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Being A Texan May Just Be Better Than Being A Lawyer

A prominent Texas Republican said this.

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I’m not a lawyer, but I am a Texan. I’m disgusted by all this. Tell the lieutenant governor I don’t want the suicide of a single Texan on my hands.

— Joe Straus, Republican speaker of the Texas House, on refusing to sign on to any Texas “bathroom bill” that would legislate which restroom a transgender individual may use. This is emblematic of the divide in the Texas GOP between pragmatic, business-minded conservatives like Straus and Christian conservatives like Texas Governor Greg Abbott and Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick, who are pushing the controversial bathroom bill. You can read all about how Texas has become a bellwether of American politics in this illuminating piece by the New Yorker.

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