Laffy on Nostr: 3/ "The extraordinary developments were likely to test the Republican Party in Texas ...

3/ "The extraordinary developments were likely to test the Republican Party in Texas in new and unpredictable ways, at a time when cleavages in the party have increasingly been exposed.

The Texas House is led by Speaker Dade Phelan, a Republican..who is seen as a traditional conservative. In contrast, Paxton has been allied w most strident GOP legislators in Texas and with Trump, in a camp that also includes the lieutenant governor and leader of the State Senate, Dan Patrick."