Andy Biggs: The man who would be governor believes that part of the job description is *hates* a LOT of things".

I fully realize this post may actually help him in the R primary, but so?  The fact that certain Rs will vote for him says a LOT about them and their characters.

Not just hating on migrants and health care choice for women (all Rs hate those things),but he's pretty eclectic in his hate.  He hates many things.

Since the first of the year, he has proposed 82! bills and resolutions.

He's well-rounded by R standards; in addition to abortion and people with skin darker than a Sun City golfer's tan, he hates -

Poor people

Criminals being held accountable for their acts (and I'm not even talking about Cheeto and his bad acts, though he's sponsored a lot of legislation intended to protect Cheeto)

The humanities

Covid mitigation measures (there are many examples of this; I picked only one)

Workplace safety

FISA

Healthcare in general

Democracy

Pakistan (not sure where that one came from)

Give him time though - now that he's running for governor, I'm sure he'll get his on some more.

Clay Higgins' comments about Haitian immigrants were utterly bigoted and vile...but he's right about one thing.

Oh, not the comments themselves, which I've already said are utterly bigoted and vile, but something else he said while (fruitlessly) attempting to defend the comments.

From NPR -

Louisiana Rep. Clay Higgins walks back racist comments about Haitians after backlash

Louisiana Rep. Clay Higgins on Thursday retracted comments he made about Haitian immigrants in a now-deleted social media post.

"You never want to intentionally hurt someone’s feelings, and that post was intended for Haitian gangs, you understand?” Higgins, a Republican, told reporters. "The unintended impact that was expressed very sincerely from one of my colleagues very graciously, that touched me as a gentleman.”

Well, one thing's clear - he's got the whole "non-apology apology" thing down pat.

He was right about one thing, though he didn't go far enough. 

From later in the same article -

Asked about his comments on CNN later Wednesday, Higgins defended the tweet.

“It’s all true,” Higgins said, according to the news organization. “I can put up another controversial post tomorrow if you want me to. I mean, we do have freedom of speech. I’ll say what I want.”

He *does* have the right to say what he wants.

The thing is, the rest of us can evaluate his personal character based on what he says.

We have.

State Sen. John Kavanagh: Full of weasel words and hate

From Lowe's Home Improvement,
mostly because I don't want Kavanagh's preferred hate symbol to be the first image in this post.

John Kavanagh, doing AZ proud.  Again.

There's no doubt that John Kavanagh is a highly intelligent man.

There's also no doubt that high intelligence is often wasted on people with low character

This time, he's introduced SB1049, a bill that seemingly protects hate symbols like Confederate flags from homeowners and condo associations.

From his proposal -

A. Notwithstanding any provision in the condominium documents, an association shall not prohibit the outdoor display of any of the following: 

...

8. ANY HISTORIC VERSION OF THE AMERICAN FLAG, INCLUDING THE BETSY ROSS FLAG, WITHOUT REGARD TO HOW THE STARS AND STRIPES ARE ARRANGED ON THE FLAG. 

It's kind of impressive how he tries to hide his actual intent behind weasel words like "including the Betsy Ross flag".

OK, not really.  :)

Many words can be used to describe him.  "Subtle" is NOT one of them.

What Kavanagh wants to protect,
from JSTOR

Most GQPer governors are busing migrants now, so some Texans have resorted to other means

I could have titled this post as "Texans doing what Texans do," but there are Texans who are decent human beings.

These just aren't among them. (Note: all those accused of crimes are presumed to be innocent until proven guilty)

From The Daily Beast -

Texas Jail Warden and Twin Brother Accused of Shooting 2 Migrants, Killing 1

The warden of a federal jail for detained immigrants in West Texas and his twin brother were arrested after allegedly shooting at a group of undocumented migrants walking along a remote roadway on Tuesday, killing one, according to authorities.

Shortly after he was arrested on a manslaughter charge, Michael Sheppard was fired from his position at Sierra Blanca’s privately run West Texas Detention Center, the San Antonio Express-News reported Thursday. A spokesperson told the newspaper that Sheppard had been “terminated due to an off-duty incident unrelated to his employment.”

The affidavit of probable cause is here, courtesy El Paso Matters.

From the affidavit (emphasis added by me) -

This doesn't appear to be an isolated incident.

From Texas Public Radio -

[snip]

On Wednesday morning, there was another shooting in Hudspeth County that appeared to also target migrants.

26-year-old Erick Garibaldi of Fort Hancock was accused of shooting a man in the face. The victim taken to Del Sol Medical Center.

It was not clear if the two shootings were connected.