Allen West resigns as chairman of the Texas Republican Party and may run for governor.
Allen West spoke to supporters of President Donald J. Trump during a rally in Dallas in November.Credit.LM Otero/Associated Press
June 4, 2021, 12:03 p.m. ET
Allen West, a transplanted one-term Florida congressman and right-wing provocateur, announced his resignation on Friday as chairman of the Texas Republican Party, possibly as a precursor to running for statewide office.
“Maybe something congressional,” he suggested.
He had served in the job for less than a year.
In that short time, Mr. West a Fox News fixture who attended an event in Dallas last month at which Michael T. Flynn, the former national security adviser to President Donald J. Trump, suggested the United States could witness a military coup has earned a reputation for taking on Democrats and Republicans with equal aplomb.
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