MUSK legal to vote in Texas? - voted QAnon to flip Dem seat & calls for a Red Wave [View all]
Wingnuts are touting the QAnon woman's win as a "Red Wave" thing, but not that simple.
Where to start: This is in Border region south TX, Dem reliable congresscritter VELA (unaccountably resigned months before end of term "to lobby" ) and his district was Repuke Gerrymandered, where meanwhile the neighboring district congresscritter Vicente GONZALEZ will move over as the Dem nominee in November for the full term to THIS district since his own was Gerrymandered more Repuke. GONZALEZ is not so bad as CUELLAR up the river to Laredo? So this special election is for about six months of VELA's old term. The seat has been Dem for 40 years and (might?) flip back in the November election. ABBUTT set up this Special Election along California lines, with all parties running together against one another.
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https://www.mediaite.com/news/elon-musk-votes-for-qanon-congresswoman-calls-for-massive-red-wave-in-2022/
.... Flores won the race and flipped the district red after Rep. Filemon Vela (D-TX) resigned in March and vacated the seat. Flores, who has made controversial statements in the past, will become the first Mexican-born congresswoman to serve in the House of Representatives.
Flores sparked controversy for including QAnon-related hashtags in her social media posts. “She has repeatedly posted the QAnon hashtag and “#Q” on Twitter and on Facebook, including in a Facebook ad. On Instagram, she has also repeatedly posted the QAnon slogan,” reported Media Matters for America, which cataloged her various posts.
Musk appeared unbothered by Flores’s past social media posts and tweeted his support for her and the GOP takeover of the House in November: ....
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