The retired Army lieutenant general was speaking at an ultra-right conference in Dallas, Texas on the eve of Trump’s resumption of campaign-style political rallies.
Texas voting bill had potential, but GOP cheated Legislature out of a fair process
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State Rep. Briscoe Cain, R - Deer Park, middle, and state Rep. Craig Goldman, R - Fort Worth, right, wait on the House floor for the start of the debate of Senate Bill 7, known as the Election Integrity Protection Act, at the Capitol on Sunday May 30, 2021, in Austin, Texas. (Jay Janner/Austin American-Statesman via AP)(Jay Janner)
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“Momma always said nothing good happens after midnight,” tweeted a Republican state representative looking to ban 24-hour polling places in Texas this legislative session. Later, a colleague in the Senate preached that “Transparency is always good public policy” while touting a voting bill that would have made broad and, in many ways, unwise changes to the election system in Texas.
Retired four-star General Barry McCaffrey says Michael Flynn “has a mental health problem” after he endorsed the idea of a Myanmar-style military coup in the US. Donald Trump’s former National Security Adviser has come under fire for telling a QAnon conference that the toppling of the US government “should” happen. During a question and answer session, Mr Flynn was asked by an audience member “why what happened in Myanmar can’t happen here?” “No.
Texas GOP Chairman Allen West, Republican U.S. Rep. Louie Gohmert and Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller each delivered remarks at the event. Marketing for the event included a logo featuring a cowboy hat with the letters “WWG1WGA” around its band, a QAnon motto.
Reports claimed Michael Flynn supported the possibility of a Myanmar-like coup in the United States, presumably in an attempt to overthrow the government.