Texas is now sending missionaries to other states to teach them how to violate campaign laws.  Sadly, sometimes the natives eat them.

Michael Grimm represents the Staten Island part of Brooklyn.  And yes, he’s a Republican.

A Texas woman who was a friend of and fund-raiser for Representative Michael G. Grimm has been charged with illegally funneling more than $10,000 into his 2010 campaign, according to court papers and people with knowledge of the case. The charges suggest that a two-year-old federal investigation into his fund-raising is still active.

The woman, Diana Durand, 47, of Houston, was arrested there on Friday by the F.B.I. on a criminal complaint filed in United States District Court in Brooklyn charging she used “straw donors” to mask more than $10,000 in illegal donations to Mr. Grimm. She had already donated $4,800, the legal limit.

So, if I lived in a foreign state and a fundraiser from Texas came to town, I’d ask to see their redneck passport.

Thanks to Dennis for the heads up.