In 2019 and 2020, there were 110 people killed and 266 injured in mass shootings in Texas. There were also 2 cases of proven voter fraud.

So, guess what the Texas Legislature is calling an emergency in Texas? Of damn course, that deathly menace of election fraud haunts bill after bill after committee meetings after testimony.

And right there you have a snapshot of the Republican Party.

Last month’s University of Texas/Texas Tribune Poll found 73% of Republican voters in the state believe the results of the last U.S. election were inaccurate. At the same time, 76% of that group said the Texas results, in contrast, are accurate.

And do you know why they think Texas voting was accurate?  Well, because Republicans won.

But, the Texas Lege needs a shiny ball to distract from gun violence, a crumbling infrastructure, and an electrical grid on its last legs with outrageously overpaid out of state directors overseeing it. Election reform won. Sorry about that.