Tag Archives: Don Huffines

The Huffington Post reports: A Republican candidate for governor of Texas says he will not fire a prominent white nationalist activist from his staff, despite extensive evidence of the staffer’s past leadership role in a deeply racist and anti-Semitic group. Don Huffines, a former Texas state senator and one of three Republicans running in a primary against Texas Gov. Greg …

The Texas Tribune reports: Texas’ child welfare agency removed a webpage that offered resources to LGBTQ youth following complaints by one of  Gov. Greg Abbott’s GOP primary challengers, according to internal agency communications. The Texas Department of Family and Protective Services webpage, which provides information to children in the foster care system, included information about a suicide prevention hotline, LGBTQ …

The Hill reports: A Texas agency has removed its resource page for LGBT youth after a Republican candidate challenging Gov. Greg Abbott (R) in next year’s election claimed tax dollars were being used to “advocate for transgender ideology.” Republican Don Huffines, a conservative activist and owner of a real estate development company, said the state’s Department of Family and Protective …