Many People Are Saying (11/1/24)
Weekly Texas rumors, gossip, and other things we're hearing.
Welcome to “Many People Are Saying,” our once a week paid-subscriber article where we feature rumors we’re hearing, inside gossip in the political world, and other interesting things going on in our great state of Texas.
This week:
Republican Candidate Sends Out Fake Endorsement Text.
Are Highland Park Voters Being Extorted?
Denton County GOP Chair Kicks Entire Staff From Mailchimp Account?
County GOP Advertises Zoom Call With Speaker Johnson, and a Failed Pres. Candidate.
Republican Congressional Candidate Sends Out Fake Endorsement Text
Darrell Day, a Republican candidate for Congressional District 32 (a spot previously occupied by Colin Allred), sent out a mass text message Wednesday night promoting an endorsement from a precinct chair that never endorsed him. Additionally, he claimed that said precinct chair paid for the text blast.
That precinct chair happened to be Tony Ortiz, the publisher of Current Revolt.
The mass-text also falsely claimed that Ortiz had paid for this political advertisement.
When Ortiz reached out to Day for a correction, Day confirmed he would send out a text blast retracting the error but told Ortiz it was “odd” he couldn’t use Ortiz’s name for an endorsement he never received.
At the time of publishing no retraction or correction has been made.
Day currently faces a race against House Rep Julie Johnson.
Johnson received 17,633 votes in her Democrat primary race.
Day received 3,394 votes in his Republican primary race.
Are Highland Park Voters Being Extorted?
In Texas, the state government is fiscally responsible. Never carrying debt and always balancing the budget (by law), you can count on staunch fiscal conservatism coming from every member of the Texas House and Senate.
As for the other government entities in Texas, like cities and school districts—it’s like Girls Gone Wild with an endless stream of bond elections. Our elite readers will want to read till the end.