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Texas's Republican History and the Southern Strategy

from America's Election Headquarters · #121

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1 min

Brief tangent on when Texas became reliably Republican, touching on LBJ, Nixon's Southern Strategy, and the Bush family's role.

In this bit3 moments
  • 27:21Everybody hates Ted Cruz, even though he's a good debater.
  • 27:32Texas turned Republican after Nixon and the Southern Strategy.
  • 28:06Tim pivots to Amazon bringing a warehouse to Long Island City with 50,000 jobs.
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Ted CruzAmazonTexasNixonLong Island CityLBJKennedyBush family

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