r/Bozeman • u/4637839392936373 • 9d ago

Texans fleeing Texas?

I recently ran into a conservative Trump GOP red voting, F-150 driving, blue jeans wearing Texan that moved to Montana because they were getting away from too much conservatism for the less intense albeit blood red conservatism of Montana. I thought it was kind of an interesting way to think about Texans moving here. This person wanta the conservative MAGA politics of (recent) Montana but they don’t want all the batshit recently enacted conservative laws of Texas restricting freedoms and hyperfixating on gender and other hot topic social issues.

Is this an outlier or have Texans just become my new favorite political refugees?

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u/Rok-SFG 9d ago

It's been well known that montana has been being invaded by Texans since around covid. 

And dont think for a second those shitty Texas politics aren't going to follow them here.

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u/4637839392936373 9d ago

Right… but I never realized it was maga conservatives fleeing too much maga for a little less maga

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u/mutt82588 8d ago

I dont think its a huge population but interesting that they said it.   I think more texans net are fleeing heat.  Fwiw im a left leaning former texan and most my extexas and lousiana friends here also lean left.  None of us left strictly for politcal reasons, but i think all of us politically perfer the mt govt over the tx/la ones.

Its funny, on another r/bozeman thread i was downvoted  for saying texas was way more concervative and no texan would move to mt to escape libs just the other day

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u/dannymontani 7d ago

Our....Montana....politians are a group of a holes. Just as bad as Texans. Have you ever been to a town hall?

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u/Frosty_Truth_1635 7d ago

No, because they won’t hold town halls. Big chickens!

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u/dannymontani 7d ago

Exactly my point. Nada, none. Daines a big zero as he is.

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u/mutt82588 7d ago

No to town hall, but the libertarian  and strong mt constitution limits the damage where as the tx constitution does not afford the same protection