There is “panic” going around among low-IQ pundits that the Lone Star State is a 2020 “battleground”. That is tomfoolery.

They point to 2020 single digit Beto O’Rourke’s failed 2018 Senate campaign against Republican Sen. Ted Cruz.

It was very close, and Cruz was almost defeated. However, many forget Republican Gov. Greg Abbott was also running for reelection. He won by a landslide, beating Hispanic Democratic candidate Lupe Valdez.

Interestingly, Abbott also received more votes than Ted Cruz — 4.7 million to 4.2 million.

Why?

Why was Conservative firebrand Ted Cruz almost defeated by nobody O’Rourke? And how did Abbott rack up nearly five hundred thousand more votes?

Easily explained.

Remember this?

People have long memories. During the 2016 Republican Convention, Cruz refused to endorse Donald Trump.

Cruz did this on spite, because he was butthurt over being defeated by The Donald. He appeared as a sore loser at worst, or a self-righteous ass at best.

At the time, I said he was committing political suicide.

Well, he survived, but his career will never recover its former glory.

The 2018 Texas Senate race is an example of how many Republicans (about half a million) who voted for Abbott just refused to vote for Cruz.

A Hispanic-American, Max is the host of The Max Radio Broadcast on YouTube and founder of The Max Warriors Network — a dedicated brigade of Deplorables.

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