Rep. Louie Gohmert of Texas, a rightwing Tea Party Republican well-known for not wearing a mask while lawmaking, has tested positive for COVID-19. Gohmert was scheduled to travel to Midland, Texas with President Trump on Air Force One, but a pre-flight test came up...
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back to archiveAs Texas reaches 4,000 deaths, Abbott advisor says Trump ‘bored’ by pandemic
Trump is facing a timid revolt within his own party due to his absent or misguided handling of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to one scathing New York Times report that was published over the weekend. “They appear to be spurred by several overlapping forces,...
John Cornyn makes false claims about children and COVID-19
Sen. John Cornyn is joining the GOP chorus of misinformation regarding the COVID-19 pandemic. “No one under the age of 20 has died of the coronavirus,” Cornyn said in an interview on Thursday. “We still don’t know whether children can get it and transmit it to...
Texas Supreme Court says no to reviving GOP convention in Houston
The Texas Supreme Court on Monday ruled that it would not force Houston to host the Texas GOP’s in-person annual state convention, canceled last week over concerns of the worsening COVID-19 pandemic. In their ruling, the panel of nine Republican judges said the Texas...
Texans are fed up with Abbott’s pandemic response, new poll finds
The opinion Texans have of Gov. Greg Abbott’s COVID-19 response has plummeted since April, the latest 50-state poll by the COVID-19 Consortium shows. The survey, conducted by Harvard, Rutgers and other universities, shows the approval rating of Abbot's pandemic...
‘Dan’s disinformation jeopardized our way of life,’ says Crenshaw opponent Sima Ladjevardian
While positive COVID-19 cases are on the rise in Texas, GOP Rep. Dan Crenshaw has been a strong advocate for wearing no masks, all while hosting no-mask in-person events in the state. Meanwhile, Texas is reporting 1 of 7 coronavirus cases nationally over the...
With lawsuit against Houston, Texas GOP proves they value party politics over people
A week before the scheduled date, Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner canceled the Texas GOP’s annual convention in Houston citing public health concerns amid the intensifying COVID-19 pandemic. It was undeniably the right move for Houston, where mounting cases have...
VIDEO: Behind the Curve: Greg Abbott
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NO_tnHlWqVA Escalating case numbers. Mounting deaths. Hospitals running out of capacity. It didn't have to be this way, but Governor Greg Abbott's pandemic response has been woefully Behind the Curve. This is a new series from Texas...
Texas braces for surge in COVID-19 deaths after weeks of rising cases
Texas saw two record-breaking figures in the battle against COVID-19 on Tuesday; 10,000 new cases and 60 fatalities in a single day. Confirmed cases in Texas have already been mounting for weeks; the total number of confirmed cases in the state has doubled from...