Texas Scorecard By Michael Quinn Sullivan August 28, 2019
Speaker Bonnen is threatening the future of the Texas GOP.House Speaker Dennis Bonnen’s actions are threatening the future of Republicans in the Lone Star State. He has been caught in repeated lies yet refuses to retract his false statements. Meanwhile, the state’s GOP officials are standing idly by—choosing the convenience of cowardice over doing what’s morally right.
I am owed a retraction of the false public statements Bonnen has made about me and my organization.
He lost the opportunity to privately retract the unethical offer he made to me in his Capitol office. As Speaker of the Texas House, he had the undisputed authority to take official state actions. He offered those without solicitation in exchange for my political compliance.
Bonnen has also lost the ability to keep this matter private by apologizing for putting me in an untenable position. I gave him that opportunity in a private letter. He instead chose deceit aimed at discrediting me and misleading his caucus members.
Bonnen’s recklessness has already cost State Rep. Dustin Burrows (R-Lubbock) his position as chairman of the House Republican Caucus. How many more Republican officeholders will sacrifice themselves for Dennis Bonnen’s ego?
As we saw this spring, Bonnen will even rope his family in for the sake of a lie. He told media outlets that his wife and son were scared by a gun rights activist who came to the family’s door. Except video evidence provided by the Department of Public Safety shows the activist in question never even approached the house.
If Bonnen will embroil his family in a lie, everyone else is fair game.
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