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James Talarico declares victory in Texas Democratic Senate primary as GOP contest goes to a runoff (www.nbcnews.com)

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[–] voxthefox@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Yupp, I think thats why a lot of democrats voted for him in the primary. We know we'll have to contend with the general population in November which skews more racist and sexist. Very unfortunate because I really liked Crockett as a candidate.

[–] theangriestbird@beehaw.org 2 points 23 hours ago (2 children)

Yeah, but man I'm reading through her wiki rn and there's some stuff I missed. Stuff like:

In March 2025, Crockett called Governor Greg Abbott, who is handicapped and uses a wheelchair, "Governor Hot Wheels"

And

In February 2026, Crockett came under criticism for seemingly using AI in a Super Bowl campaign advertisement, to generate a crowd of supporters. The criticism was first raised by Democratic strategist Keith Edwards, who claimed to have found a SynthID watermark in the ad, indicating the use of Google Gemini. In a response, Crockett's team did not deny the allegations.

So like...maybe some of those things turned democratic voters off?

[–] voxthefox@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 21 hours ago

Maybe but fyi, governor Hot wheels is a pretty regular term for texas democrats to call him, so not really a completely out of left field thing to hear.

The AI thing is cringe worthy though

[–] Powderhorn@beehaw.org 1 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

Hot Wheels is what we call him. Let's not get into what we think of the tree leaving him intact.

[–] TehPers@beehaw.org 1 points 13 hours ago

Let's not get into what we think of the tree leaving him intact.

I can feel that from half a continent away, and what I would give to see him throw hands with another one...