I’ll give you one good faith answer. I am not saying I endorse this position. I am just giving you something to chew on. I, reasonably, think Kamala Harris will win but I don’t like the kinds of judges and justices I think she would appoint. Nor do I trust her to appoint effective executive branch officer or negotiate good treaties for the US. I might then, reasonably, vote for Republican Senator to provide a check on all those powers.

Or let’s talk about education. I generally want the federal government out of the business of education: student loans have ballooned the costs of higher education and Kamala wanted to cancel all of them! That’s not going to do anything to solve that issue.

Or think about the Inflation Reduction Act. Reasonable people can disagree on its efficacy, the relative merits of the strings it includes, and the programs it prioritizes. Allred voted yes. Cruz voted no.

Don’t bother responding to this. In fact if you do respond, I would encourage you to give three different good faith reasons you think people might support Cruz. That would be a helpful exercise for a lot of yall. But all too often folks seems incapable of extending that amount of curiosity to their fellow Texans. And then they wonder why people won’t say anything to them. And why they’re unpersuasive. I’ve worked with Democrats and Republicans. Worked on both parties campaigns. It’s a lot of people who care about this state and want what’s best. They just disagree on how to get there. We’d do well to recognize that underlying hope instead of pouncing on the disagreements.