OM DENNE EPISODE
Stories we're following this morning at Progress Texas:
By appointing Don Huffines, the GOP nominee for Texas Comptroller, to that post in the middle of an election for it, signals an amazing degree of arrogance and disdain for Texas voters: https://www.houstonchronicle.com/politics/texas/article/don-huffines-greg-abbott-comptroller-22330470.php
...And to double that effect, his elevation of election denier and Christian crusader Nate Schatzline to a key election administration post shows his lack of concern for public confidence in that process: https://www.dallasnews.com/news/elections/article/abbott-appoints-election-denier-lead-election-22331096.php
...Meanwhile - could Texas Secretary of State Jane Nelson rescind her resignation and retain control over the November midterm? Abbott is largely powerless to fire her: https://www.chron.com/news/article/texas-secretary-of-state-jane-nelson-22330005.php
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