September 9, 2019      10:34 PM
Strong at home: Brazoria County GOP rejects resolution condemning Speaker Bonnen
Vote was 23 to 9 as the GOP executive committee in Bonnen’s home county agreed with the argument that MQ Sullivan and Empower Texas should have to “do their own dirty work.”
ANGLETON – “Pray for Dennis
Bonnen. That’s the best thing you can do,” said Brazoria County GOP Chairman
Shayne Green after the executive committee he leads voted down a
resolution calling on the scandal plagued Speaker of the Texas House
to resign.
After a debate that was at
times tense in a small unairconditioned room in the county courthouse annex,
the Brazoria County GOP Executive Committee voted 23 to 9 to
reject the resolution that read, in part, "Corruption and bribery within
our state government shall not be condoned.” The rejected language then reads “we
call for the immediate resignation of Speaker Dennis Bonnen.”
The debate was limited to
about 20 minutes after Chairman Green said it would be possible for him to
allow it to run as long as midnight.
Local Republicans were not
in the mood for that.
By Scott Braddock
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