Tag Archives: Texas Republican Party
‘Damn Right, I’m a White Nationalist’ Declares Texas GOP Platform Committee Member
A connected tea party activist says white nationalism has nothing to do with race supremacy — it’s just part of Trump’s “America First” vision.
At the Texas Republican Party’s 2018 convention, Ray Myers was a part of a select group of activists charged with crafting the platform for the biggest and mo...Read More
Loon Star State: Donald’s Hair
In this edition of Ben Sargent's award-winning cartoon, Loon Star State, Texas Republicans trek through the grim wilderness of the Donald's coiffure....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
That Sinking Feeling
Is indicted Attorney General Ken Paxton a political aberration or a symptom of a larger sickness?
Ken Paxton’s rapid ascent from state representative to state senator and then to the attorney general’s office in the span of just three years has been an o...Read More
Lawman, Lawbreaker: Ken Paxton and the Problem with One-Party Rule
Come next year, Texas might have an attorney general who faces disbarment and felony indictment. What does the state get without a healthy two-party system? Ken...Read More
The Texas GOP’s Sara Legvold Problem
She's a nearly bottomless fountain of paranoid racism. So why has she been allowed to play such a prominent role in the Texas GOP?
How to explain what happened with the state GOP’s platform last Saturday, and recent trends in the party? Ask Sara Legvold....Read More
Backs to the Future
At the Texas Republican Party’s convention in Fort Worth, it’s 2010 again.
At the Republican Party of Texas' 2014 convention, delegates undid one of their biggest achievements from 2012—and left some big issues on the table....Read More
Gays, Guns and Guest Workers: The Republican Convention
At the Texas Republican Party's convention in Fort Worth, a changing of the guard....Read More
A Restaurateur Has a Thing (or Two) to Teach the GOP About Immigration Reform
The Texas Republican Party could learn a thing or two from the hospitality business. “At one of my restaurants, if I were to turn my back on my customers or t...Read More