He’s only been in office a few months, but Congressman Ronny Jackson has truly embraced his role as an ultra-conservative Texas Republican with a penchant for outlandish and baffling statements. With his latest stunt, calling on Joe Biden to receive a test for...
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back to archiveGreg Abbott and Dan Patrick failed — again
Sniping tweets. Public critiques and blistering feuds. And the leader of one chamber of the Legislature being denied entry to another. The tension between top Texas Republicans has been impossible to ignore over the past week, a stretch that’s proven to be one of the...
Rep. Chip Roy draws fire for comments during a hearing to address violence against Asian-Americans
At a congressional hearing on violence against Asian Americans, Rep. Chip Roy drew strong condemnation from colleagues for comments that appeared to glorify lynchings, and then later for claiming the hearing was primarily about policing rhetoric. The House Judiciary...
Orlando isn’t as nice as Cancún, Cruz tells CPAC crowd
"I gotta say, Orlando is awesome. It's not as nice as Cancún. But it's nice,” Sen. Ted Cruz told a crowd of attendees at the Conservative Political Action Conference on Friday. Cruz’s opening remarks were referring to his flight to Cancún to escape last week’s...
Ted Cruz says he fled Texas at the request of his daughters
After receiving sharp criticism Wednesday for leaving a chaos-ridden Texas to go on vacation in Cancun, Mexico, Sen. Ted Cruz says the poor optics were just an act of fatherly love. "With school canceled for the week, our girls asked to take a trip with...
What Texas Republicans said about California’s blackouts
A winter storm has left millions of Texans cold and without power. At the time of this writing, there are still a lot of unanswered questions about how and why this happened. That this could happen in the energy capital of America is embarrassing, to say the least....
Can Ted Cruz harness Trumpism?
While some Republicans like Ben Sasse and Adam Kinzinger are trying to purge Trumpism from the GOP, others have gone in the opposite direction in the hope of political gain. A staunch Trump ally and one of the eight Republican senators who voted against certifying the...
Five of Ted Cruz’s worst moments
Ted Cruz, our favorite capricorn to harass online, just keeps giving his 2024 opponent more ammunition. In weeks leading up to the riot, he played a massive part in spreading misinformation about the election being fraudulent. Even after Mitch McConnell...
Abbott’s ‘State of the State’ leaves little room for bipartisanship
Gov. Greg Abbott laid out his legislative priorities in his biennial “State of the State” address Monday evening. Speaking to Texans and the legislature virtually, Abbott began his speech by praising Texas’ entrepreneurial spirit and mourning those who were lost to...