Jacob Long

Now: @texasdemocrats Senior Comms Advisor. Previous: @skdk @repritchie @buschvalentine @lydakrewson. @illinoisstateu alum. Dog dad. Personal account 🇺🇸🏳️‍🌈

[Shea Jordan Smith @sheajordansmith]

Greg Abbott has been governor for nearly 12 years and held statewide office for nearly 30.

Property tax collections keep going up. Electricity and utility bills have skyrocketed. Homeowners insurance is through the roof, and health coverage is still too expensive and too hard to get.

[Bulwark Clips @BulwarkClips]

Bash: Are you concerned that Trump's midterm convention will energize GOP voters in Texas?

Gina Hinojosa: "No, actually not at all. If you look at the polling, President Trump is underwater. Greg Abbott is underwater. People are tired of this. People want change in Texas."

[Jacob Long @jacobwlong87]

No billionaire ball in Dallas is going to turn these numbers around with less than two moths to go or make life more affordable for anyone. That’s why everyone from Ted Cruz to Tucker Carlson are sounding the alarm for Republicans, warning that even Greg Abbott is about to lose.

[CJ Warnke @cjwarnke]

🚨NEW poll from NBC/Survey Monkey🚨

Trump Approve: 36%
Trump Disapprove: 64%

Trump's Iran War Approval: 31%
Trump's Iran War Disapproval: 69%

“The share of Republicans who strongly approve of Trump and how he’s managed the war has dropped significantly in recent months."

[Jacob Long @jacobwlong87]

“Republican Governor @GregAbbott_TX also finds himself facing a more competitive race than expected against Democratic state Representative @GinaHinojosaTX”

That’s because Abbott has had 30 years in public office and Texans are tired of a status quo that’s not working for them.

[Newsweek @Newsweek]

Trump’s Texas convention arrives as GOP fears grow, with Paxton slipping and Democrats sensing a rare chance to flip the state. https://t.co/IrTliUF9nx

[Jacob Long @jacobwlong87]

Everyone next week: oh wow that’s crazy so did you watch the game last night?

[Patrick Svitek @PatrickSvitek]

RNC announces midterm convention speakers:

[Jacob Long @jacobwlong87]

Fun fact since it's game day and all. Under @GregAbbott_TX, there are now ten times more data centers in Texas than there are college football stadiums!

The more you know!

[Texas Tribune @TexasTribune]

There are at least 596 operating and planned data centers across the state, according to Texas Tribune research.

Use our lookup tool to see if you are living near an existing or planned facility. https://t.co/pHOiw9SK7p

[Matt Angle @LSPmatt]

.@GregAbbott_TX has been Gov nearly 12 yrs & held statewide office nearly 30 yrs.
- Property tax collections UP every year.
- Electric & other utilities skyrocketed.
- Home & health insurance harder to get & through the roof.
- Bought off by billionair
What is broken, he broke.

[Jacob Long @jacobwlong87]

When a Democrat as in the White House, Greg Abbott famously went to work, sued the federal government, and went home.

Now, under Trump, as Texas hospitals lose $27 million a day, all he can muster is a pointed letter.

Abbott is also playing politics with peoples' healthcare.

[Texas Tribune @TexasTribune]

AG Ken Paxton hasn’t challenged the Trump administration over Texas’ $10-billion Medicaid cut even though he sued Biden. https://t.co/vQ8eS3npMU

[Jacob Long @jacobwlong87]

Paxton and Abbott have been in public office a combined more than 50 years. Awfully hard to ask people to trust you to make their lives better when you’ve had literal decades to do it — and haven’t. It’s out with the status quo in Texas this November.

[Dasha Burns @DashaBurns]

🚨 “I think we’re gonna lose Texas,” Republican Bryan Lanza tells me on Ceasefire @cspan

I have been hearing this more and more privately, but @bclanza gets candid publicly here 👇

[Jacob Long @jacobwlong87]

.@GregAbbott_TX vowed to make Texas the AI epicenter, welcoming data centers with billions in tax giveaways.

Today he played dumb, admitting “no one” has “any idea” what’s going on — in the very state he’s currently in charge of.

And he wants four more years?

[Jacob Long @jacobwlong87]

NEW via @USATODAY >>>

@GregAbbott_TX is in trouble. After previously winning by double digits, @GinaHinojosaTX has made this a one point race.

"...it is the closest they have been to flipping the governorship blue since they last held it in 1995."
https://t.co/AP6XMyLj9k

[Jacob Long @jacobwlong87]

"@texasdemocrats spokesman Jacob Long accused Abbott of previously giving data centers generous tax breaks and promoting Texas as an “AI playground for billionaires,” before declaring that voters would send him into retirement and elect Hinojosa."

Correct
https://t.co/sMKlXyjusl

[Jacob Long @jacobwlong87]

"If Abbott was sincerely interested in making life affordable again for all of his constituents, then perhaps he should look at the root cause of our current affordability problem and take one simple action to fix it."

OUCH!
https://t.co/zmV6W0CYLc

[Jacob Long @jacobwlong87]

BIG YIKES: @TuckerCarlson says @GregAbbott_TX is "about to lose" in November because of his obvious election year flip-flop on AI data centers.

Even the MAGA faithful are sick of Greg's lies and hypocrisy. WATCH:

[Jacob Long @jacobwlong87]

NEW this AM from @elpasotimes >>>

We've got a statistical TIE in TEXAS!

"Momentum for the Democrat Texas governor candidate @GinaHinojosaTX continued with the release of yet another new poll that made the race a dead heat."
https://t.co/ZMwdT78dV4

[Jacob Long @jacobwlong87]

Greg Abbott's been in public office for 30 years, while it's gotten harder and harder to get ahead in Texas. Little evidence to support the idea he'll do anything to make life more affordable if he hasn't done it already, especially when he could literally do something today.

[Joshua Fechter @JoshuaFechter]

NEW this A.M.: Texas used to be considered affordable.

Now, candidates in this year's midterms are vowing to tackle a new problem: Texas' high cost of living.

w/ @PaulCobler, @dankeemahill, @tlangford & @kaylaguo_
https://t.co/38yzXmidW6 @TexasTribune

[Jacob Long @jacobwlong87]

@XochitlHinojosa @texasdemocrats Thanks, Xochitl! Let's go win this thing!

[Jacob Long @jacobwlong87]

Exactly two months out from November’s midterm elections and I’m excited to be coming on board @texasdemocrats as Senior Communications Advisor and Spox. New email is [email protected]. TX political reporters, especially those covering Gov race, let’s get in touch and LFG!

[Alex Ward @alexbward]

In honor of Dolly, everyone must clock out at 5pm.

[Jacob Long @jacobwlong87]

Sobbing at the airport

[Variety @Variety]

Dolly Parton, Queen of Country Music, Dies at 80 https://t.co/rBvsrcs6FY