The congressman joins a handful of House Republicans who insist they’ll fund the government only when they get deep spending cuts and harsh border-control measures that have no chance of passing the Senate.
The Central Texas representative who is helping block Kevin McCarthy’s ascent to Speaker of the House has a long history of obstructionism.
Some Republicans expect Roy to pay a political price for upholding the Constitution, and Cruz to emerge stronger than ever.
The conservative incumbent has alienated members of his own party, leaving room for challenger Wendy Davis to pick off centrist voters in Texas’s Twenty-first Congressional District.
He’s as red as a rose; she’s as blue as the state flower. And now the two congressional candidates are locked in a throwdown in a district that is neither.
Plus, Chip Roy demands this pandemic set an end date already.
The Texas senator and congressman, along with Chip Roy, remain incorrigible in the face of the coronavirus.
Plus, Ted Cruz takes on Stephen King (again), Eliz Markowitz does her best Willie, America Ferrera leaves Vicente Gonzalez hanging, and more!
Plus, Chip Roy blames California, Paul Bettencourt targeted by liberal hackers, and other extremely on-brand happenings
Chip Roy, Chris Putnam, and the specters of Trump and Beto were also running this week.
At a meeting of Texas social conservatives, all anyone wanted to talk about (and eat) was Chick-fil-A
Congressman Roy and Senator Cruz urged Trump to print the census with a citizenship question despite a Supreme Court ruling. That would’ve been a dangerous precedent.
