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Allen West announces he is running against Gov. Greg Abbott in Republican primary
Texas GOP Chairman Allen West announced Sunday he is running for governor, challenging fellow Republican Greg Abbott.
The announcement was made during at appearance by West at Sojourn Church in Carrollton, where the former Florida congressman played a video launching his campaign.
“I’ve not been in elected political office for about a decade, but I can no longer sit on the sidelines and see what has happened in these United States of America and … the place that I call home,” West said in the video, which was preceded by West reading aloud the
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Allen West, Chairman of the Texas Republican Party, speaks at a luncheon of Republican National Hispanic Assembly members Feb. 11, 2021, at the Bush Convention Center.Tim Fischer, Photographer / Midland Reporter-Telegram
If political success were measured by how frequently you dropped the term “Orwellian” into your everyday patter, Allen West would be a lock to win the 2022 race for governor.
If election contests were decided by how many organizations you can refer to as “Marxist,” West would be president for life.
Without a doubt, contemporary Republican Party voters have a way of rewarding candidates who traffic in conspiracy, paranoia, doomsday prophecy, gun fetishization and extravagant displays of patriotism and religiosity. After all, Marjorie Taylor Greene, Lauren Boebert and Madison Cawthorn didn’t make it to Capitol Hill on the strength of their policy chops.
The Texas GOP chairman made his campaign official Sunday.
Texas GOP Chairman Allen West announced Sunday he is running for governor, challenging fellow Republican Greg Abbott.
The announcement was made during at appearance by West at Sojourn Church in Carrollton, where the former Florida congressman played a video launching his campaign.
“I’ve not been in elected political office for about a decade, but I can no longer sit on the sidelines and see what has happened in these United States of America and . the place that I call home, West said in the video, which was preceded by West reading aloud the Declaration of Independence to the churchgoers gathering on July Fourth.
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