Good job!! Me and my uterus abandoned Texas years ago, and every time my daughters ask me when we can move to Texas to be with the rest of our family I tell them never.

Maybe that can change now.

I've frequently felt that there are good people in Texas. You all fought well. Keep them in check. Here in my state of KY, I sadly have to keep fighting. From the depths of my soul, thank you for fighting.

I'm fighting with you in Texas too!

As a northerner, my fear and hate of southerners is confined to republicans and what they've done with the place. That y'all we're able to turn it blue is cause for shocking celebration. Maybe this place (the US) does have a future. There's still gonna be a huge fight because of course there will be, but a huge congratulations are definitely in order. Maybe if things continue to change, I, too, will be able to travel, and go see parts of the country I've never seen and honestly didn't expect to ever be able to.

Hell.. fucking... Yeah... I've been saying for 20 years that Texas was winnable we just needed to invest in good candidates. Everyone kept saying i was delusional. People without any awareness of what Texas is culturally view it like its Alabama, when its more like Wisconsin (fiercely independent and down to earth), IMO.

I always hated that dumb saying, "if you don't like it, go somewhere else". Like, no, I want to improve this right here where I am and make it better. In fact if YOU don't want to make it better then YOU might wanna leave.

I've got family in Texarkana (both sides of the border!) that definitely did not help and I had kind of sworn off the state altogether but I can reconsider now.

As someone who fled Ohio, I'm deeply sympathetic to you for that. I long for the day my issues with Texas can be primarily aesthetic, no different from how everyone I grew up around felt about Michigan.