{"id":49449,"date":"2021-10-14T01:42:52","date_gmt":"2021-10-14T01:42:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/?p=49449"},"modified":"2021-10-14T01:42:52","modified_gmt":"2021-10-14T01:42:52","slug":"trump-might-primary-texas-speaker-huh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/?p=49449","title":{"rendered":"Trump might &#8216;primary&#8217; Texas speaker? Huh?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"twitter-share\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?via=jkanelis\" class=\"twitter-share-button\">Tweet<\/a><\/div>\n<figure id=\"attachment_46903\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-46903\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/1c97d8bca656bb605d8bcbb9a5e3711a.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-46903\" src=\"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/1c97d8bca656bb605d8bcbb9a5e3711a-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/1c97d8bca656bb605d8bcbb9a5e3711a-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/1c97d8bca656bb605d8bcbb9a5e3711a.jpg 703w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-46903\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u00a0REUTERS\/Octavio Jones<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Did I hear this correctly &#8230; that the 45th president of the U.S. might want to &#8220;primary&#8221; Texas House speaker Dade Phelan because of the way he is running the state House of Representatives?<\/p>\n<p>Phelan is a Beaumont Republican serving his first term as the Man of the House. He succeeded another GOP speaker, Dennis Bonnen, who got himself into a jam after he lied about whether he would sacrifice fellow GOP lawmakers in the 2020 legislative campaign.<\/p>\n<p>Donald Trump just needs to butt the hell out of Texas politics. We&#8217;ve got more than our fair share of nut jobs, fruit cakes and yahoos. We don&#8217;t need the former Yahoo in Chief meddling in our state&#8217;s business.<\/p>\n<p>Phelan isn&#8217;t my kind of pol, but he is working under extreme pressure, given Democrats&#8217; willingness and ability to stop the Legislature from doing its business, which they did already this year &#8230; and deservedly so.<\/p>\n<p>I am just weary in the extreme of seeing the 45th POTUS&#8217;s name attached to this and\/or that political skirmish.<\/p>\n<p>He annoys me in the extreme.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><a href=\"mailto:johnkanelis_92@hotmail.com\">johnkanelis_92@hotmail.com<\/a><\/p>\n\n<div class=\"twitter-share\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?via=jkanelis\" class=\"twitter-share-button\">Tweet<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Did I hear this correctly &#8230; that the 45th president of the U.S. might want to &#8220;primary&#8221; Texas House speaker Dade Phelan because of the way he is running the state House of Representatives? 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