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Bird Poo said:
Hey Frisco Ags. Your boy voted with the Democrats.

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Jared Patterson is one of the most hard right Republicans in the TX House. His voting record in the 88th placed him 15 of 150 on the most conservative chart.

He's also the top LT for the current regime and would've lost a large swathe of legislative power with Cook as the Speaker. He's arguably second or third most influential member in the House with Burrows as Speaker

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https://www.statesman.com/story/news/politics/state/2025/01/15/dustin-burrows-texas-legislature-2025-house-speaker-how-each-member-voted/77723850007/

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CrackerJackAg said:

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Go listen to the podcast with Ken Paxton after his charges were dropped, and they lifted the gag order on him being able to publicly speak

I think it was on Tucker

He explains all of it there

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The RINO’s in the Texas House are still at it. Trying to lie their way out of what they did to overturn the will of the voters. This was the first interview where I was able to fully tell the truth from my perspective. I will continue to expose the lies. Texans, you are my… https://t.co/gGqAWlXrAG

— Attorney General Ken Paxton (@KenPaxtonTX) January 19, 2024

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IndividualFreedom said:

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How many of you voted for Lacey Hull? I would have if in my district.

- Never Again, do not forget.

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https://www.statesman.com/story/news/politics/state/2025/01/15/dustin-burrows-texas-legislature-2025-house-speaker-how-each-member-voted/77723850007/

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above is who voted for who.

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— Zebra Strong Mama (@ZebraStrongMama) January 15, 2025

aggiese72 said:

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My representative who represents Fayette County, Stan Kitzman '88 and former BQ, voted for Burrows. Too bad!!

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HTownAg98 said:

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You can expel them, censure, do whatever you want to them, but there's no way to stop them from filing in a Republican primary and running again.

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HTownAg98 said:

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And that's also illegal. If they meet the requirements as outlined in the state election code, the party chair shall include them on a primary ballot. Period. It's up to the voters to decide if that candidate best represents the ideals of the party. If someone challenges this, it will be overturned.

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Logos Stick said:

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HTownAg98 said:

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And that's also illegal. If they meet the requirements as outlined in the state election code, the party chair shall include them on a primary ballot. Period. It's up to the voters to decide if that candidate best represents the ideals of the party. If someone challenges this, it will be overturned.

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It is not illegal and it won't be overturned. You should crack open the US constitution sometime, specifically the 1st amendment.

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A request made under the provisions of Article 13.12 for a place as a candidate on a party primary ballot imports a present good faith intention of affiliating with the party. Past or present words or conduct may open that intention to doubt and question. But party officers and Executive Committees may not decide the issue against the candidate and so deciding refuse to place his name on the party primary ballot. This Court so held in Love v. Wilcox, 119 Tex. 256, 28 S.W.2d 515, 525, 70 A.L.R. 1484. We there said that "The power to pass on the sincerity of the candidate's pledge and to indorse or condemn his past party record is to be exercised by the party voters." Further, we quoted with approval from an opinion of the Attorney General as follows: "If proper application is made the committee should place the name of the candidate on the ballot and the members of the party the voters themselves would be the best judges of his fidelity to the party and make that decision at the polls."

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txwxman said:

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Need to clean house of the RINOs. Abbott, Patrick, Paxton would be a good start.

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HTownAg98 said:

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Logos Stick said:

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HTownAg98 said:

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And that's also illegal. If they meet the requirements as outlined in the state election code, the party chair shall include them on a primary ballot. Period. It's up to the voters to decide if that candidate best represents the ideals of the party. If someone challenges this, it will be overturned.

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It is not illegal and it won't be overturned. You should crack open the US constitution sometime, specifically the 1st amendment.

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You should look at SCoTx precedent that says otherwise.
https://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=11003288982219520028&hl=en&as_sdt=6&as_vis=1&oi=scholarr

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A request made under the provisions of Article 13.12 for a place as a candidate on a party primary ballot imports a present good faith intention of affiliating with the party. Past or present words or conduct may open that intention to doubt and question. But party officers and Executive Committees may not decide the issue against the candidate and so deciding refuse to place his name on the party primary ballot. This Court so held in Love v. Wilcox, 119 Tex. 256, 28 S.W.2d 515, 525, 70 A.L.R. 1484. We there said that "The power to pass on the sincerity of the candidate's pledge and to indorse or condemn his past party record is to be exercised by the party voters." Further, we quoted with approval from an opinion of the Attorney General as follows: "If proper application is made the committee should place the name of the candidate on the ballot and the members of the party the voters themselves would be the best judges of his fidelity to the party and make that decision at the polls."

