January 2, 2023      4:54 PM

HK: Rules every Texas House freshman needs to know and the realization freshmen senators are about to have

Some immutable rules including the most important vote you will cast this session; don’t forget the purification wing of the GOP will lie about your record no matter what you do

Now that freshman orientation is in the rear-view mirror and incoming members have discovered that they suddenly have hundreds of new lobby friends and might even be taken more seriously in their home communities, it might be the right time to inject a little reality.

Rule #1: First and foremost, your political party is not your friend. The people who wrote the platform are usually the extremists in your community with little connection to reality. For Democrats, this is currently less threatening because, with very few exceptions, the Party rarely tries to punish incumbents.

The Republican Party of Texas is an entirely different kind of animal.

By Harvey Kronberg

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