“Let’s make this simple for the members of the Texas House: ANY STATE REPRESENTATIVE WHO VOTES FOR JOE STRAUS AGAINST SCOTT TURNER WILL BE PRECLUDED FROM GAINING ANY LEGITIMATE TEA PARTY AND CONSERVATIVE GRASSROOTS GROUPS APPROVAL. ANYONE WHO VOTES TO NOT HAVE ANY OPEN RECORDED VOTE ON THIS ISSUE WILL ALSO BE PRECLUDED.”
“In 2014, Forbes Magazine named Straus “The Harry Reid of Texas.”
http://www.forbes.com/sites/patrickgleason/2014/08/14/meet-the-harry-reid-of-texas/