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txwxman said:

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Need to clean house of the RINOs. Abbott, Patrick, Paxton would be a good start.

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Ummm...sure.

We get it. Your folks got their man in Burrows.

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coconutED said:

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So, when do the censures actually happen? You'd think the RPoT would've at least had a statement ready to go the moment the vote was finalized, but so far not a peep.

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aTmAg said:

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The System said:

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Ellis Wyatt said:

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txwxman said:

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Need to clean house of the RINOs. Abbott, Patrick, Paxton would be a good start.

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Ummm...sure.

We get it. Your folks got their man in Burrows.

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Here we go. The age old F16 argument of which conservative is a real conservative. Never gets old. You better toe the tea party line, or you get labeled RINO, leftist, Kamala voter.

I'll save you a few keystrokes….yes the username checks out.

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Dude.. if a person gets appointed speaker by more democrat votes than republican, then they are NOT a conservative.

Nobody is buying your BS.

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The System said:

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aTmAg said:

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The System said:

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Ellis Wyatt said:

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txwxman said:

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Need to clean house of the RINOs. Abbott, Patrick, Paxton would be a good start.

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Ummm...sure.

We get it. Your folks got their man in Burrows.

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Here we go. The age old F16 argument of which conservative is a real conservative. Never gets old. You better toe the tea party line, or you get labeled RINO, leftist, Kamala voter.

I'll save you a few keystrokes….yes the username checks out.

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Dude.. if a person gets appointed speaker by more democrat votes than republican, then they are NOT a conservative.

Nobody is buying your BS.

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So is it just the SoH that's the antifa scum, or is it every GOP rep that voted for him?

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txags92 said:

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The System said:

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Ellis Wyatt said:

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txwxman said:

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Need to clean house of the RINOs. Abbott, Patrick, Paxton would be a good start.

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Ummm...sure.

We get it. Your folks got their man in Burrows.

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Here we go. The age old F16 argument of which conservative is a real conservative. Never gets old. You better toe the tea party line, or you get labeled RINO, leftist, Kamala voter.

I'll save you a few keystrokes….yes the username checks out.

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Seems pretty straightforward to me really. The guy who broke the rules he helped write for how republicans were supposed to vote for speaker and who got the majority of his votes from democrats is less conservative than the guy who followed the rules and who received the majority of his votes from republicans. There is absolutely no question he made deals with democrats to receive their support like that, and we won't know what those deals were until major republican priorities (like school choice) suddenly "run into procedural hurdles" or "die in committee due to the lack of a floor vote", etc. When those things happen, we will find out what parts of the republican party platform Dustin Burrows bargained away in return for his own grasp on the levers of power.

There is a time and place for "bipartisanship" and "reaching across the aisle to get things done". And that time is when we as conservatives collectively get something in return for what we gave away. In this case, what Texans who voted for conservative governance are receiving in return for giving away major parts of our agenda is a big fat zero. What Dustin Burrows got was a continuation of the Dennis Bonnen/Dade Phelan power cabal holding the levers of power and deciding which pieces of legislation get the opportunity to see the light of day.

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aTmAg said:

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aTmAg said:

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The System said:

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Ellis Wyatt said:

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txwxman said:

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Need to clean house of the RINOs. Abbott, Patrick, Paxton would be a good start.

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Ummm...sure.

We get it. Your folks got their man in Burrows.

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Here we go. The age old F16 argument of which conservative is a real conservative. Never gets old. You better toe the tea party line, or you get labeled RINO, leftist, Kamala voter.

I'll save you a few keystrokes….yes the username checks out.

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Dude.. if a person gets appointed speaker by more democrat votes than republican, then they are NOT a conservative.

Nobody is buying your BS.

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So is it just the SoH that's the antifa scum, or is it every GOP rep that voted for him?

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Every GOP person who voted for him is a scumbag and should be primaried. Does that clear it up?

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The System said:

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aTmAg said:

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The System said:

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aTmAg said:

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The System said:

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Ellis Wyatt said:

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txwxman said:

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Need to clean house of the RINOs. Abbott, Patrick, Paxton would be a good start.

