The G.O.P. Won It All in Texas. Then It Turned on Itself.
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The G.O.P. Won It All in Texas. Then It Turned on Itself.
The Republican Party trounced the Democrats at every level in Texas in November, only to see its politicians turn on one another over the pandemic and voter-fraud conspiracy theories.
Credit.Illustration by Andrew Rae
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