Top Texas Republicans fume over House Speaker win, claim election was stolen

https://www.chron.com/politics/article/texas-republicans-speaker-phelan-19483843.php

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  3. This is the default answer for Republicans Now!
    And of course there will be court challenges.

  4. Dwindling republican party numbers mean when they lose elections, they MUST claim the election was stolen. It’s the only way to save face. Otherwise, they would have to claim their policies and behaviors are despicable.

  5. Not even a fellow Republican is safe from The Big Lie. 

  6. Jesus, Paxton is an unashamed fascist. He would be Trump’s AG choice, no doubt. That should inspire fear in everyone’s hearts.

  8. Wow, another stollen election!. 1776 to 2016 and not a single stolen election and then, pow! Zing! And now every election with a Republican in it is being stolen. Who, who is to blame?!

    /s

    It must be fun if the Republicans have a sports team. They never lose. . .

  9. No fair, you changed the outcome by measuring it!

  11. Paxton keeps picking every fight in front of him in the pettiest and most abusive way imaginable.

    These are people that do not accept how primaries work and the fluidity of voter registration.

  13. > “The Covey campaign has identified at least 1,442 Democrats who voted early in Jefferson County, making up 20 percent of Jefferson County’s early vote numbers. Without Democrats, Dade never would have won.”

    Good, maybe he’ll remember that when hes trying to do bullshit

  14. yep, republicans lose because the world cheats, not because nobody like their whiny asses.

  15. Eventually they will want to skip the election, and say they won.

  16. Of course, any election that they did not win gets branded as “stolen”. It’s the Trump Effect.

  17. The best Democrats in Texas can do is to vote for moderate republicans.

  18. >…Paxton wrote Tuesday night on X. “The Covey campaign has identified at least 1,442 Democrats who voted early in Jefferson County

    Ah, so it begins. Voting is no longer anonymous. Next up: prosecution for voting Democratic.

    The violence is within sight.

  19. > “Dade Phelan, in a desperate attempt to secure his political future, orchestrated a strategy that relied on Democrats voting for him in the Republican runoff,” Paxton wrote Tuesday night on X. “The Covey campaign has identified at least 1,442 Democrats who voted early in Jefferson County, making up 20 percent of Jefferson County’s early vote numbers. Without Democrats, Dade never would have won.” 

    Why are they crying about this? They *should* be advertising to the other side, and now, democrats got who they believe is the best candidate, even if the guy is republican. 

    Maybe stop depending on name recognition and have better strategies?

  20. Remember when you were a kid and the video game was hard and you yelled the the “game is cheating.”

    This is literally that very same thing, except elections instead of Super Marios.

  21. *Oh, honey*.  Of course it was stolen. It’s always stolen when they loose. 

    It could be the, uh, “policies” of the GOP that chase young voters away. But who knows!

  22. The GOP go to.
    If we lose sue and lie.
    If we win all is fair.

  23. Dade Phelan, in a desperate attempt to secure his political future, orchestrated a strategy that relied on Democrats voting for him in the Republican runoff,” Paxton wrote Tuesday night on X. “The Covey campaign has identified at least 1,442 Democrats who voted early in Jefferson County, making up 20 percent of Jefferson County’s early vote numbers. Without Democrats, Dade never would have won.”

    You mean… he relied on voters? To win an election? In Texas?

  24. Everyone knows it’s “I win or it was RIGGED” in maga world. Don’t try to invent new words.

    Btw, the correct maga spelling is STOLLEN, not this wimpy “stolen” lol

  25. Wow… really? I thought RepubliKKKlans were into STOLEN ELECTIONS 🤔 (😂)

  26. They cannot believe that endorsements from Trump, Abbott, and Paxton may not help a candidate. Every election that does not go their way is “stolen.”

  27. “If it weren’t for people voting, the guy I wanted to win would’ve won.”

    – Ken Paxton

  28. Any election that a Republican loses is automatically “stolen” in their eyes….really sad.

  29. “Stolen” is the new trigger word for “i legitimately lost my election based on my values, beliefs and ethics that don’t align with American values”

  30. > “Dade Phelan, in a desperate attempt to secure his political future, orchestrated a strategy that relied on Democrats voting for him in the Republican runoff,” Paxton wrote Tuesday night on X. “The Covey campaign has identified at least 1,442 Democrats who voted early in Jefferson County, making up 20 percent of Jefferson County’s early vote numbers. Without Democrats, Dade never would have won.”

