The Travis County Republicans Facebook group is in disarray as it grapples with a problem: too many members are posting positive things about state Rep. James Talarico, the Democratic nominee for Texas’ contested U.S. Senate seat.
Finally, an admin in the Austin-area group had enough and posted a message to the group on Thursday.
“No pro-Talarico posts allowed! Even if you don’t personally like one of our Republican nominees, support for their Democrat or third-party opponent is your own private business,” admin Andy Hogue wrote.
Hogue added that while Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton might not be the ideal candidate for many Republicans, this is a “love the one you’re with” situation.
“Look: we’ve all been there and have had Republican primary candidates we did not personally favor make the general (leaving a ballot race blank is acceptable, by the way). And once every double mega blue harvest moon there’s a Democrat we kind of like,” he said. “But this is a Republican forum! We stand together with Republican voters, and that’s final — all fair critiques notwithstanding.”
Could Talarico — a young, wholesome seminarian and former schoolteacher — just the crossover candidate we’ve always hoped for?
Once every double-mega-blue harvest moon, we allow ourselves a glimmer of hope.
Either way, this Tarrant County Republicans Facebook group is off the rails, and poor admin Hogue has his hands full.
As the Current established earlier, many Republicans very loudly warned that Paxton would be a disastrous candidate, and now, here they are facing the consequences.
However, Hogue also raised the possibility that the group had been infiltrated by Democrats masquerading as Republicans to sway them with Talarico’s Christian values as opposed to … whatever Paxton’s values are.
To our Demo-curious Republican compatriots we say: come on in, the water’s fine! You may even get in touch with your Talafreako side.
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