Covey Calls Out Phelan For Not Voting On SB4

Border security is the number one issue for Republican voters.

The runoff between failed Texas House Speaker Dade Phelan and challenger David Covey continues to heat up. During a recent dust-up, Covey attacked Phelan for not voting on SB4, the immigration bill so many in the Texas Legislature hid behind to survive the March 5th “incumbentocaust.” Now it’s in judicial purgatory, but most in Texan politics insist on its greatness.

Phelan bashed Covey after Covey revealed Phelan was the ONLY Republican to not vote for SB4. Phelan defended himself, claiming he, as Speaker, “rarely” votes on things. He posted an essay-length obfuscation on X. As a wise man once said, “When you’re explaining, you’re losing.”

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Some Texas law enforcement groups are already refusing to enforce SB4.

Some are backing Phelan, saying he’s the Speaker, so he can’t vote on things.

While uncommon, the Texas House Speaker is fully able to vote on bills, which Phelan has done often, so it’s nonsensical to hide behind this. There’s no actual rule prohibiting the Speaker from voting on legislative matters.

Phelan voted on several matters, like the Slaton impeachment, the Paxton impeachment, and other bills marked down as “Mr. Speaker.”

He voted on HR 1542, which expelled disgraced ex-Rep. Bryan Slaton from the Texas House.

He also backed impeaching Attorney General Ken Paxton via HR 2377, which turned out to be among his most infamous decisions, potentially leading to the downfall of many of his allies.

Phelan voted for HJR 132, which was to ban a thing that was already illegal in Texas: a wealth tax.

He even supported HB 16, which was a juvenile “criminal justice reform” bill that allows authorities to consider “mitigating evidence” in juvenile cases, which can mean whatever Soros judges want it to mean.

To finally end the list, he also voted on the budget, medicaid for new moms (HB 12), and some tax stuff (HB 2 and HB 5.) Despite all of these votes and more, Phelan would not vote on the number one issue for millions of Americans, particularly Texans: border security.

By and large, many of these votes seem less principled, and more about political maneuvering. Even if this is general tradition, there is no excuse to be this tone deaf on an issue deciding the fate of Texas. Remember, precedent is just peer pressure from dead people.

With such nonsensicality, it’s no wonder he basically got excommunicated by the Texas GOP.

Dade Phelan Has Essentially Been Kicked Out of the Republican Party

Now, with a high likelihood of defeat by Covey, he’s scrambling to appear more useful than he actually was. With only 27% of incumbents surviving runoffs, we doubt this tactic will succeed.

The tradition of not voting is dumb anyway; next session, perhaps we need a more open and active Speaker. No matter what happens in the May runoffs, the end of Speaker Phelan is inevitable, regardless of how high-effort his tangents are.

Phelan’s damage control department right now.