State Rep. Dustin Burrows, a Republican from Lubbock, was elected Speaker of the Texas House Tuesday, fending off a challenge from the (even more lunatic) right as Democrats helped him win the third-most powerful job in the state. “The weight of this moment, and the trust you’ve placed in me, is not lost on me,” […]
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National Republican Morons Are Mad About the Texas House Speaker Race
The race for speaker of the Texas House continues to get stupider as one candidate has dubbed himself “speaker-elect” (which is not a real thing) and national Republicans weighed in this week. To catch you up, there’s been a scramble for the top state House post after the current speaker, state Rep. Dade Phelan, R-Beaumont, […]