Amid all the regular crap going on, you might have missed that Allen West, former Florida congressvarmint and certified rightwing fruitcake, was elected chairman of the Texas Republican Party.

West thinks Gov. Greg Abbott is first cousins to Bernie Sanders.

Last Saturday, West and his good buddy Texas Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller have teamed-up to hold a protest at the Governor’s Mansion in downtown Austin.  What they want is for Abbott to open Texas so the Coronavirus can spread more easily.

I didn’t count and I seriously doubt that anybody else did either, but the guess is that about 200 people showed up and left their masks at home. They were white and they were old.

West has been taking on the Governor for being way too liberal.

The worst kept secret in Texas is that West is going to primary Abbott in two years.  He’ll probably win the GOP primary.  Just in time for Texas to flip statewide.

Lemme tell you exactly how lost West is in Texas.  He scheduled the rally at the Gov’s house exactly the same time as the Texas/OU football game.  Never in the history of Texas has a governor not been at the Texas/OU football game. It’s a job requirement.