The civil war inside the Republican Party deep in the heart of Texas
Politics tamfitronics GRANBURY, Texas —An American flag hung on the side of a barn and a country song about a working man played at Warren’s Backyard, a music venue, where on a searing summer evening, the Hood County Republicans met for an open bar and a silent auction to kick off the campaign season.A school board candidate rallied her supporters. A precinct chair held court at the front door next to a storied basketball coach. The county commissioner — a local hero since 2019 when he shot and killed a gunman who had stormed a church — wiped sweat from beneath a brimmed hat and nodded to the faithful. When talk turned to political enemies, it wasn’t about Democrats, who are scarce here, but of a far-right faction of fellow Republicans who have instigated...
