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Editorial: Texas GOP platform betrays historical Texan and Republican values

Dan Patrick during a general meeting as part of the 2022 Republican Party of Texas State Convention at the George R. Brown Convention Center in Houston on June 17, 2022.

Texas is a fine state populated with many great people who do interesting and important things, most visibly in science, technology, energy and agriculture. Texans traditionally place a high value on individual autonomy and liberty.

The Republican Party gave us Abraham Lincoln, and he and the party saved the union from slavery and dissolution.

You might expect that together, Texas and the Republican

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