Mark Z. Barabak: Forget decency. In today's politics it's all about nastiness and party loyalty
Last weekend, the Texas Republican Party voted to punish one of its own. Tony Gonzales, a two-term congressman from San Antonio, was censured for, among other things, backing a modest gun safety law after 19 children and two teachers were slaughtered at an elementary school in Uvalde. The day after the party issued its condemnation, Texas Rep. Ronny Jackson appeared on Fox News (motto: "Lying ...
by Mark Z. Barabak, Los Angeles Times
Mar 09, 2023
3 minutes
Last weekend, the Texas Republican Party voted to punish one of its own.
Tony Gonzales, a two-term congressman from San Antonio, was censured for, among other things, backing a modest gun safety law after 19 children and two teachers were slaughtered at an elementary school in Uvalde.
The day after the party issued its condemnation, Texas Rep. Ronny Jackson appeared on Fox News (motto: " for fun and profit") where he cracked wise about the removal of a cancerous growth
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