{"id":137507,"date":"2024-10-25T12:59:09","date_gmt":"2024-10-25T12:59:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yellowdogwire.com\/?p=137507"},"modified":"2024-10-25T12:59:12","modified_gmt":"2024-10-25T12:59:12","slug":"national-dems-make-a-play-for-tx","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yellowdogwire.com\/?p=137507","title":{"rendered":"National Dems Make a Play for TX"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Why Harris (With Beyonc\u00e9 in Tow) Is Heading to Solidly Red Texas<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Vice President Kamala Harris might have traveled on Friday to Philadelphia or Milwaukee for the umpteenth time, but motivating tuned-out voters in battleground states required something different.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So her campaign engineered a trip to Houston \u2014 the largest city in Texas, decidedly not a presidential battleground state \u2014 where she would be joined at a rally by Beyonc\u00e9<\/a> and the country music legend Willie Nelson, both beloved natives of the state. Their ability to transcend traditional politics, Harris aides hope, will deliver the sort of viral content that cuts through a cluttered media environment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ms. Harris\u2019s rally in Houston will focus on the strict abortion ban enacted in Texas after the overturning of Roe v. Wade, and is meant to offer a warning about the potential spread of such restrictions to voters in faraway states who will soon decide this year\u2019s presidential election.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In short, the Harris team wants to put what happens deep in the heart of Texas on display for the whole country to see.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Democrats Keep the Dream Alive in Texas<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Earlier this year, organizers and strategists were not hopeful that the perennial Democratic dream of flipping Texas blue \u2014 as it was in the 1990s, before Republicans began dominating in rural areas and small towns \u2014 could come true this year. Many of those working behind the scenes were playing a longer game. Much of the organizing going on now, particularly in the Soros-backed groups, had been aimed at building databases and voter outreach networks to win soon, if not necessarily this year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cSometime in the next four to eight years,\u201d said Katherine Fischer, who has been leading a new political action committee, Texas Majority PAC, that is the main vehicle for the Soros contributions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But in recent weeks, a tightening in the polls for the U.S. Senate race, with Senator Ted Cruz leading by only a few points over the Democrat, Representative Colin Allred, has rekindled the old hopes.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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