Texas House Speaker Joe Straus: Texas and the Republican Party are "moving in opposite directions"

[TexasTowelie]

In a wide-ranging conversation with Texas Tribune CEO Evan Smith, Straus launched jabs at two fellow Republicans: Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick and President Donald Trump. He declined to weigh in on who should succeed him as the leader of the lower chamber.


By Alex Samuels, Texas Tribune


Republicans in the Texas House were dealt a big blow Tuesday night, losing 12 seats to Democrats and two in the Texas Senate.

Joe Straus, the Republican who has presided over the House for nearly a decade, said that's because win-at-all-cost politics may be effective at the state level, but "it creates carnage down-ballot in a changing state where a Republican Party and the state of Texas are moving in opposite directions."

The "small issues" that were popular among Republican primary voters didn't resonate in November, he said.

"Something had to give sooner or later," Straus said Wednesday morning.

In a wide-ranging conversation in his Capitol office with Texas Tribune CEO Evan Smith for the pilot episode of the Tribune's new podcast, Point of Order, Straus launched jabs at two fellow Republicans: Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick and President Donald Trump. Straus, who is leaving the House in January, declined to weigh in on who should succeed him as the leader of the lower chamber.

Read more: https://www.texastribune.org/2018/11/07/texas-house-speaker-joe-straus-midterm-election-results/

[duforsure]

1. Because of their policies , and support for a racist and corrupt trump

They'll continue to be replaced with Democrats at break neck speed, and soon will regret what they've done when they know it isn't acceptable any more by the people of Texas.

[Pope George Ringo II]

2. He's a principled Republican

I disagree with him, but he's not out to destroy the country and everybody in it who happens to be dissimilar. When you talk about the dwindling group of honest Republicans worthy of respect, he's on the list. I'll miss him. I think the state and eventually his party will miss him too.

[TexasTowelie]

3. I agree with your statement.

At least he was willing to listen to the other side and come up with reasonable legislation in most cases. I saw another article where Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick said that Straus wasn't much of a Republican so I don't see the two of them being best buds.