Gene Wu versus Dustin Burrows, himself, his caucus and more

Gene Wu talks to the Observer about how the House got rolled.

There's several interesting takeaways from this.

First, he says it's less about Dustin Burrows being further right than McDade Phelan, but more about the political youth of most of his top lieutenants.

Related, he supports the Dem Caucus (largely) rallying behind Burrows, while snidely dismissing the question about whether or not Dems could have held out longer.

Second, on vouchers, and the possibility of them being put on the ballot, he thinks Trump's personal phone call flipped many Republicans.

Third, he says Burrows broke many promises, but then refuses to name them. He then refuses to compare Burrows to Phelan.

Gene, you threw Dustin under the bus; you might as well eat the whole enchilada.

I mean, you did sort of throw Strangeabbott under the bus:

I don’t think people were scared of Abbott as much as they were scared of Trump. … In this day and age, saying that legislation is something that Governor Abbott wants is a dangerous proposition.

And, will your refusal to do similar to Burrows lead to somebody else challenging you for Dem House leadership in two years?

Later, Wu gives the portion of his own caucus that voted for constitutional amendments to ban certain taxes a pass. Why? House leadership pressure really? Many of your bills weren't going to pass anyway.

Half the interview comes off like Wu getting self-rolled or rick-rolled, or something.