Bay Area Houston

What is with all the violence in the Republican Party?

A right wing blogger, Aubrey Taylor, who publishes an online publication called Houston Business Connections, (It’s a blog) was indicted yesterday for assaulting the chair of Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee campaign. He has ties to Steven Hotze an extreme far right influencer of the Harris County Republican Party who also has been charged with a felony, although much more serious. From The Texas Tribune:

Conservative activist Steven Hotze on Wednesday was indicted on two felony charges related to his alleged involvement in an air conditioning repairman being held at gunpoint in 2020 during a bizarre search for fraudulent mail ballots that did not exist, according to his attorney, Gary Polland.

A former Houston Policeman held an AC repairman at gun point because he thought the truck had thousands of illegal mail in ballots. He was also indicted. The AC repairman has filed a civil suit. This is some strange shit involving the US Marshalls, Texas Lt Governor Dan Patricks brother, and a recorded phone call. Do yourself a favor and read The Washington Post article.

Back to Aubrey Taylor. Taylor is accused of harassing and assaulting a 66 year old volunteer with the Lee campaign at the campaign office. Taylor is a relatively young buck. He has been charged with a felony assault of an elderly person. Taylor has retained Jared Woodfill as his attorney for a civil suit claiming he knocked the shit out of the old man in self defense. Jared is also representing Hotze. Jared was once the Chair of the Harris County Republican Party. Jared himself has had a run in with the law resulting in a raid by the FBI.

How fucked up is this? I mean seriously. As a blogger I’ve been known to be a bit extreme. I might have cussed the living shit out of State Representative Dennis Paul in the greenbelt behind my house after the Uvalde shooting but I would never resort to knocking the shit out of him. I mean, come on! Who does that?

This ought to be interesting. In the meantime Democrats should steer clear of this dude.

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