2022 TX Governor's race: on Principles & Values
Allen West:
I don't serve Trump; I serve God, country and Texas
West said he would not be deterred by an incumbent having the endorsement of former President Donald Trump. Trump has already backed Abbott and Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick for reelection. "You know, I don't serve President Trump.
I serve God, country and Texas," West said. "So that does not affect me whatsoever."
Source: Texas Tribune on 2022 Texas Gubernatorial race
Jun 4, 2021
Allen West:
Likened Democrats to Nazis, Socialists, Communists
During his brief tenure in Congress, he made headlines when he said Nazi propagandist Joseph Goebbels would be impressed with the media tactics used by Democrats. He called
President Obama "a low-level Socialist agitator," according to news reports. He claimed to know that up to 81 members of the Democratic Party were members of the Communist Party.
Source: Houston Chronicle on 2022 Texas Gubernatorial race
Jul 6, 2021
Allen West:
Branded Texas GOP with motto used by QAnon
West quickly steered the GOP into unnecessary controversy regarding his adoption of a motto for the party--"We Are the Storm"--that's also used by followers of the QAnon conspiracy theory. The phrase comes from a popular meme: "Fate
whispered to the warrior, 'You cannot withstand the storm.' The warrior replied, 'I am the storm.' " (West has described the quote as a reference to Psalm 29, which talks about the voice of God being heard through a storm.)
Source: Texas Monthly on 2022 Texas Gubernatorial race
Dec 1, 2020
Allen West:
Religious coexistence "would give away our country"
During a March 2011 town hall, West talked about the "Coexist" movement, saying of their bumper stickers: "Every time I see one of those bumper stickers, I look at the person inside that is driving. Because that person
represents something that would give away our country. Would give away who we are, our rights and freedoms and liberties because they are afraid to stand up and confront that which is the antithesis, anathema of who we are."
Source: ThinkProgress.org on 2022 Texas Governor race
Jul 29, 2021
Allen West:
2020 election: Only one view of Constitution (pro-Trump)
After the U.S. Supreme Court jettisoned Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton's ludicrous lawsuit challenging election results in four other states, West reacted as I feared he would, including this: "Perhaps law-abiding states should bond together
and form a union of states that will abide by the Constitution." He believes his interpretation of the Constitution is the only one that matters when it comes to something as pivotal as the selection of a president of the United States of America.
Source: Austin American-Statesman on 2022 Texas Gubernatorial race
Dec 11, 2020
Chad Prather:
COVID: Would prefer UFOs to masks and vaccines
Prather was fired up about the growing number of Americans contracting COVID-19 after having been fully vaccinated. "We talked about the UFOs and the aliens last night," Prather began. "If you can hear me, if you've made contact, come pick me up.
I want to go with you." He went on to say he would rather go with the aliens than live life among the insanity related to COVID, masks, and vaccines.
Source: BlazeTV on 2022 Texas Governor race
May 21, 2021
Chad Prather:
I'm going to help Texas secede from socialism that's coming
I'm going to help Texas secede from the socialism that's coming.
Who's coming with us? #Prather2022
Source: Twitter posting on 2022 Texas Governor race
Nov 7, 2020
Deirdre Gilbert:
Suing to get on ballot after rejected by state officials
[On being rejected from the November ballot]: Deirdre Gilbert filed an additional lawsuit in the Supreme Court, Case No: 22-0818, concurrently with a lawsuit pending in the Third Court of Appeals, Austin, TX, requesting the courts to step in and mandate
election officials the Texas Secretary of State and the Director of Elections to include Gilbert's name on the Official List of Approved Candidates in the November Election. Gilbert says "she will not stop until her name is on the ballot in November."
Source: EIN Presswire on 2022 Texas Gubernatorial race
Sep 17, 2022
Deirdre Gilbert:
I believe that God has put me on the road for campaign
Experience or not, Gilbert believes she can do the job. "I've been around politics long enough to understand how it works and I possibly can tell you how government works in Austin better than some people," she said. "This is not just a fame and
fortune thing, but this is really something I believe that God has put me on the road to do," Gilbert said. "Now, I don't know at the end of that road whether if I'm going to win or not. But, I do know that the road that I'm running and I believe that
the road the other women are running as well, that there is a purpose [and] that we all have something in common: Maybe it is yes, we are Black females. But, I think we know, too, that we are capable of doing a job that they say we are incapable of
doing."
From lack of visibility to minimal donations, Gilbert said what she's currently experiencing isn't exclusive to her campaign. After talking with other Black women running for governor in their respective states, she found out she was not alone.
Source: Spectrum News on 2022 Texas Gubernatorial race
Nov 15, 2021
Don Huffines:
Republican leaders can't be trusted; don't follow platform
Many Republican leaders should not be trusted, Huffines warned. "They are duplicitous and they are liars," he said. "You know why? Because you might hold them accountable. You might hold them accountable to their campaign promises.
You might even hold them accountable to our party platform.""Have you ever seen our elected Republican leaders, our statewide leaders have this in their hand, our party platform?" Huffines said, brandishing a paper copy.
Source: Dallas Morning News on 2022 Texas Gubernatorial race
May 10, 2021
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