Former Texas state Sen. Wendy Davis (D) has announced a bid against Rep. Chip Roy (R-TX) in a district that has quickly become much more purple, though still maintains a definite Republican lean.
According to the Texas Tribune, the two are ideologically miles apart. Where Davis is a champion for abortion rights, Roy has made his name by being a right-wing firebrand.
Davis lost in a landslide to Gov. Greg Abbott (R) in 2014 after making national waves with her filibuster of an anti-abortion bill.
Roy’s Democratic opponent came within 3 points of him in 2018, just two years after the Republican incumbent won the seat by 21 points.
Roy responded to Davis’ announcement Monday afternoon.
Wendy Davis’ radical & extreme views will no doubt excite the likes of Nancy Pelosi & other DC liberals. I will continue fighting for the hardworking families of #Tx21 & the commonsense values that make Texas everything Washington is not. #Life, #Liberty, & #PursuitOfHappiness
— Chip Roy (@chiproytx) July 22, 2019
Chip Roy.
If you have two first names you should stick to stocking shelves at Walmart. If your middle name is Wayne go with robbing banks.
If 2020 is a blue wave election, Davis can win, so why not run?
Not much in the way of a profession is it? Perhaps he should have considered dental hygeine.
May she plant a sneaker in his ass and send him the way of another deplorable Roy.
I was listening to the latest episode of Ezra Klein’s podcast (which I highly recommend) and Tim Alberta, the author of a new book on GOP politics was on. Alberta, a veteran reporter with limpeccable credentials, remarked how the level of intelligence in the current House members was incredibly low, particularly by historical standards. He said no one would believe how ill-informed and ill-prepared so many of them are. His little history on the “rise” of Mark Meadows was a great case in point.