An Embarrassing Result of Texas GOP Primary

 

An Embarrassing Result of Texas GOP Primary

By

James Scott Trimm 

 

One very embarrassing result of the Tarrant County GOP Primary is the result of the House District 99 race in which Charlie Geren was re-nominated.  He does not face a Democrat challenger in November, but he does face a Libertarian challenger.

This has created an embarrassing situation for the GOP because the GOP nominee for this house seat is less conservative than his Pro-Life Libertarian challenger Daniel Hawkins!

Charlie Geren has one of the most liberal records of any Republican in the Texas house:

His Scores:

65 - Texans for Fiscal Responsibility, Lifetime score of F

43 - Young Conservatives of Texas Legislative ranking, lifetime score of 56.

61 - Texas Eagle Forum 2015 Scorecard

56th most conservative legislator of the 97 Republican House Representatives.

Texas Right to Life- 84th Session Dishonorable Mentions List, Chairman Geren made the "Pro-Life fraud alert"

While Geren famously went through the halls of the capital tearing down pro-life signs off of the doors of pro-life House members, his Libertarian challenger is a pro-life activist who went to Austin to testify for HB 2. 

Hawkins is actually a former member of the Tarrant County Republican Party Executive Committee (a former Republican Precinct Chair) and stands strongly for more freedom and less government! No doubt, if elected, Hawkins would caucus in the House with liberty wing conservative Republicans, while Geren has literally mocked them on the House floor (in one famous incident using a cookie on a string in a mocking attempt to lure conservative hero Jonathan Stickland from the mic). 

It is a sad day for the GOP when our nominee for a house seat is the most liberal choice on the ballot!