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Ummm...sure.

We get it. Your folks got their man in Burrows.

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Here we go. The age old F16 argument of which conservative is a real conservative. Never gets old. You better toe the tea party line, or you get labeled RINO, leftist, Kamala voter.

I'll save you a few keystrokes….yes the username checks out.

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Dude.. if a person gets appointed speaker by more democrat votes than republican, then they are NOT a conservative.

Nobody is buying your BS.

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So is it just the SoH that's the antifa scum, or is it every GOP rep that voted for him?

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Every GOP person who voted for him is a scumbag and should be primaried. Does that clear it up?

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If I threw a rock into a big group of politicians, I'd hit a scumbag. It's pretty much a prerequisite for the position.

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aTmAg said:

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The System said:

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aTmAg said:

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The System said:

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aTmAg said:

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The System said:

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Ellis Wyatt said:

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txwxman said:

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Need to clean house of the RINOs. Abbott, Patrick, Paxton would be a good start.

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Ummm...sure.

We get it. Your folks got their man in Burrows.

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Here we go. The age old F16 argument of which conservative is a real conservative. Never gets old. You better toe the tea party line, or you get labeled RINO, leftist, Kamala voter.

I'll save you a few keystrokes….yes the username checks out.

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Dude.. if a person gets appointed speaker by more democrat votes than republican, then they are NOT a conservative.

Nobody is buying your BS.

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So is it just the SoH that's the antifa scum, or is it every GOP rep that voted for him?

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Every GOP person who voted for him is a scumbag and should be primaried. Does that clear it up?

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If I threw a rock into a big group of politicians, I'd hit a scumbag. It's pretty much a prerequisite for the position.

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But at least the non-RINOs would actually be conservative and give a rats ass about the state as much as their own "careers".

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1836er said:

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Voting history means almost nothing, as the the outcome of every meaningful vote that is allowed to be taken is already known by the time it reaches the floor.

All that really matters is the rules, who chairs the committees, and who is on the committees.

In fact, for many of these "Republicans" who always end up siding with the Democrats' choice for speaker (Straus, Bonnen, Phelan, Burrows), touting their voting history is one of the main tricks they use to disguise from their own voters the fact that they're the ones who are actually getting in the way of enacting the Republican agenda.

They can say, "See... look how conservative I am... I voted the right way on all the bills," drawing attention away from the very fact that it was those same "conservative" legislators who conspired with the Democrats to ensure that major parts of the conservative agenda never got to the floor in the first place (or where "watered down" to appease the Democrats/establishment when they did get to the floor for a vote, or had "poison pills" inserted into them).

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The System said:

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Ellis Wyatt said:

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txwxman said:

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Need to clean house of the RINOs. Abbott, Patrick, Paxton would be a good start.

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Ummm...sure.

We get it. Your folks got their man in Burrows.

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Here we go. The age old F16 argument of which conservative is a real conservative. Never gets old. You better toe the tea party line, or you get labeled RINO, leftist, Kamala voter.

I'll save you a few keystrokes….yes the username checks out.

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aTmAg said:

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The System said:

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aTmAg said:

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The System said:

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aTmAg said:

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The System said:

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aTmAg said:

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The System said:

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Ellis Wyatt said:

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txwxman said:

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Need to clean house of the RINOs. Abbott, Patrick, Paxton would be a good start.

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Ummm...sure.

We get it. Your folks got their man in Burrows.

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Here we go. The age old F16 argument of which conservative is a real conservative. Never gets old. You better toe the tea party line, or you get labeled RINO, leftist, Kamala voter.

I'll save you a few keystrokes….yes the username checks out.

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Dude.. if a person gets appointed speaker by more democrat votes than republican, then they are NOT a conservative.

Nobody is buying your BS.

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So is it just the SoH that's the antifa scum, or is it every GOP rep that voted for him?

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Every GOP person who voted for him is a scumbag and should be primaried. Does that clear it up?

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If I threw a rock into a big group of politicians, I'd hit a scumbag. It's pretty much a prerequisite for the position.

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But at least the non-RINOs would actually be conservative and give a rats ass about the state as much as their own "careers".

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Their job is to represent the constituents of their District. It's not to give Texags F16 their wish list.

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They LIED to their constituents when they joined the Republican party, vowed to support the winner of the GOP caucus, and then refused to do so when their man didn't win.

That is not serving their district.

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