    This is known as “building a coalition.” He appealed to Democrats’ desire to see his opponent defeated. This isn’t *theft*; it’s just smart politics.

    The problem with Republicans is that coalition-building and compromise are dirty topics to them. As a result, they’ve forgotten how to do these things.

    They’re also just **poor losers who whine like sissies** when they don’t get what they want. We teach children to congratulate their opponents when they lose a competition. The Republicans are always whining about “the children” and what they’re being taught by our media, but they fail to see that they are teaching our children to be assholes.

  31. This is going to be every election until the end of time. Get used to it.

  32. Nothing to see here folks, just a state attorney general using his power and position to openly threaten people for political gain.

  33. “…blatantly stealing an election” by getting more votes.

  34. So was it an open primary and the votes by Democrats legal? If so, fuck you, crybabies, you just lost.

  35. The Republicans control everything in Texas. How exactly would someone steal an election from them?

  36. The “If I lost, you cheated” mantra of Republicans is so fucking pathetic.

  37. “Every election I don’t win is stolen!”

    – Every republican official going forward….

  38. So do I have this correct? Republicans elect a Republican House Speaker,
    but the Republicans are upset about this and blame Democrats?

  39. Anybody who pisses off Paxton and Patrick the way this guy does has got to be alright. He voted to impeach Paxton, and Paxton, Patrick, and Abbott have run the state like their own little kingdom without regard to the citizens who have to live under their warped views.

  40. >Paxton continued accusing Phelan of “blatantly stealing an election” and threatened to oust any elected House members who planned to support Phelan in his third attempt for House leader in the 2025 legislative session.

    >”My message to Austin is clear: to those considering supporting Dade Phelan as Speaker in 2025, ask your colleagues who lost re-election how they feel about their decision now. You will not return if you vote for Dade Phelan again,” Paxton wrote.

    So the state AG is making threats.

    Seems illegal, but when has Paxton ever given a shit about “legal” or “moral” or “not fucking stupid”?

  41. Republicans are like those dudes who accuse any girl who doesn’t like the of being a lesbian.

    “Election interference! Election interference! Election interference!”

    Fucking, GOP… you know you’re a bunch of fat losers — that’s why you gerrymander election maps and try to discourage anyone young, black or Mexican from voting.

    And look at fucking Ted Cruz. He’s that pickledick in 5th grade EVERYONE hated but you have to put up with him because your mom said to be civil.

    Do they also yell “Election Interference” when people don’t invite them to parties? Or their kids move the fuck out of Texas? lolz

    You suck and you know it, Magats. Bedwetterzzzza

    Edit: Magats, Pickledick

  42. > leading the state’s highest-ranking Republicans to blame secret Democrats for stealing the election.

    It probably was. If you gerrymander the shit out of your state, the only option you leave voters is to switch to your party and vote in the primaries so the least worst asshat appears on the ballot. It’s happening across the country now…

  43. So the Republican playbook is, if I win, perfectly fine election. If I lose, it must have been cheating. God damn, shut the fuck up you fucking infantile morons.

  44. Republicans mad incumbent Republican House Speaker wins Republican primary over challenger opponent endorsed by multiple criminals and horrible people.

  45. Even if this is 100% true that Democrats voting in the primary helped him keep the nomination in a meaningful way… Texas is an open primary state, which means the election is not “stolen” in any sense of the word. You can vote in *whatever primary you want*, without having to register as a party member, and it’s totally legal and fine; your vote counts just like anyone else’s vote.

    You don’t want people who aren’t registered members of the party voting in your primary? You can fix that by ***officially changing how primaries work.***

    How many people want to bet they’re going to actually implement the obvious solution to this apparent problem?

  46. The one endorsed by a group of high ranking GOP leaders, half of which are crooks, lost? No way? Must be stolen! /S

  47. So even when a Republican wins, they lost because of fraud?

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