Texas Republicans pass resolution denying Biden won 2020 election

[BumRushDaShow]

9. They're now trying to grab news cycles by seeing how looney they can be

Hopefully Beto can take all their nonsensical legislative efforts and distill it into an ad that highlights the complete juvenility of the GOP idiots in the state government.

I did see this, which is interesting -

Texas Republicans warn divisions could hand the governor’s seat to Beto O’Rourke


Jeremy Wallace, Austin Bureau
June 18, 2022 | Updated: June 18, 2022 5:31 p.m.
Comments



The political winds are at the backs of Texas Republicans as they head to the midterm elections later this year, but some of the biggest names in GOP politics are warning that trouble is looming on the horizon if they cannot iron out their internal divisions. For most of the six-day state Republican Party convention that closed in Houston on Saturday, the GOP faithful heard pep rally-like optimism in speeches from politicians about how, thanks to President Joe Biden’s poor approval ratings, they are going to take back the majorities in the U.S. House and Senate and send liberal politicians packing.

While Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick had some of the same feel in his speech, the Houston Republican spent a large portion of his address to the more than 8,000 delegates imploring them to get over past political divisions — particularly in the governor’s race — because infighting could hand a win to Democrat Beto O’Rourke. “We cannot take November for granted in Texas,” he said. More specifically, Patrick addressed a pervasive concern in the party that some of the base, upset with the primary results, might skip the election or not vote at all, giving O’Rourke a chance to capitalize in the governor’s race.

“We have to beat the Democrats and we can’t stay home because our candidate that we voted for didn’t win,” Patrick said. “We can not have Beto O’Rourke win.” Although Abbott won his primary with 66 percent of the vote, he’s had trouble with some of the leadership within the GOP for how he’s handled the pandemic and other legislative issues. Allen West, the former chairman of the party, ran against him in the Republican primary in March. Matt Rinaldi, the current chair who was elected to a two-year term during the convention this week, had endorsed former state Sen. Don Huffines over Abbott in the primary initially before later rescinding that to appear neutral in the race.

It led to an odd dynamic this week, with Abbott skipping out on speaking at the official convention meetings for the first time during his two terms as governor. The governor held an informal reception nearby and hasn’t had advertising around the convention like he did at past conventions. Huffines, who was more of a presence at the convention, is adding to the concern among Republicans that some could skip the race. In an interview, he refused to say he’s voting for Abbott in the fall. “We’re tired of having to hold our nose to vote for people who don’t do what we want,” Huffines said. In the Republican primary, Huffines and West each got about 12 percent of the vote. During his speech, Patrick warned that if O’Rourke wins, it has a down-ballot effect that could knock out other statewide Republicans on the ballot.

(snip)

https://www.houstonchronicle.com/politics/texas/article/Texas-Republicans-warn-divisions-could-hand-the-17251136.php