Congressman Ted Cruz:

If that happens, no Republican will ever again win the White House,” he said. “New York and California are for the foreseeable future unalterably Democrat. If Texas turns bright blue, the Electoral College math is simple. We won’t be talking about Ohio, we won’t be talking about Florida or Virginia, because it won’t matter. If Texas is bright blue, you can’t get to two-seventy electoral votes. The Republican Party would cease to exist. We would become like the Whig Party.

At least, at this point, everyone’s talking about ways the Republicans can make inroads with minority populations, especially Hispanics who are rightly afraid of the GOP. We do have to watch, though, for party hardliners who’d rather go the other direction and double-down on harsh immigration policies and voter suppression tactics. If Texas turns blue, there are those that won’t let it go without a knock-down drag-out fight.