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When you lie with tea baggers you could wake up with a bad taste in your mouth.

Randy Weber, the far white, insurrection loving, Congressman from League City is another Republican being eaten by the white MAGAts who have infested his party. These are the same MAGAts he invited and courted into the party, the same ones that support the twice impeached, 4 times indicted, porn star fucker. And now they have turned on him and others.

Weber has now been kicked out of the far white, extreme wing of the “Freedumb” Caucus. He wasn’t white enough for them and they didn’t have a hood big enough for his fat head. Weber is an extremist. He is pretty much just a piece of furniture. He can’t pass legislation. He is toxic. He believes his only job in Congress is to be a dick and he is very good at it. He hasn’t had a town hall meeting with his constituents during his 10 years in office.

Weber isn’t alone. The MAGAts have taken over the Republican National Committee led by Trump’s daughter in law and a known election denier. Donations will now go towards Trump’s legal bills. The white MAGAts have infested the Texas Legislature with help from a few billionaires, taking out a number of conservative legislators in the republican primary. The GOP is now a party of filth hell bent on chaos. They believe they are above the law but they use the law to file frivolous lawsuits concerning the mythical voter fraud. They can now usher in vouchers to continue eroding our public school system. They will not stop until they have eaten every conservative down to the bone.

This is what happens when you condone the behavior of a MAGAt. Your party is now infested. Bon appetit

This race is more disturbing than Who funded Erica Hughes against Judge Mike Engelhart.

Unlike Erica Hughes Judge Elect Boyd-Cora has little if any applicable experience for the 1st District Court of Appeals and yet she won. By a lot, 60-40. Don’t take my word for it. Go look at her list of experience posted on her website. (I’ll save you the time) Her site has a email that bounces and her phone number is listed as (123)456-7890 and it has nothing listed about her experience beside generic statements like:

As a judge, Amber vows to be a voice for the people, ensuring her decisions reflect the community’s needs and values. 

The Houston Chronicle summed up their endorsement of Kelly:

Challenger Amber Boyd-Cora, 43, has no experience in courts of appeal, while the incumbent, Peter Kelly, 60, was an appellate specialist before winning this place in 2018. It’s an easy call. 

So like I said with Erica Hughes “Why in the hell would anyone recruit and finance someone to challenge a great Democratic Judge who has served the Courts and the County honorably?”. I just don’t get it. Boyd-Cora doesn’t have the experience for the job. She doesn’t have the endorsements from the Democratic community, and she didn’t raise money.

According to the Texas Ethics Commission she only raised $12,856 yet spent $23,125. Those numbers don’t make sense. Her largest donation was $3100 for legal services. She spent $5000 on advertising, $7100 on fees, food, and fundraising, and $4300 on salaries for poll workers. As with Erica Hughes she donated $1750 to the Houston Black American Democrats for mailers. It is almost as if someone told her to just put her name on the ballot and she will win. And she did.

The Party needs to have a very serious discussion concerning those in the party who are recruiting and funding candidates who are challenging well qualified, honorable, elected officials. If not it will happen again and we will lose. Again.

It’s a good question and I don’t have any answers. Yet.

BTW. This has nothing to do with the qualifications of Judge Elect Erica Hughes. Her qualifications are impressive. Take a moment and read them. But the question remains “Why in the hell would anyone recruit and finance someone to challenge a great Democratic Judge who has served the Courts and the County honorably?”. Seriously there are judges who NEED to be challenged. Judge Engelhart was not one of them.

So, who recruited Ms Hughes? Who funded her campaign? According to her campaign finance reports it is clear she must have had help. It is very difficult to search the Texas Ethics Commission for organizations or donors that support candidates. There is no search function titled “Who supported [fill in the blank] and I don’t have a clue on how to start that type of search, but I do know this. Hughes must have had help.

According to her campaign finance reports Hughes only spent $23,125. Her largest expenditures was for signs $2641, and for mailers to the Houston Black American Democrats for $1750. She spent $5282 on fees, food, and fundraisers as well as $240 for hair and makeup. She also spent $4300 for poll workers. (which by the way, statistically, is NOT a great investment)

Hughes raised $55,000 with $38,000 coming from $1000 donations or more from about 26 donors. This includes $4100 for legal fees.

Democrats need to have a difficult conversation about what happened this past Tuesday. Judge Engelhart is a fantastic individual, a great Judge, and an asset to the community and our party. We did not deserve this.

It wasn’t nice. WFAA has a recap.

The cameras never showed the crowd but it sounded like it was big. And loud. You can view the public address section here starting at about 1:13:20 into the meeting. It runs for about 2 hours. Over 800 people were watching online.

The President of the Board made a statement at 1:02:00 about the Dutch film crew incident followed by Trustee Micah Young. Young claimed he was invited to participate by the Trustee who arranged the filming. He checked in at the front desk and not once questioned if the crew had a security clearance to be there, had permission from parents to film kids, or had permission to be there from the board. He knows the answers to these questions. The Board was never made aware of the film crew. He is on the board. He should have known this was wrong. He should have declined the invitation. He claims he didn’t know students were going to be filmed BUT HE KNEW THE FILM CREW WAS THERE. I bet he did know it was wrong but participated anyway.

An investigation is ongoing. I am sure there will be grievances filed then lawsuits. Lots of parents gave excellent 2 minute speeches as well as students and teachers. Some discussed the Dutch crew incident, the Motel 6 being built close to a school, and a play, The Laramie Project — a play about the aftermath of the 1998 murder of a gay student in Wyoming, that was cancelled by the Board. Some talked about all three. Many ended with “Hate is not a KISD value”. Only 2 people spoke in support of the board. There were multiple police present.

This isn’t over. I expect Young to resign in hopes that will satisfy the angry parents and stop any legal action against him.