Many People Are Saying (2/23/24)
Weekly Texas rumors, gossip, and projects we're working on.
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 projects and pieces we’re working on that we haven’t published yet.
This week:
The Bianca Gracia Campaign is having a meltdown.
A quick Steven Crowder divorce update.
Paxton staffer threatens Drew Springer with JAILTIME!
The Bianca Gracia Campaign is Having a Meltdown
Earlier this week, Bianca Gracia, Republican candidate for HD128, accused her incumbent opponent, Briscoe Cain, of “doxxing” her phone number in a mass text message sent to the district.
The text message that was sent out included an image that had a disclaimer stating that it was paid for by the “American Values First PAC and not authorized by any candidate or candidate’s committee.”
Despite this, Thomas Cruz, a volunteer for Gracia who is also running for the precinct chair spot currently occupied by Bergundi Cain, put the blame on Cain.
Thomas Cruz would go on to call Bergundi Cain at 11 p.m. at night, demanding that she retract the flyer and issue an apology for “doxxing” Bianca Gracia.
We spoke with Mrs. Cain, who confirmed the call. She also informed Cruz that she was Bergundi Cain and not Briscoe Cain, whom he probably meant to call.
We called Thomas Cruz for comment. Before answering questions, he asked us to prove we were right-wing.
Cruz said the claims that Bianca Gracia was anti-Trump were ridiculous because she was recently at Mar-a-Lago.
Anyone can go to Mar-a-Lago, by the way; it just costs around $1,000 in a donation to the Trump campaign.
Cruz stated that he received an email (it was a text) doxxing Gracia and demanded that Briscoe Cain denounce it. Cruz then went on, claiming we were Democrats and Liberals, among other things, called himself a grumpy old man, and ended the call.
The complaints of doxxing among the Gracia camp seem a bit odd considering Gracia herself has threatened her enemies with doxxing.
Gracia is often labeled as “anti-Trump” for stating that Trump was being punished by God and that it was the reason he wasn’t in the White House.
Gracia also suggested that Trump had perhaps "offended the Lord" in "some big way," and was being punished for it with his 2020 election loss and ensuing problems.
Trump’s own campaign also disavowed Latinos for Trump, a group in which Gracia was president for, in 2019 for using his name to raise money.
The president’s campaign also disavowed several other groups over the past months, including Latinos for Trump, Latinos for the President and Support American Leaders PAC.
Interesting.
A Quick Steven Crowder Update
We’ve previously covered Steven Crowder’s very public divorce, where his lawyer falsely accused us of recording court proceedings and had our phone confiscated.
We now have an interesting update.
It seems Steven Crowder is suing his wife, wife’s family, and wife’s friend for tortious interference.
There’s been a ton of back and forth and several denials of dismissal.
A full copy of the court info can be found here:
We’ll follow up with more info when we have it.
Advisor to AG Ken Paxton Threatens Senator Drew Springer With Jail Time
Another day, another drama-filled argument on X, this time between Michelle Smith, advisor to Ken Paxton, and Senator Drew Springer.
Earlier this week, Senator Drew Springer posted what he claims is proof that Michelle Smith’s home is going into foreclosure.
Smith responded by reminding Springer who she worked for and said he would be going to jail!
A large part of this fight started when Springer came out actively wanting the Texas Senate to reopen impeachment proceedings on AG Ken Paxton.
“At this stage, and the point of this letter, I am asking the Senate whether there is a legal mechanism to reopen the impeachment proceedings,” Springer wrote. “Failure to at least consider this possibility runs the risk of AG Paxton making a mockery of the Texas Senate.” - Drew Springer
Springer’s letter came days after Paxton announced he would not contest the facts of the whistleblower lawsuit in an attempt to end it without having to testify under oath. The lawsuit was filed in 2020 by a group of former top deputies who said they were improperly fired for telling federal authorities they believed Paxton was abusing his office to help a wealthy friend and donor, Nate Paul.
Paxton’s recent reversal in the whistleblower lawsuit was especially striking because one of the articles of impeachment that he was acquitted on alleged that he violated the Texas Whistleblower Act. Springer wrote that Paxton “completely changed his position in less than four months.”
Nick Fuentes Attacks Current Revolt
Earlier in the week we reported on a developing story where a precinct chair in Nacogdoches, Texas was accused of flirting with underage boys. It was later revealed that some of the evidence/screenshots against him were faked.
Hours after we published our story, Nick Fuentes, who many online describe as a “White nationalist, misogynist, and homophobe” posted 3 messages to his Telegram channel of 50,000 subscribers complaining about our coverage.
He falsely claims that we were “vigorously” defending Cook in our article, which he clearly didn’t read, because we even reminded readers that some of the direct messages were real.
When he realized he had embarrassed himself with his false accusation, he changed his complaint.
He also directed his subscribers to demand that Ortiz “disavow” Cook, a silly demand considering we never endorsed Cook. This lead to around 130 of his subscribers spamming Ortiz’ X post.
The bigger question is why would Illinois resident, Nick Fuentes, care so much about a precinct chair race in Nacogdoches, Texas? A city with a population of 32,000 people.
We have no idea.
Fuentes takes issue with the idea that Cook was talking to “17 year old boys” despite once saying he needed to find his “untouched 16 year old wife” “right when her milk is good” when he “turns 30 or something.”
Odd.
That’s it for this week. We’ll see you out there.
Nick Fuentes is definitely a pedophile! Didn’t Latinos for Trump have a rally with him back in the day? Not sure, pretty sure it was discussed!