Tag Archives: 2016 Texas GOP Convention
Texas Bullion Depository the Stuff of GOP Dreams — For Now
More suburban bank than Fort Knox, a miniature Texas Bullion Depository showed GOP Convention-goers where the state may someday house its sovereign wealth....Read More
The Lyin’ (Ted) in Winter
Ted's happy to be back in Texas, he told Texas GOP delegates — really happy! Promise! He didn't want that stinky ole' presidency, anyway....Read More
The Texas Miracle #7: The Sound of Secession
From the Texas GOP convention, we go to the floor for a debate over secession and seek answers to that mind-melding question: Why would anyone support Donald Trump?
From the Texas GOP convention, we go to the floor for a debate over secession, and seek answers to the question: Why would Texas Republicans support Trump?...Read More
Texas GOP Flirts With Secession
Texas secessionists said that federal overreach on abortion and transgender rights meant that the time is ripe for Texas to vote to leave the union....Read More
LGBT Republicans Brave Hostile Convention Firestorm
Members of the first-ever LGBT Republican group to sponsor a booth at the convention said Thursday they were receiving a relatively warm welcome. ...Read More
Church and State Stay Cozy at Texas GOP Convention
A Founding Fathers quote you won't find at the #RPT16: religion and government "will both exist in greater purity, the less they are mixed together."...Read More
Proposed GOP Platform Calls for Trans Bathroom Ban, Constitutional Convention
A secession plank didn't make it into the document, but could make a reappearance on the floor Friday.
The GOP's running with Gov. Greg Abbott's call for a constitutional convention, and has doubled down on anti-LGBTQ planks in this year's proposed platform....Read More
Can the Even-Further-Right Stage a Trump-Style Takeover of the Texas GOP Leadership?
The presidential race is the marquee contest at the Republican Party of Texas convention this year, but another race really says more about where Texas Republic...Read More
Guns, ‘Bortions and Bathrooms: 2016 GOP Convention Check-In
Greg Abbott railed against Hillary and championed open carry, while Dan Patrick vowed close our borders by supporting Donald Trump and his wall....Read More