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Soros Dumps Millions to Turn Texas Democrat

&NewLine;<p>George Soros&comma; the billionaire known for using his wealth to push liberal causes&comma; is pouring millions into Texas in a new attempt to flip the state blue&period; Backed by his fortune&comma; Democrats have launched a project called &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Blue Texas” to flood the state with cash&comma; volunteers&comma; and political messaging&period; Critics say this is another example of Soros using his money to try to buy influence and force Texas to abandon its long Republican history&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h3 class&equals;"wp-block-heading">What Soros and the Democrats Are Doing<&sol;h3>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>Soros is funding the Texas Majority PAC&comma; a group created to push Democratic candidates and policies in Texas&period; Records show he gave &dollar;2&period;1 million to this PAC in 2024 and another &dollar;1 million in April&period; The Texas Majority PAC has teamed up with the Texas Democratic Party and county-level party offices to launch Blue Texas&period; This initiative wants to recruit tens of thousands of volunteers&comma; sign up candidates to run for office&comma; and flood the state with Democratic messaging&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;We’re combining deep experience&comma; local leadership&comma; and significant statewide investment to meet this moment&comma;” said Katherine Fischer&comma; deputy executive director of the Texas Majority PAC&period; But what she calls &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;investment&comma;” many see as Soros using his billions to sway Texas politics in his favor&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>Soros-backed groups spent about &dollar;35 million in Texas during the 2024 elections&comma; and they plan to exceed that this time around&period; The project’s first step is a series of rallies in major counties like Harris&comma; Dallas&comma; and Travis&comma; and in July they plan to roll out a &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Turn Texas Blue” tour to more than 24 cities&period; These plans show just how much money Soros is willing to use to try to flip Texas&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h3 class&equals;"wp-block-heading">The Races Soros’s Money Could Influence<&sol;h3>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>At the top of the Democrats’ list is the 2026 Senate race&period; Republican Sen&period; John Cornyn&comma; who has been in office since 2002&comma; faces a challenge from Attorney General Ken Paxton in the Republican primary&period; Paxton&comma; a Trump ally who has survived impeachment efforts&comma; is seen as a tough candidate&period; Democrats believe Paxton’s controversial reputation could give them an opening to flip the seat if he beats Cornyn in the primary&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>Former Rep&period; Colin Allred&comma; a Democrat who lost to Sen&period; Ted Cruz in 2024 by more than eight percentage points&comma; is considering a run for this seat&period; Early polls show that Paxton leads Cornyn in the Republican primary&comma; but that Allred might be able to make it competitive if he gets the chance&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h3 class&equals;"wp-block-heading">The Long Republican History in Texas<&sol;h3>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>Texas has been a Republican stronghold for decades&period; The last time a Democrat won statewide was in 1994&period; President Trump carried Texas in the 2024 election by almost 14 percentage points&comma; his biggest win anywhere in the country&period; Democrats thought the state’s growing Hispanic population would help them&comma; but those voters have been moving away from Democrats in recent years&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;The growth in the state’s Hispanic population during the past two decades has raised hopes among Democrats&comma; but those demographic shifts have done little to change the balance of power&comma;” The Wall Street Journal reported&period; Democrats are still reeling from the 2024 results&comma; which saw Republican victories up and down the ballot&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>The Democrats pushing the Blue Texas plan claim it’s the only way to make Texas competitive&period; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;There is no choice for Texas or for anyone else in the country who wants to see a Democrat in the White House after 2032 but to find a pathway through Texas&comma;” Fischer said&period; They argue that if they don’t invest now&comma; Republicans will continue to dominate&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>Supporters also say that the country’s future depends on flipping states like Texas&period; Fischer said&comma; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;With Trump back in the White House and Ken Paxton dragging down the GOP ticket&comma; we have a massive opportunity to win in 2026&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>Critics of this effort see it as another power grab by George Soros&period; They argue that Soros is an outsider trying to use his money to manipulate voters and override the will of Texans&period; The millions of dollars he’s sending to Texas are viewed as an attempt to buy political loyalty and force the state to accept policies that don’t fit its conservative values&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>Many Texans are also skeptical about whether this push will work at all&period; Past Democratic efforts like Battleground Texas have failed to make much difference&period; Despite heavy spending and flashy campaigns&comma; Republicans have only grown stronger in Texas over the last decade&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>The long-term goal for Soros’s Blue Texas project is to make Texas a true battleground by 2032&comma; when the next round of redistricting will give the state even more electoral votes&period; Democrats know they face an uphill battle&period; Past attempts&comma; like Battleground Texas&comma; have failed to dent the Republican advantage&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>Still&comma; the money pouring in from Soros means this will be a key political fight in the 2026 midterms and beyond&period; With Soros bankrolling the effort&comma; Democrats hope to chip away at Republican control&period; But for many Texans&comma; this is not just a political fight&comma; it is a battle to stop a billionaire from buying their state’s future&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p><strong>PB Editor&colon;<&sol;strong> It is scary to us that one man is willing to dump so much money to influence political races&comma; especially a man whose views are so destructive to America&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p><&sol;p>&NewLine;

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