Has this guy been in a coma for the past 8 years?
"Anti-Semitism, bigotry and Hitler apologists should find no sanctuary in the Republican party."
Texas speaker condemns conservative PAC leader for hosting white supremacist Nick Fuentes
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/poli...dan-patrick-to-redirect-donations/ar-AA1hVfB4
House Speaker Dade Phelan strongly condemned the leader of a major conservative PAC and demanded that elected officials — including Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick — return money they received from the group, one day after
The Texas Tribune reported that it had recently hosted well-known white supremacist Nick Fuentes.
"This (is) not just a casual misstep,” Phelan said in a statement. “It’s indicative of the moral, political rot that has been festering in a certain segment of our party for far too long. Anti-Semitism, bigotry and Hitler apologists should find no sanctuary in the Republican party. Period. We cannot – and must not – tolerate the tacit endorsement of such vile ideologies.”
Patrick responded shortly after, calling for Phelan to resign as speaker before 1 p.m. on Monday, when the Texas House is expected to gavel in for a special session on school vouchers and other contentious legislation.
The exchange comes one day after the
Tribune reported that Jonathan Stickland, the leader of Defend Texas Liberty PAC and a related consulting firm, Pale Horse Strategies, hosted Fuentes in Fort Worth for nearly 7 hours on Friday. Fuentes is an avowed admirer of Adolf Hitler, has called for “holy war” against Jews and said that "all I want is revenge against my enemies and a total Aryan victory.”
Acting on a tip, a Texas Tribune reporter and photographer observed Fuentes and others — including
Kyle Rittenhouse, who was acquitted of homicide after killing two Black Lives Matter protesters in 2020 — enter the one-story office of Pale Horse Strategies in Fort Worth. Republican Party of Texas Chair Matt Rinadli also was inside the office for about 45 minutes, though Rinaldi told the Tribune that he had no idea that Fuentes was there, condemned him outright and said he wouldn’t meet with him “in a million years.”
Defend Texas Liberty is funded by two
West Texas oil billionaires — Tim Dunn and Farris Wilks — who are also Attorney General Ken Paxton’s
biggest donors. Earlier this year, the group made headlines after it gave $3 million in loans and donations to Patrick ahead of Paxton’s impeachment trial in the Texas Senate, over which Patrick presided.
Phelan — who has long been at odds with Patrick — directly called out Patrick in his statement, which comes as tension between the two have escalated to new heights in the wake of Paxton’s impeachment trial. Phelan also demanded Monday that “any elected official” who has received money from Defend Texas Liberty or its affiliated organizations “to immediately redirect every single cent of those contributions to a charitable organization of his or her choice.”
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