There's Something About Living In A Red State That Makes You Scrappy
How Texas Democrats fight against the odds as voices rise from rural areas.
https://www.lonestarleft.com/p/theres-something-about-living-in
Today, I drove to Granbury to the Hood County Democratic Women’s (HCDW) monthly meeting, where Representative James Talarico and Democratic Candidate for House District 59 Hannah Bohm were the guest speakers.
As the Hood County Democratic Chair, Adrienne Martin, introduced Representative Talarico, she quoted his speech from the 2022 Texas Democratic Party convention.
“Our democracy is dying. A reactionary minority is taking over our government and taking away our freedoms. The Democratic Party is the only thing standing between this country and fascism. Yet, the most our National Party leaders can muster is spineless talking points and soulless fundraising emails. National Democrats, the ones that fly in to fundraise and then don’t spend a penny of that money in our state, they don’t know how to fight. They are comfortable on the coast and with the status quo, but there’s something about living in a red state that makes you scrappy because, Texas Democrats, we know how to fight. And that’s what this moment demands.” - Representative James Talarico.
You could hear the whispers of “wow” in the audience because it’s true, but also very heavy.
Martin followed up, “Nobody was saying that then, and not enough people are saying that now.”