“Get your pot-smoking lesbian coalition t-shirt, mug, and buttons today,” the party implored supporters in a now-scrubbed news release.
The phrase originated from Dave Carney, Gov. Greg Abbott’s top political consultant, who used the phrase to aptly describe Texas Democrats after the runoff election last week, which saw Dallas County Sheriff Lupe Valdez beat out Houston businessman Andrew White for their gubernatorial nomination.
But by Sunday evening the press release was scrubbed from the party’s website, along with the items in their online store and social media posts referencing the line.
Several Republican lawmakers drew attention to the shirts on their social media pages, noting the self-destructive nature of the Texas Democrat Party and believing their new campaign to be helpful for Abbott and other Republicans’ election later this year.
Though a Democrat has not been elected to a statewide office in Texas since 1994, the party seems to be continually lunging to liberal extremes. By promoting themselves as the “pot-smoking lesbian coalition”, Texas Democrats continue to forfeit any opportunity to be taken seriously and eliminate any distant hope of returning to prominence anytime soon.
That said it’s hard not to give them credit for finally having some truth in advertising, if only for a weekend.