Texas Extremism: Tip of the Spear
Texas Republicans are doubling down on Trump’s politics of conspiracy theories, culture wars, and voting restrictions.
Texas Governor Gregg Abbott is giving every American a disturbing preview of what to expect in the 2022 midterm elections. The Republican Party is radicalizing their base with an extreme right-wing agenda and using Trump’s Big Lie to disenfranchise millions of black and brown voters.
Texas Governor Greg Abbott onstage with former president Donald Trump. (Photo by Brandon Bell / Getty Images)
Texas Is the New Republican Template, The Nation | 9/8/2021
By John Nichols
In Texas, where Democrats have gained ground in recent years, it is now abundantly clear that the Republican strategy is to make it harder for probable Democratic voters to cast ballots while, at the same time, advancing a legislative agenda designed to encourage maximum turnout by voters who make up their party’s social-conservative base.
Video: How Texas’ New Anti-Voting Law Hinges On Trump’s ‘Big Lie’, MSNBC | 9/7/2021
The law targets ballot access measures like drive-thru and 24-hour voting, methods that are often used by people of color and in large Democratic strongholds.