The Texas GOP Returns to Its Favorite Pastime: Infighting

The Texas GOP Returns to Its Favorite Pastime: Infighting

Republican in-fighting after the 2020 election.Even as Joe Biden prepared to move into the White House, disappointments among Texas Democrats continued to mount. Two months after an election cycle that saw the party treading water at best, the state’s best-known liberal politicians had earned barely a mention in the rumor mill of candidates for Biden’s cabinet, and not one had landed a prominent place in his administration. The left controls very little outside of the big cities. And because they failed to secure a majority in the state House, Democrats will be at the mercy of their GOP colleagues when it comes to redistricting. One-party rule remains the rule in Texas. The humiliation of the state’s minority party also means that Republicans are free to return to their favorite pastime:…View Original Post

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