“She’s vile” and other nasty things GOP House Speaker said about Democrats

by | Oct 15, 2019 | Politics, Texas Legislature

On Tuesday, the secret audio of a meeting between conservative Republicans was made public. Republican House Speaker Dennis Bonnen had some choice things to say about his elected Democratic colleagues in the state House and about Texas cities.

“We’ve got Michelle Beckley, who’s vile.”

“Jon Rosenthal makes…my skin crawl. He’s a piece of shit.”

“My goal is for this to be the worst session in the history of the legislature for cities and counties.”

Wow. What a thing for a Speaker of the (entire) House to say!

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