Have you lost your mind?
The Republican Party and their candidate have to convince voters to vote for them. Compete for those votes. If they fail to EARN enough votes they lose.
The GOP chose a loser candidate and they lost. Period.
My non-vote didn’t have any impact because enough people in Texas still voted for the GOPe RINO piece of trash.
Well, you have a duty to your country. (if it survives this folly) Either you vote for a candidate or against him. This “sending a message” crap is noticed by....no one.
The battle needs to happen before and during the primaries. The first victory that needs to be won is ending “open” primaries, and turning the decision making back to party members.
I don’t care what level of conservative credentials the RINO had, he’s not a full-blown communist/moslem/packer.
If enough right wing LIVs had shown up to vote, and elected more TEApublicans to both Houses, even a smelly (but American) RINO could have been “steered”.
Certainly there could have been some satisfaction in seeing the People’s Choice TEApartiers pushing around a RINO chief executive.