MONITORING THE SITUATION (4/27/26)
RPT lawyer runs ads against state rep. Schaffer's lawyers withdraw from his divorce case.
Texas is currently producing situations at a concerning rate. Here are a few we are monitoring for you.
RPT General Counsel Pays For Attack Ad On State Rep Brian Harrison
Elijah Schaffer’s Lawyers File Motion to Withdraw From His Divorce Case
RPT General Counsel Pays For Attack Ad On State Rep Brian Harrison
In a screenshot provided to Current Revolt of an ad running on the social media platform X, Republican Party of Texas General Counsel Rachel Hooper is running a paid campaign critical of State Representative Brian Harrison.
The ad contains a thread critical of Harrison being the lone opponent of House Bill 1, the Youth CAMPER Act, requiring youth camps to create and submit emergency action plans for events like flooding.
The July 4, 2025 Camp Mystic flood along the Guadalupe River killed 25 youth campers and 2 counselors known as Heaven’s 27, with families alleging preventable negligence, prompting the special session legislation. The Youth Camper Act passed 136-1 back in August of last year.
Harrison initially supported the bill, then opposed it after Democrats added floor amendments. He said the changes crossed the line. The line, apparently, was whether children’s cabins should be built on floodplains.
Later, around 200 Christian youth camps reportedly told Harrison they may face closure due to the new regulations enacted by the Youth Camper Act.
Those concerns have now moved beyond private correspondence. In a recent public statement, State Rep. Harrison warned that implementation of HB 1 could result in the closure of nearly 200 Christian camps across Texas. Harrison, who voted against the legislation during the special session, described the situation as an unintended but foreseeable consequence of the flood response bills and urged lawmakers to reconsider the policy direction.
Hooper’s anti-Harrison ad includes posts about attacking Attorney General Ken Paxton:
We reached out to Hooper for comment on her ad. No response was received in time for publishing.
Rep. Harrison’s Chief of Staff, Cassie Hoyer, gave the following statement regarding Hooper’s ad:
“Her deranged attacks on Rep. Harrison continue to be untethered from reality. As shocking as it is that an RPT official is running ads against the most conservative member of the Legislature, it’s even more disgusting she’s politicizing the heartbreaking flood fatalities to defend Democrat legislation that is now threatening to shut down hundreds of safe Christian camps, which Rep. Harrison alone had the courage to oppose last year. Rep. Harrison’s position on the Roberson case has also been completely vindicated by the conservative judges on the CCA in their opinions when the court stayed the execution last year. Texans would be better off if RPT officials joined Rep. Harrison in attacking Democrats and RINOs instead of joining Democrats and RINOs in attacking Rep. Harrison.”
Elijah Schaffer’s Lawyers File Motion to Withdraw From His Divorce Case
In a situation we continue to monitor, former BlazeTV Host Elijah Schaffer’s lawyers have filed a motion to withdraw from his divorce case.
Schaffer, who is incredibly public about his divorce proceedings, was in court last week where a judge required Schaffer to submit to a drug test and psych evaluation before being allowed supervised visitation with his children.
Tony Ortiz from Current Revolt would later ask Schaffer why he was represented by a female team of attorneys when he previously said that women were “whores” and “just a bunch of holes”.
Two days later, Schaffer’s lawyers filed a motion to withdraw:
