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The Texas Tribune reports:
Former Texas House Speaker Joe Straus said on Thursday that Midland oil magnate Tim Dunn, one of the state’s most powerful and influential GOP megadonors, once told him that only Christians should hold leadership positions in the lower chamber. Straus, a Republican who is Jewish, relayed the encounter in an interview with former Texas Tribune CEO Evan Smith at the LBJ School of Public Affairs.
Straus’ confirmation of the comments comes as Dunn’s political empire continues to face scrutiny for its ties to avowed white supremacists and antisemites. In October, The Texas Tribune reported that Jonathan Stickland, the then-leader of Dunn’s most powerful political action committee, hosted prominent white supremacist and Adolf Hitler admirer Nick Fuentes at his office for nearly seven hours.
Read the full article. Not only is Dunn a fracking billionaire, he’s a pastor. He and another fracking billionaire pastor donated $5 million to Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick days before Patrick oversaw the impeachment trial of AG Ken Paxton. Watch the clip about Dunn below.
Texas GOP exec. committee member agrees with Tim Dunn that only Christians should be leaders. Rachel Horton also fought a Texas GOP ban on antisemites + Holocaust deniers that was proposed after we found numerous white supremacists tied to Dunn’s groups (including Nick Fuentes). pic.twitter.com/PigkuPxjim
— Robert Downen (@RobertDownen_) April 4, 2024