Trump's last minute endorsement of Paxton angered Senate Republicans. Paxton's win sets the party up for an expensive general election.

…And That’s Saying Something.

A far-right Republican is running for a seat on the Texas Railroad Commission on an anti-DEI and Islamophobic platform. But the culture war-heavy campaign masks an intra-GOP battle over establishing basic environmental protections in Texas oil drilling.

Trump may not have been part of a Klan contingent that brawled with the police in 1927, but the violent moment shows the roots of political tensions that linger today.