What the GOP is really after in Texas
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Paul Begala writes that Texas is facing numerous crises, but rather than address any of them, the GOP-led Legislature is busy focusing on nonexistent cases of voter fraud. This is a diversion tactic, but a tried and true one in the South: Divide White working people from Black and brown working people and hope they don't notice you're hurting all of them.
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