"We reject the certified results of the 2020 Presidential election, and we hold that acting President Joseph Robinette Biden Jr. was not legitimately elected by the people of the United States."

Texas GOP formally adopts platform that rejects legitimacy of Biden win. https://t.co/emtJ7y6GTG

— David Folkenflik (@davidfolkenflik) June 19, 2022

as a 5th generation Texan....That is just ****ing embarrassing !

Seems both parties are moving to the fringes. Dems started it, and Repubs are following suit.

Really dumb move imo. I too still have my doubts based on all the late election night anomalies but at this stage if you can't prove it, what possible good could this resolution do for the party? Efforts should be focused on preventing tampering in the future. Maybe they think this will apply some pressure. I don't know. Seems more like spitting into the wind and old man yelling at clouds.

That's stupid.

Good grief. Do these people live in a balloon that has never been popped.

This is useless and stupid.

Well that changes everything.

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as a 5th generation Texan....That is just ****ing embarrassing !

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Totally agree.


Stupid, unnecessary , self inflicted damage .

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J.R. said:

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as a 5th generation Texan....That is just ****ing embarrassing !

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why so new to Texas? Couldnt get here faster?!

Embarrassing and stupid move.. all we need to do is remove all the non legislature election rules and move forward. That and drop the hammer on those counties that dont follow the election rules. (Every state, not just Texas)

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Yeah, Putty still struggling with Ukraine and having to pare down his objective for his war of aggression. Not exactly the Bear of years gone by.

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J.R. said:

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as a 5th generation Texan....That is just ****ing embarrassing !

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why so new to Texas? Couldnt get here faster?!

Embarrassing and stupid move.. all we need to do is remove all the non legislature election rules and move forward. That and drop the hammer on those counties that dont follow the election rules. (Every state, not just Texas)

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None of the socialists here will demand those hundreds of tweaked rules be un tweaked

I'm just trying to figure out the pic's relevance to this thread.

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Seems both parties are moving to the fringes. Dems started it, and Repubs are following suit.

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Disheartening

Scoffing at the "reality-based community," conjuring Iraqi WMD, denying a "plandemic," imagining coups where none exist...the GOP just keeps getting weirder.

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Scoffing at the "reality-based community," conjuring Iraqi WMD, denying a "plandemic," imagining coups where none exist...the GOP just keeps getting weirder.

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You still wearing your mask? The outbreaks are happening again and it is the vaxxed that are getting hit hardest.

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Scoffing at the "reality-based community," conjuring Iraqi WMD, denying a "plandemic," imagining coups where none exist...the GOP just keeps getting weirder.

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Yes, better sit out the remaining elections in protest, and ensure that an even more ridiculous and destructive party wins all future national elections.

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Scoffing at the "reality-based community," conjuring Iraqi WMD, denying a "plandemic," imagining coups where none exist...the GOP just keeps getting weirder.

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You still wearing your mask? The outbreaks are happening again and it is the vaxxed that are getting hit hardest.

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Yep, vaccines are killing people, trespassers are being held for years without bail, and President Trump is on Air Force One, secretly flying around the country to dispatch his enemies. TDSers beware!

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Scoffing at the "reality-based community," conjuring Iraqi WMD, denying a "plandemic," imagining coups where none exist...the GOP just keeps getting weirder.

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You still wearing your mask? The outbreaks are happening again and it is the vaxxed that are getting hit hardest.

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Yep, vaccines are killing people,

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Can you make an argument without mischaracterizing what people say?

This is just embarrassing. The vast majority of Texans are moderate leaning one way or another. So sad that this is our ****ty representation.

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Scoffing at the "reality-based community," conjuring Iraqi WMD, denying a "plandemic," imagining coups where none exist...the GOP just keeps getting weirder.

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You still wearing your mask? The outbreaks are happening again and it is the vaxxed that are getting hit hardest.

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Yep, vaccines are killing people,

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Can you make an argument without mischaracterizing what people say?

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Yes.

Each party keeps doing the 'Hold my beer…"

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Scoffing at the "reality-based community," conjuring Iraqi WMD, denying a "plandemic," imagining coups where none exist...the GOP just keeps getting weirder.

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You still wearing your mask? The outbreaks are happening again and it is the vaxxed that are getting hit hardest.

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Yep, vaccines are killing people,

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Can you make an argument without mischaracterizing what people say?

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Short answer: no.

That's his modus operandi, and has been for years. If he doesn't like or has trouble responding to your argument, he'll twist it to say something entirely different, and then attack that mischaracterized position until the cows come home.

