Dodging debates — and democratic engagement — with Greg Abbott and Ken Paxton
Assclown Alert is a column of opinion, analysis and snark. Texas Republicans have spent decades cultivating the image that they’re tough hombres. They pose with guns. They vow to fight Washington, cartels, socialists, wokeness and whatever else Fox News reports is menacing the republic. And if they’re Gov. Greg Abbott, they’ve even perfected squinting and […]
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