Abbott spent 2 terms guarding his right flank, but a fellow Republican now sees an opening John C. Moritz, Corpus Christi Caller Times
Even as Greg Abbott and many fellow Republicans were still basking in what they called Texas most conservative 48 hours in history, a former one-term state senator announced he would challenge the governor from the right in next year s GOP primary.
Don Huffines, a scion of a Dallas family that made its fortune in the auto dealership business and a co-founder of a prosperous real estate development company, announced his candidacy in a series of tweets and retweets Monday. He promised to finish the wall, eliminate property taxes and protect election integrity.
Trump, Not Cheney, Rules the Republican Party [OPINION]
You have a right to be a member of whichever political party you chose, but you do not have a right to be a member of the national Republican Party leadership unless you are elected or appointed to a position.
All of the media hype over Rep. Liz Cheney s (R-Wyoming) ouster as GOP conference chair on Wednesday was an attempt to persuade voters that the Grand Old Party is in disarray. It is not.
There is a handful of old school, so-called conservative Republicans such as Cheney, Mitt Romney, and Mitch McConnell that are actually a part of the swamp. They are part of the problem. They are RINOs, Republican in name only. They represent the old way of doing things: put up a token defense against the ruling class Democrats, and then give away the store.
Anti-Trump Republicans spook GOP with the threat of a spinoff 3rd party Photo by MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images This story is available exclusively to Insider subscribers. Become an Insider and start reading now.
Some Republicans are threatening to form a spinoff party if the GOP doesn t reject Donald Trump.
They plan to release a letter outlining principles to save the party, an organizer told Insider.
But Republicans in Congress warned that creating an alternative GOP would damage the party.
A coalition of anti-Trump Republicans is threatening a move that could upend American politics.
Their message comes straight out of the past six chaotic years and essentially boils down to this: Abandon twice-impeached former President Donald Trump or they ll form an alternative Republican party.
Readers praise her courage in repudiating “the big lie,” though one cautions that if doing so is seen as extraordinary, “we are setting the bar a bit low.”
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Elise Stefanik has positioned herself as forceful defender of Donald Trump (Getty Images)
Appointed to defend the then president over claims he had sought political favours from Ukraine, Republican congresswoman Elise Stefanik frequently and stridently clashed with Democrats such as Adam Schiff.
“This is the fifth time you have interrupted a duly-elected members of Congress,” she told told him on one occasion, in an exchange that delighted Republicans.
Or else you may have seen her after the hearings, addressing the media with other Republicans, and very much taking centre stage among her more senior colleagues.