let folks know how that turned out for citizens of those countries.

https://www.texastribune.org/2022/10/03/rochelle-garza-ken-paxton-texas-attorney-general/

“. ..right now we have someone in the attorney general’s office who does not care about people, who does not care about our families.”

“I’m ready to beat criminally indicted Ken Paxton,” she shouted to loud cheers.

“Polls show the contest is the tightest of all statewide races. Garza, 37, is within single digits of Paxton…”

“The Democratic establishment “does seem reluctant to put money behind her campaign, even though it’s the closest race and Paxton has weaknesses that make him the most vulnerable of statewide office holders,” Jillson said. “So they’re hanging back.”

“Indirectly, Garza was helped by the messy, Republican primary and runoff that included many negative ads targeting Paxton.”

“These were Republicans in these ads saying, “I don’t trust Ken Paxton to be attorney general,” Burgan said. “These are people that Republican voters listen to.”

OK, so just use excepts from those ads to hammer Paxton.

“Armed with an Ivy League education, a law degree and bilingual skills, she likely could have cashed in with a high-paying job at a big law firm. But she was drawn back to the Valley.”

“She took a job with the American Bar Association representing unaccompanied minor children in immigration removal proceedings in Harlingen, near the Texas-Mexico border.”

when Garza was nine weeks pregnant. She was angry that “women were all being put in the situation where their health care was at risk,” she said.

“Pregnancy can be a very dangerous state,” she said. “You don’t know how things are going to go.”

Her anger helped propel her candidacy, she said. “Yes, I ran angry,” she said. “And I’m glad I did.’’

Abortion “is the biggest issue for all voters in this country. For women especially, it’s the biggest issue,” she said. “It’s more than a choice. It’s health care. And it’s more than health care, it’s your life. And I hear that on the campaign trail every day.’’

https://action.womensmarch.com/calendars/womenswave

“There are 438 Marches Happening Tomorrow – Find the One Closest to You”

https://www.womensmarch.com/newsroom/there-are-438-marches-happening-tomorrow-find-the-one-closest-to-you

October 8th is just the opening salvo- ROE-vember is coming!

https://www.cnn.com/2022/10/03/politics/scott-jennings-minnesota-schools-cat-litter-box/index.html

“The Republican candidate for governor of Minnesota repeated last week a bizarre hoax claim which has been debunked that children are being told they can identify as anthropomorphic cats and are being allowed to use litter boxes to urinate in schools.”

“Why are we telling elementary kids that they get to choose their gender this week? Why do we have litter boxes in some of the school districts so kids can pee in them, because they identify as a furry? We’ve lost our minds. We’ve lost our minds.”

“The unfounded internet rumor has been repeatedly denied by various school officials who have had to continuously dispute the false claims. Republican officials across the country have continued to cite it, most recently in Colorado by the Republican nominee for governor.”

Hilarious and sad.

https://www.cnn.com/2022/10/03/politics/herschel-walker-abortion/index.html

“The Daily Beast reported the woman, who the outlet said asked to remain anonymous due to privacy concerns, had supported those claims with a $575 receipt from the abortion clinic, a bank deposit receipt that showed an image of a signed personal check for $700 from Walker, and a “get well” card she claimed was from Walker, who was not married at the time. The Daily Beast published a photo of the card, bearing what the outlet said was Walker’s signature.”