THE MORNING RANT: Texas Republicans Defeat the Uniparty and Will Finally Elect a Conservative House Speaker

Another firewall in the uniparty’s control of power fell over the weekend in Texas. Despite the Lone Star state being solid red for over three decades, including Republican control of the legislature, a coalition of Democrats and RINOs had continued to exercise control over the state House of Representatives.

Over the weekend, conservative Republicans took actions to finally gain control of the statehouse by selecting conservative Rep. David Cook as their nominee for Speaker of the House. The actual floor vote will occur in January.

Cook will replace Dade Phelan, who had previously won the speakership by obtaining the support of the Democrat minority, and then peeling off enough RINO Republicans to defeat the conservatives who constituted a majority of the elected Republicans. In other words, “Republican” Dade Phelan was a de facto Democrat serving Democrat interests as Speaker of the Texas House. He even appointed Democrats to head House committees, despite Republicans having a solid majority of the House seats.

But Dade Phelan’s loyalty to Democrats and the old order went even deeper. He sought to overturn the will of the people of Texas by impeaching Attorney General Ken Paxton. Paxton is a passionate, activist conservative who is fighting the culture war on behalf of Texans. He has taken legal action against woke capital firms such as Black Rock, and he used his office to stop the trans-child industry in Texas. The impeachment of Paxton failed, and many of Phelan’s “Republican” allies who supported the impeachment were primaried out of office this past November.

After Phelan’s campaign for Speaker was finally defeated this past week, the Democrat-RINO alliance offered up Lubbock Republican Dustin Burrows as their candidate to try to keep Democrats effectively in control of the statehouse. He too was defeated by the Republican Caucus.

“David Cook Secures GOP Nomination for Texas House Speaker, Backed by Reform Advocates” [Texas Scorecard – 12/07/2024]

While Cook entered the caucus meeting with the support of reform-minded members due largely to his pledge to end the practice of placing Democrats in leadership positions (a priority of the Republican Party of Texas), Burrows instead had spent much of his limited time in the shortened race attempting to appeal to Democrats.

The RINO Republican, Dustin Burrows, showed his true colors when he deleted a previous tweet of his stating opposition to the transing of children. Rep. Burrows made it clear that he was now willing to have children sacrificed and mutilated if that’s what it took to get Democrat support to make him Speaker of the House. That won’t play well in West Texas when it’s time for his re-election campaign in 2026.

Of note, Dustin Burrows has still not conceded defeat, but he would need a group of kamikaze Republicans to push him over the top in January. That won’t happen, because the Republican Caucus put a stipulation in its bylaws that members must support the Caucus’ nominee on the House floor. If they don’t, they’ll be censured by the Republican Caucus, which by the way also added a new party rule that censured members can be removed from the next primary’s ballot.

Sadly, former Texas Governor Rick Perry decided to end his long political career in shame and dishonor, by lending his name and reputation to Dade Phelan.

“Former Gov. Rick Perry joins House Speaker Dade Phelan’s team as senior adviser” [Texas Tribune – 9/05/2024]

This recent picture of Rick Perry campaigning for stealth-Democrat Dade Phelan is pathetic, but it’s also how I’ll remember Perry’s political career.

For career politicians, all roads seem to lead to Ukraine, so of course Rick Perry was involved in some of that sweet graft: “Investigation: Rick Perry’s Ukraine deals could enrich his political allies” [Energy News Network – 9/10/2020]

That’s enough about old-guard Republicans in Texas who are trying to keep Democrats in power. Dade Phelan and Rick Perry will not be missed.

Congratulations to David Cook, the next Speaker of the Texas House of Representatives. And in 2026, someone (perhaps Ken Paxton) needs to primary and defeat John Cornyn in the 2026 U.S. Senate campaign.

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posted by Buck Throckmorton at 11:00 AM

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