Fox News anchor Jesse Watters warned that if Republicans cannot return to power in Texas, the GOP may never win the presidency again.

Watters said during his show Thursday night that Democrats’ sweeping wins in the midterm elections could be a death knell for Republicans’ chances of winning future presidential elections.

Democrats won all statewide elections on the ballot Tuesday, leaving Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) as the only remaining GOP statewide official in the Lone Star State.

“They seize Texas and are on pace for the biggest midterm landslide since Watergate,” Watters said. “Now, if Texas stays blue, a Republican will never sniff the White House ever again.”

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[–] 15 points 13 hours ago* (8 children)

Maybe, but I'll believe it when I see it. Everyone thought that Republicans were finished after '08, too, but we all know how that turned out. One historically bad election does not the demise of a party make.

But I'll still keep fingers crossed, though.

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  • [–] 10 points 12 hours ago (2 children)

    Very true, but there's an extra element at play here. Texas has long been viewed as safely red. There isn't much point to voting blue, since the result will always be red. As of now, it's back in play. It's (potentially) a swing state, and a lot of blue voters are going to stay interested.

    The most likely scenario is that each of them gets replaced with a Republican at the end of their terms, but those will be a lot closer than historically expected.

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  • [–] 4 points 12 hours ago (1 child)

    Oh, Texas has definitely been trending towards this for a while. I remember reading like, 10, 15 years ago that Texas was likely to turn blue around 2030. I just don't think that one state turning blue, even one as large as Texas, means that Republicans are finished in national politics, much as I would like that to be true.

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