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submitted 2 months ago by MicroWave@lemmy.world to c/politics@lemmy.world

The Texas attorney general is cracking down on Democrats in a supposed crusade to root out “voter fraud.”

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s crusade against supposed voter fraud appears to be targeting the state’s Democrats. 

Last week, Paxton’s office announced raids and undercover actions against organizations in Texas it accuses of illegally registering noncitizens to vote. In practice, though, the raids have taken place against members of the League of United Latin American Citizens, the oldest Latino civil rights organization in the U.S., as well as several prominent Democrats in south Texas.  

According to LULAC officials, the group’s members had their cell phones and laptops confiscated by law enforcement officials carrying out search warrants.

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[-] danc4498@lemmy.world 79 points 2 months ago

They that afraid that Texas might go purple?

[-] GlendatheGayWitch@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

TX is already purple, they are afraid of it turning blue.

In 2020, Biden received more votes in TX than NY.

In 2016, Hillary only lost by about 800,000 votes (5% of the registered voters that year). Biden was only behind by about 630,000 votes (3.7% of the registered voters that year).

Edit: forgot to add "behind by" in last sentence

[-] danc4498@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago

I'll believe Texas is purple when a Democrat wins there. Until then, it is red.

I've been heading for years that Texas was going to be a swing state because people from California were moving there. My theory is that most of the people that are moving there are doing so cause they like the politics. My state is very similar. Lots of California transplants. All the ones I talk to are small business owners that are very much in favor of a republican economy.

[-] jollyrogue@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 months ago

Yep. It’s happening in my state. Californians move to red states to escape the “blue tyranny”. Outside of one purple area they’re basically democrats. 😆

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