The conservative firebrand newly elected to chair the Texas Republican party, Allen West, is an African American retired Army officer who calls himself “liberals’ worst nightmare.” And he has rebranded the state GOP with the slogan, “We are the storm,” linked to the QAnon conspiracy theory (though the party disputes that connection).
Colonel West’s unbending commitment to conservative principle has become a window on how Trumpism will survive the Trump presidency, say party regulars watching in astonishment as well as grassroots Republicans watching in righteous support.
Why We Wrote This
The takeover of the Texas GOP by retired Lt. Col. Allen West – a Black Republican of unbending principles – mirrors President Donald Trump s takeover of the party at the national level. The colonel s popularity with the grassroots is a window on how Trumpism can survive the Trump presidency.
Calls for Alex Jones to be Arrested after Speech about Removing Biden
On 12/14/20 at 7:22 AM EST
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Infowars host is accused of inciting violence while on stage at a protest attended by Donald Trump supporters and far-right extremists in the capital on Saturday.
The rally was held to show support for Trump s disputed and unproven claims that he lost the election because of widespread voter fraud.
During the rally, Jones who infamously claimed that the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre was a hoax and believes the COVID-19 pandemic has been simulated to track and trace and control people told supporters how he will never accept Biden as president while pushing anti-Semitic and QAnon-based conspiracy theories.
Never Trumpers: Trump, Giuliani and Texas AG ‘Electoral Terrorists’
11 Dec 2020
Renowned anti-Trump activists, including members of the Lincoln Project, which led a campaign intimidating lawyers representing the Trump campaign, are celebrating the Supreme Court’s decision to dismiss a legal challenge to the 2020 election results filed by the State of Texas as they rip into supportive Republicans across the board.
“Don’t ever forget Republicans TRIED to overthrow this election,” wrote former Republican Illinois congressman Joe Walsh. “They TRIED to kill our democracy.”
Good. Not a surprise. But don’t ever forget they TRIED. Don’t ever forget Republicans TRIED to overthrow this election. They TRIED to kill our democracy. Republicans TRIED. DON’T EVER FORGET. https://t.co/6VQjlxcKHv
There’s a season to everything, including the U.S. presidency. In case you forgot, major media outlets have reported President Donald Trump lost his bid for reelection in both the popular vote and the Electoral College.
Since then, most Texas Republicans have opted to back the president, despite a lack of evidence (so far) that would prove his camp’s frequently bizarre claims of mass voter fraud. Now enter Fort Worth U.S. Rep. Kay Granger, who is among the first Republican politicians expressing worry that Trump’s campaign is attempting to invalidate the election results.
“I have great concerns about it,” she said Friday during an interview with CNN. “I think that it s time to move on.”