Texas Governor Greg Abbott has taken a tough stand against his fellow Republican Blake Farenthold.

Greg thinks Blake ought to pay back the $84,000 he scammed from the federal government, but … and here’s the grandstanding … Greg thinks Blake should give the $84,000 to Texas, not the federal government.

Do you want to know Greg’s reasoning?  Greg contends that Blake should pay for the special election that Greg called to replace him until November when there’s a regular election.

The only problem with that is that the Governor did not have to call a special election.  The Governor chose to have one solely to give Republicans one more vote in Congress between now and November, which they sure the hell don’t need in the first place.

So, the way I see it, Blake owes the federal government $84,000 and the State of Texas about a million for the special election.  And, hey, Greg Abbott should help pay for that, too.  He’s the one who wanted this damn thing.

Republicans:  we’re gonna get your money any damn way we can.