It's why I would suggest very limited engagement with him. Life's too short to argue with an intellectually dishonest person.

Excellent. Keeping up with the 2000 Democrats. Finally.

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Seems both parties are moving to the fringes. Dems started it, and Repubs are following suit.

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Democrats plus a minority of Never Trumpers like Max Boot elected Biden.

That is hardly a move to the fringe.

The fractious Sanders/AOC wing of the party doesn't control the Democrats.

The GOP is losing control to jerks like Matt Gaetz, Ted Cruz, Josh Hawley and Rand Paul, nuts like MTG and Paul Gosar and unqualified mouths like Lauren Boebert. When Liz Cheney gets branded as a RINO, Houston, you got a problem.

MAGA/Trump Republicans now own the Republican Party as they just demonstrated in your once proud state, which now is beset by:

a failing energy grid you're not repairing- https://www.texastribune.org/2022/05/17/texas-power-plant-failure-repairs-ercot/

a coast that's a bad hurricane away from disaster - https://www.texastribune.org/2022/01/21/texas-coastal-spine-storm-surge-houston-galveston/

police so incompetent and poorly trained they can't or won't cope with an 18-year-old mass shooter who's got them outgunned because he can buy a better gun than they've got and more ammo the instant he turns 18 - https://www.expressnews.com/news/local/article/Uvalde-classroom-doors-17251116.php

an attorney general who's under indictment - https://www.texastribune.org/2022/05/18/texas-attorney-general-ken-paxton-scandal-supporters/

And an ineffectual governor who now looks stupid because he was lied to by Uvalde law enforcement and went on camera praising them only to find out the Apple Dumpling Gang could have done a better job: https://www.kvue.com/article/news/special-reports/uvalde-school-shooting/uvalde-shooting-abbott-notes/269-468d47b9-1b71-4714-a1fd-561ed471f1ac

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"We reject the certified results of the 2020 Presidential election, and we hold that acting President Joseph Robinette Biden Jr. was not legitimately elected by the people of the United States."

Texas GOP formally adopts platform that rejects legitimacy of Biden win. https://t.co/emtJ7y6GTG

— David Folkenflik (@davidfolkenflik) June 19, 2022

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Complete.

Insanity.

Lost their grip on reality.

Total transformation into a Trump cult.

I seem to recall that back when then Texas candidate for Governor, Clayton Williams, posed the infamous question about when rape is inevitable, why not just lay back and enjoy it(?) - he got excoriated, as he should have. Seems to me that the Texas GOP, after taking into account the evidence, including the multiple statistical anomalies related to the 2020 election that have virtually a 0% chance of legitimately happening, decided to take a stand and in affect NOT take good 'ole Clayton's advice - especially when you additionally consider what has happened to the country and the world in the year and a half since dementia Joe was imposed on all of us.

And for this many of you are characterizing them as "an embarrassment" and calling them "stupid", or "fringe wackos", etc. Guess you guys agree with good 'ole Clayton.

81 million votes - YOU BET!!

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Yes, better sit out the remaining elections in protest, and ensure that an even more ridiculous and destructive party wins all future national elections.

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This post quite perfectly encapsulates the perils of a two-party political system and binary choice. It erodes accountability to the point that you devolve into what we have now, a literal race to the bottom.

The convention voted to request a referendum on the question of secession. That would be a dangerous step to take in our representative democracy.

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The convention voted to request a referendum on the question of secession. That would be a dangerous step to take in our representative democracy.

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They've already seceded from reality.

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The convention voted to request a referendum on the question of secession. That would be a dangerous step to take in our representative democracy.

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They've already seceded from reality.

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It's crazy to me that Republicans can watch all of this happen around them and not be concerned by the direction of their party. I can only conclude that most are along for the ride because they want to be at this point.

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The convention voted to request a referendum on the question of secession. That would be a dangerous step to take in our representative democracy.

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They've already seceded from reality.

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It's crazy to me that Republicans can watch all of this happen around them and not be concerned by the direction of their party. I can only conclude that most are along for the ride because they want to be at this point.

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Take care of your own mess.

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The convention voted to request a referendum on the question of secession. That would be a dangerous step to take in our representative democracy.

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They've already seceded from reality.

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It's crazy to me that Republicans can watch all of this happen around them and not be concerned by the direction of their party. I can only conclude that most are along for the ride because they want to be at this point.

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Take care of your own mess.

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I don't have a mess. I'm not beholden to any political party. I'm content to spend the rest of my life voting for moderates in primary elections writing in protest votes in the general. I'd rather not have to, but I'd prefer do that than overlook obvious insanity out of silly tribal affiliation.