Republican House members voted recently on Rep. Liz Cheney's (R-WY) leadership position. They did so secretly.
Liz Cheney, the third-highest-ranking Republican in the House, held on to her title as House GOP conference chair during a secret ballot Wednesday.
Three sources said the vote among Republican House members was 145-61.
A number of Republicans, including Rep. August Pfluger (R-TX), want to take away U.S. citizens right to vote anonymously with their proposed bill.
Requires voters to produce a matching SSN printed on their ballot in federal elections
It's already tough to vote in Texas.
Texas maintains an in-person voter registration deadline 30 days prior to Election Day, has reduced the number of polling stations in some parts of the state by more than 50% and has the most restrictive pre-registration law in the country.
Add the Republican Party's desire for a citizen vote on secession from the United States.
The Texas Republican party has endorsed legislation that would allow state residents to vote whether to secede from the United States..The British might counsel Texas Rep. Chair Allen West to not divert citizen attention with an exit vote, because it can backfire. Texas has been a state much longer than Britain was in the European Union.
I don't expect Rep. Pfluger of Chair Allen West to listen to my feedback but they will listen to corporate donors, many currently on pause for those voting against election certification the early morning hours of January 7th, post Capital Hill insurrection.
Texas is "wide open for business" and many of those moving to the Lone Star State don't want the complexity of TEXIT. Hopefully Pfluger's funders don't want their SSN on their federal ballot either.
Update 3-20-21: Former President George W. Bush gave a blunt "No" to the question of whether he thought the election was stolen from Trump.
Update 6-16-21: Senate Leader Mitch McConnell showed his hypocritical side.
Update 10-27-21: Conservative commentator Max Boot pinned the blame for the GOP’s “descent into madness and sedition” firmly on its leadership “or lack thereof” in his latest column for The Washington Post. Boot torched prominent Donald Trump-adoring Republicans — including House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (Calif.), Texas Gov. Greg Abbott and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis — as “unprincipled opportunists” who have embraced the “lunatic fringe” of their party and allowed it to “be captured by the crazies.”
Update 12-4-21: Wingnuts are so emboldened they are running for office. Legislative agendas are not needed for the Red Team, according to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell.
