The Texas GOP's executive committee and Chairman Abraham George did a TACO Trump level cave-in over censuring 10 GOP state Housecritters for going against the state House GOP caucus and voting for Dustin Burrows as Speaker. Five of the 10 before the potential firing squad, including Burrows, weren't even censured. The other five got a "local censure," which means a hand-slap without being blocked from the 2026 GOP primary ballot.
It's clear, per the piece and per comment by the party's legal counsel, that they feared being sued over it. They knew they would almost certainly lose, and they also feared distraction from another ballot issue.
That issue? Suing the state over its open primary laws, a suit which Kenny Boy officially joined, and without even an advance heads-up to Secretary of State Jane Nelson.
That said, per the first link, the party plans on revisiting it again at the state convention next summer.
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