Allen West resigns as chairman of the Texas Republican Party and may run for governor.
Allen West spoke to supporters of President Donald J. Trump during a rally in Dallas in November.Credit.LM Otero/Associated Press
June 4, 2021, 12:03 p.m. ET
Allen West, a transplanted one-term Florida congressman and right-wing provocateur, announced his resignation on Friday as chairman of the Texas Republican Party, possibly as a precursor to running for statewide office.
“Maybe something congressional,” he suggested.
He had served in the job for less than a year.
In that short time, Mr. West a Fox News fixture who attended an event in Dallas last month at which Michael T. Flynn, the former national security adviser to President Donald J. Trump, suggested the United States could witness a military coup has earned a reputation for taking on Democrats and Republicans with equal aplomb.
you have proven repeatedly that you are not a lady, therefore, shall not be afforded due respect from me. steadfast and loyal congressman allen b. west. in the 19th century, a dozen congressman were formally censured for insulting remarks to fellow congressmen. now what happens, they say these remarks and suddenly raise more money from their base. one of the things that s happened i mean, just to go back to andrea s point for a minute about the speaker not having the power. sometimes i yearn for the days of speaker joe cannon. he had so much power that at one time, he d say how many ayes, how many nays? thundering nay. well, the nays make the most noise, but the ayes have it. you have a feeling with boehner, he grew up with 11 brothers and sisters, he said compromise is in his dna. he wants to do this, if he and the president could have made it but one of the things that s happening in congress, too, is they re there from tuesday to thursday, they re not there on the weekends, the
respect from me. steadfast and loyal congressman allen b. west. in the 19th century, a dozen congressman were formally censured for insulting remarks to fellow congressmen. now what happens, they say these remarks and suddenly raise more money from their base. one of the things that s happened i mean, just to go back to andrea s point for a minute about the speaker not having the power. sometimes i yearn for the days of speaker joe cannon. he had so much power that at one time, he d say how many ayes, how many nays? thundering nay. well, the nays make the most noise, but the ayes have it. you have a feeling with boehner, he grew up with 11 brothers and sisters, he said compromise is in his dna. he wants to do this, if he and the president could have made it but one of the things that s happening in congress, too, is they re there from tuesday to thursday, they re not there on the weekends, they don t socialize, they don t form friends even between tea party and non-tea party as we
before pragmatism. so, my hope is, as the sound of senator hagel, the sound of optimism, is that this is the beginning of a welling up in this nation where we re going to start to reject the kind of politics that s not serving. doris, you talked about historic poll lels, and congressman, you mentioned it as well, how personal it s gotten. we had a reflection of that this week between congressman allen west from florida and debbie wasserman schultz, fellow florida congresswoman and chairman of the dnc. he wrote her an e-mail after they had an exchange on the floor, and i ll put it on the screen so viewers can see. this is the e-mail look, debbie, i understand that after i departed the house floor, you directed your floor speech comments directly toward me. let me make myself perfectly clear you want a personal fight, i am happy to oblige. you are the most vial, unprofessional, and despicable member of the u.s. house of representatives. if you have something to say to me, stop bei