Posted on 02/05/2024 4:07:25 AM PST by cotton1706
BEAUMONT — If past is prologue, Dade Phelan’s return to the Texas House would be all but guaranteed. Over five terms, he has never once drawn a reelection opponent, ascending to become the first House speaker from Beaumont, leading the lower chamber as it drifted further to the right.
But a tumultuous 2023 exposed deep fissures within the Republican Party, exacerbated by the House’s impeachment of Attorney General Ken Paxton and refusal to pass a school voucher program favored by Gov. Greg Abbott.
Now, Phelan is the No. 1 enemy of Texas’ far-right conservatives.
Paxton and his ally Donald Trump want Phelan ousted. So do the state’s lieutenant governor, agriculture commissioner, the chair of the state Republican Party and its executive committee. Abbott has declined to publicly back the speaker while campaigning against incumbent House Republicans Phelan is trying to protect.
The backlash has created an opening for two primary challengers — one of whom, David Covey, is well-funded — and placed Phelan in the most precarious position of his political career. The race has become a referendum on the influence of the most conservative faction of the party, which aims to make Phelan the first speaker to lose a primary in 52 years.
“Dade has lost his way, and is more beholden to the Democrats who elected him speaker than the people who elect him to fight for them,” said Paxton in an ad he cut for Covey.
(Excerpt) Read more at msn.com ...
I hope this sack of squat Phelan goes down hard. He’s a pox on our great state.
https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2023/06/why-arent-red-states-red-part-1.php
A good article about the damage that the RINOs like Phelan do in “conservative” Texas.
Its not “far right” to oppose a “Republican” who is more supported by Democrats than he is by Republicans. Phelan in addition to being a drunkard, supports everything the Democrats want and opposes what the vast vast majority of Republicans in Texas want.
He’s a classic Bushite RINO - the kind that needs to be purged from the party and driven from office.
He is worse that the RINOs in Congress. They have not openly conspired with Democrats to give a Republican the speakership so they can have influential committee chairs.
BTTT
Agree with you, both!
This traitor RINO has to go!
Hope his district kicks him to the curb.
AG Paxton has also endorsed David Covey.
I am afraid that the sainted name recognition in TX will spare Phelan of primary defeat.
If Phelan is nominated, Republican should vote for the Democrat opponent if there is one.
The problem with being a long-time Republican state, at least in conservative areas like Beaumont, is that all of the liberal candidates know that they must run as Republicans if they want to win. It’s time to clean house.
Phelan is a Bush/Rove scumbag. Will this POSD stay sober long enough to win? And why elect GOPe trash?
Paxton endorsed the following candidates:
David Covey in House District (HD) 21
Wes Virdell in HD 53
Andy Hopper in HD 64
Mike Olcott in HD 60
Brent Money in HD 2
John Perez in HD 133
Matt Morgan in HD 26
far-right
You are so right. The Phelan name is associated with every charitable feel good project around here. People around here have been shocked to hear me talk bad about Dade Phelan.
Thanks.
Surprised Greeson (HD85) isn’t on that list. Incumbent Kitzman voted to remove Paxton.
Ever noticed how no one is ever labeled “far left” in news articles? Yet they are always willing to call anyone “far right?”
>> far-right
Although I prefer “Totally Right” :-) “far-right” is a label that I, for one, wear with honor and pride. We’re in good company, we far-right ultraMAGA Christian Nationalists.
>> The Phelan name is associated with every charitable feel good project
i.e. “spending Texas taxpayers’ money to ensure his sinecure”...
Surprised Greeson (HD85) isn’t on that list. Incumbent Kitzman voted to remove Paxton.
He is!
Hard to find current info …. This is behind a paywall …
https://www.journal-spectator.com/news/article_fbee8f16-9ec2-11ee-8a74-fb6352e60e61.html
Radical Left vs Totally Right !
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