Abbott’s critics say he could have postponed the trip until the storm had passed, or at least cut it short once he saw the scale of the disaster.

The Texas State Preservation Board spent $7,500 to build custom picture frames for Patrick’s official portrait.

Former GOP officials and other prominent Republican figures in Texas, Michigan, Pennsylvania and Arizona are warning that their party’s candidates are a threat to democracy.

The Texas Legislature is considering bills banning trans student athletes from sports teams.

Republican Gov. Greg Abbott repeatedly dismissed concerns over the virus to reopen the state’s economy. And now that cases are spiking, he’s shifting blame to residents.

Republican lawmakers want to reopen the country’s economy. They admit doing so will lead to more loss of life.

Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick previously called on the elderly to sacrifice their lives by reopening business during the pandemic.

Republican Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick said elderly people at higher risk for the coronavirus would take care of themselves.

Republicans keep avoiding the real issue so they won’t have to deal with guns and the pro-gun lobby.

Fred Guttenberg, whose daughter was killed in the Parkland school shooting, said Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick ‘should be removed from office’ over his ‘moronic’ comments about guns.

Republicans will blame gun violence on anything other than guns. Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick took that to new levels of absurdity.