A commentary by TTP co-founder, Fred McCarty
We’re in a battle of mild vs evil.
The lawless Left has made it clear they want you broke and dead; they want your kids raped and brainwashed – and they think it’s funny. It’s ever-more clear that our side is incapable of any defensive action, much less the any offensive action against this horde of mutant freaks. The entirety of the Right wing has put its eggs in the Republican Party basket, and the GOP has proven to be almost incapable of action, squandering one political mandate after another. Why is that? The GOP has a huge donor problem that hides in plain sight.
The perfect example is what just went down at the SREC meeting this weekend.
The State Republican Executive Committee has declined to remove any incumbent lawmakers from the primary ballot in 2026, after considering a slate of censure resolutions during a special meeting on Saturday.
The SREC considered ten potential censures against GOP lawmakers, ultimately rejecting half of them and declining to use the strictest penalty available under party rules: removal from the primary ballot.
All five censures were limited to formal reprimands and the potential to have the party spend money against them. Two of the censured lawmakers, Phelan and Lambert, are not seeking reelection. Texas Scorecard
Why did this happen? Easy. Blame the richest man in Pennsylvania, billionaire mega-donor and school voucher advocate Jeff Yass and his quest to own TikTok.
Yass gave $6 million to Texas Governor Greg Abbott, who claims it’s the single biggest donation ever to a politician there — and then gave him another $4 million . Phillymag
Yass also made a play to become a major stockholder in TikTok. If you will remember, Trump and many other elected Republicans were for banning TikTok in the U.S. because of its problematic content . Trump and company then reversed course after Yass spread around $46 million in donations to lawmakers and conservative groups. Not a bad return on investment when you consider that TikTok is a $50 billion platform that shapes the opinions of millions of Gen Zers.
Back in Texas, Abbott signs SB 2 after a contentious debate, and Texas gets its first school choice program. Trump goes on to endorse the Reps who voted for it.
In a move telegraphed months in advance, President Donald Trump has endorsed Republican state lawmaker in Texas who voted for the state’s new $1 billion school choice program in their re-election campaigns, fulfilling a promise reportedly made during the legislative session.
When Senate Bill 2 passed earlier this year, lawmakers were reportedly told by Gov. Greg Abbott that Trump would have their backs come election season if they voted yes. That political assurance seems to have paid off. Texas Scorecard
So, the pieces are in place:
- Yass wants school choice.
- Yass paid beaucoup bucks to Abbott and to Trump.
- Trump endorses every Republican who voted for school choice “to have their backs.”
- The grassroots, who are sick of the games, want to use Rule 44 to throw some RINOs off the ballot.
- Texas GOP Chairman Abraham George gets the call from Trump’s office to back off or lose funding.
- Grassroots get screwed again.
BTW… has anyone considered that the reason the Texas GOP is supposedly broke is because nobody would want to support these stupid games?
Jeff Yass & Greg Abbott