A dude named "Justice DuBois," whether a real name or a pseudonym riffing on W.E.B. DuBois (and sullying him), writes this howler for The Daily Texan, the "official newspaper" of (the Blue Anons of) THE (can't forget that) University of Texas, to wit: "Third party voting invalidates your vote."
As an ex-Green, I know it's typical Blue Anon bullshit. After the 2016 election, and up as late as last week, I've been told that in the 2016 presidential election, "I really voted for Trump," or that, in re this year's election, "I'm really voting for Abbott." (Does that apply to principaled undervoting as well?)
As I've also said before, I've never heard Rethuglicans broach the same about voting for Libertarians, even though in both Texas and nationally they draw higher than Greens.
"Democrats: The party of fear!" is a great campaign slogan.
Back to the piece.
It's also wrong, unless DuBois meant "statewide office" when he wrote "state office," and I'm uninclined to be that charitable. You ARE a newspaper, albeit one where a lowly sophomore rises to the level of "senior columnist."
But, again, it's wrong. Richard Winger at Ballot Access News, where I saw this first linked, has the goods.
Richard also noted that the "not so young" folks at the Chronic, undercutting part of DuBois' thesis, just endorsed a Libertarian in the CD-22 race in Fort Bend County.
This is the type of callow stupidity someone like Noah Horwitz would write.
Mr./Ms. DuBois would be better served, if a Blue MAGA, writing a piece on Democrats and Overton Windows, or re CD-22, about getting better candidates.
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