George Seay appeared on Larry King’s Politicking to talk about border security funding negotiations.
This article originally appeared in the San Antonio Express-News Forty years ago, the political earth moved. At least in Texas. For the first time since 1870,
George Seay appeared on the Jacki Daily Show on The Blaze Radio. Listen to the podcast here.
Beto O’Rourke exposed a blue spine in Texas politics that could remake the state’s congressional delegation and affect President Donald Trump’s re-election prospects in 2020.
By most measures, Republicans are still dominating in Texas. In this past election, the party won every statewide office – just like it has in the past two decades. This time around, however, the margins were close. So close, in fact, some Texas Republicans say they are nervous ahead of the 2020 presidential election.
In Texas, Midland oil magnate Tim Dunn’s evangelical reboot of the GOP has limited the party’s efforts to attract a broader constituency.
For Dan Crenshaw, fame came like “a sudden, blinding spotlight,” not unlike the IED blast that cost him an eye as a Navy SEAL in Afghanistan six years ago.
Joining a freshman class with at least 15 other veterans newly elected as U.S. House members, the Houston Republican is quickly emerging as one of the bright lights in a party that comes shuffling out of the midterm elections from a wave that put President Donald Trump in check and handed Democrats control of the House.
The Brett Kavanaugh nomination to the U.S. Supreme Court brought to light what was already apparent to many: America is bitterly divided ideologically, culturally and socially. Middle ground hasn’t disappeared, but it is rapidly fading from view. Both the left and the right have sharpened their views, become angrier, less tolerant of others and less magnanimous.
Recently, members of the State Board of Education came under scrutiny for recommending elimination of many famous historical figures from the classroom. They also initially recommended removing the word “heroic” in describing the Alamo defenders. Following an inevitable outcry, they retreated, unlike the heroic Alamo defenders.
George Seay joins MSNBC to discuss Ted Cruz’s reelection bid and the state of the 2018 senate campaign in Texas.
