After Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) kept his seat in Texas, holding off a strong showing from Texas state Rep. Beto O’Rourke (D-El Paso), many people online were not happy.
O’Rourke, who raised an enormous amount of cash and drew national fixation, had clearly captured the hearts of people online. Many people made their thoughts known almost immediately after the race had been called.
The loss for the Democratic candidate was not met well on Twitter, though some people had hope about O’Rourke’s future.
https://twitter.com/Roxygirl1960/status/1060012116978089986
A state that elects Ted Cruz fucking deserves him. I look forward to supporting Beto O’Rourke when he is eventually elected somewhere. #ElectionNight
— Brent Piaskoski (@BrentPiaskoski) November 7, 2018
the question to Texas isn’t why didn’t you vote for Beto O’Rourke… the real question is how tf could you vote for Ted Cruz again
— stevan (@blondedstefano) November 7, 2018
Live in MI but…. damn …..was praying for Texas to pull their heads out of their asses and vote the O’Rourke…..but no they choose the moron Cruz again. CRAP!!!!!!!
— Syl T (@Sylwia_T1) November 7, 2018
https://twitter.com/_Cloudia9G/status/1060011998623252485
https://twitter.com/ascio619/status/1060011961012764672
https://twitter.com/daoquon/status/1060011940649619458
https://twitter.com/janeejpg/status/1060011808201695232
Clearly people online had a candidate they wanted to see win.
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