Watters warns Texas loss ends GOP hope
The Fox News anchor stated that if Democrats retain control of the state, Republicans will never win the presidency again.
By Lina Lewis ·
Jesse Watters, a Fox News anchor, warned on Thursday that the Republican Party may never win the presidency again if it fails to reclaim power in Texas. He made the comments during his evening show following the midterm elections held Tuesday.
Democrats captured every statewide office on the ballot in Texas. This result leaves Senator Ted Cruz as the only Republican holding a statewide position in the state. Watters described the outcome as a potential death knell for the party's future presidential prospects.
"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."
The anchor noted that Republicans had a two-year window to target Democratic opponents but achieved few clear victories. He warned that Democrats would not be lenient toward the GOP in the coming years.
Watters listed several legislative goals he attributed to Democrats, including abolishing the Electoral College, impeaching the president, and executing Elon Musk. He added that Democratic governors now control a majority of states containing most of the U.S. population. No Democratic elected official has formally called for the execution of Musk.
The Fox News host also cited polling data suggesting Democrats nearly won the white vote in this cycle. He referenced a video of a Texas Democratic lawmaker discussing a voting bloc formed by minority groups. Watters argued that Democrats are uniting these groups against white voters.
"They’re talking about uniting the minority races against whites. Texas Democrat politicians are declaring a political race war. And they could win, because Republicans nearly lost the white vote Tuesday," he said. "Democrats are on the cusp of winning a majority of whites, Blacks and Hispanics. Open borders is suicide. The Democrats are about to win a Senate seat in Mississippi. Black guy. That’s like Republicans winning Hawaii."
Watters placed part of the blame for the losses on specific candidates, naming Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton and Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith. He stated the defeat was not a standard midterm correction. "This wasn’t your standard midterm thumping," Watters said. "When [former President] Obama got blown out in 2010 and 2014, those races were close. And he didn’t almost lose the Black vote like Republicans almost lost the white vote."
