What Does ‘Texodus’ Say About 2020

“Four rapid-fire retirement announcements by Texas Republicans in Congress have prompted fresh soul-searching for a political party that’s seeing its decades-long dominance in the Lone Star State start to teeter,” the Dallas Morning News reports.

“While it’s not that unusual for some lawmakers to hit the exits in any given election cycle, the ‘Texodus’ label proffered these days by opportunistic Democrats may have some warrant.”

“The obvious question: Why? No one reason explains it all. But looming large is the fact that Texas’ demographics continue to shift, particularly in the suburbs; that the GOP faces long odds to win back the House; and that President Donald Trump’s reelection bid, for good or ill, is going to set the tone in 2020.”