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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Well, I don't mind elephants skin because that means you're tough.
But I don't like the rhino. I don't like the
rhino politics, and neither does our next guest. His name
is Alex Fairley, founder of Texan Republican Leadership Fund. Welcome
to the show, Alex. I know you folks would like
to rid our state in our state legislature of rhinos.
We know we have a rhino problem. Well, we have
(00:22):
a rhino problem at the national level too. I mean
we're kind of seeing that with this whole continuing resolution
argument right now.
Speaker 2 (00:31):
Gorn, and thank you for having me. Yeah, we definitely
have a challenge with folks who love being in the
Republican Party to get elected in Texas but then struggle
with who they really are when it comes to who's
going to be in power.
Speaker 1 (00:47):
So well, we got rid of some of them in
the last election. I guess the question is how do
you get rid of the rest of them? And I'm
guessing that what you do is you try to make
sure that their constituents realize exactly not you know, they
may have an art next to the name, but understand
exactly how they vote.
Speaker 2 (01:11):
Yeah, I agree, I I don't know if most Texans
understand what happened in this last election season. How many
people were here that you know aren't here anymore. And yeah,
we have, you know, made a lot of progress. But
besides some you know, conservative policies, one of which for me,
(01:31):
a big one for me, is school choice, the Speaker's
race has become, you know, my focus, and I think
it's the I think it's the Bell Weather issue of
how healthy the Texas House, you know, really is going
to be.
Speaker 1 (01:44):
What do you what do you make of as long
as you brought up what do you what do you
make of the speaker race? How do you think that
whole thing is going to turn out? We are not
going to know for a little while. Until the last
I heard nobody, you know, neither one of the Republicans
have enough votes in order to claim the speakership. Is
that still the case?
Speaker 2 (02:00):
Yeah, I think that's still the case. I think anyone
who says they know isn't being honest. I think there's
no telling, you know, what will happen in the speaker race.
And I haven't been so focused on who that person
ought to be as much as the pop process having
integrity and Republicans, you know, being Republicans, and so I
(02:23):
don't think anyone knows, you know, really really what's going
to happen. But I think it's a topic that is
critical and Texans ought to be paying attention to it,
and they ought to be talking to their state raps
about what they want to happen.
Speaker 1 (02:34):
Well, you mentioned school choice is one of the big
issues for you, and and it seems to me that
of the two choices that you have for the Texas
House Speaker, one of them would support school choice and
the other one we're not so sure about.
Speaker 2 (02:47):
You know, actually, I think both of these guys have
stated that they're going to be for school choice. I
think the question is is if if one of if
the person who's elected speaker gets elected with a majority
of Democrats and a minor Republicans, the assumption is that
person will have had to make trades to get those
Democrats votes. The Democrats are they're smart, and they're not
(03:09):
giving up all their votes to somebody without getting something back.
And so the question is what is being traded. We
know in the past, what's was traded. We're you know,
parliamentary positions which often go overlooked but they're critical, critical
and chairmanships of committee. So you know, the question is
are their deals being made by one of these guys
(03:32):
to become, you know, the speaker at the expense of
you know, Republican priorities and ideals.
Speaker 1 (03:38):
One last one for you here. And I don't know
that anybody has the answer to this. I guess if
they did, then they would have come up with something.
So far. Why do you think it is that, whether
it's national politics, statewide politics, or local politics, Democrats all
row in the same direction and Republicans do not. Why
why is it that Republicans can't get together on things
(03:58):
and the Democrats can?
Speaker 2 (04:02):
Yeah, you know, I don't exactly. I will say I
think that Republicans tend to be tend to be very principled,
and I think I think I think that is a
draw into the Republican party. And so I think I
think folks who are principled tend to you know, spit
spat a little bit. So I'm not sure it's an
unhealthy thing, you know, completely, But you know, there's no
(04:23):
question the Democrats do a lot better at staying together
than these Republicans do, no doubt.
Speaker 1 (04:28):
Alex fairly Thank you, appreciate you joining US. Founder of
Texas Republicans Leadership Fund, Alex Fairly. It's seven twenty six
Well, I don't mind elephants skin because that means you're tough.
But I don't like the rhino. I don't like the
rhino politics, and neither does our next guest. His name
is Alex Fairley, founder of Texan Republican Leadership Fund. Welcome
to the show, Alex. I know you folks would like
to rid our state in our state legislature of rhinos.
We know we have a rhino problem. Well, we have
(00:22):
a rhino problem at the national level too. I mean
we're kind of seeing that with this whole continuing resolution
argument right now.
Speaker 2 (00:31):
Gorn, and thank you for having me. Yeah, we definitely
have a challenge with folks who love being in the
Republican Party to get elected in Texas but then struggle
with who they really are when it comes to who's
going to be in power.
Speaker 1 (00:47):
So well, we got rid of some of them in
the last election. I guess the question is how do
you get rid of the rest of them? And I'm
guessing that what you do is you try to make
sure that their constituents realize exactly not you know, they
may have an art next to the name, but understand
exactly how they vote.
Speaker 2 (01:11):
Yeah, I agree, I I don't know if most Texans
understand what happened in this last election season. How many
people were here that you know aren't here anymore. And yeah,
we have, you know, made a lot of progress. But
besides some you know, conservative policies, one of which for me,
(01:31):
a big one for me, is school choice, the Speaker's
race has become, you know, my focus, and I think
it's the I think it's the Bell Weather issue of
how healthy the Texas House, you know, really is going
to be.
Speaker 1 (01:44):
What do you what do you make of as long
as you brought up what do you what do you
make of the speaker race? How do you think that
whole thing is going to turn out? We are not
going to know for a little while. Until the last
I heard nobody, you know, neither one of the Republicans
have enough votes in order to claim the speakership. Is
that still the case?
Speaker 2 (02:00):
Yeah, I think that's still the case. I think anyone
who says they know isn't being honest. I think there's
no telling, you know, what will happen in the speaker race.
And I haven't been so focused on who that person
ought to be as much as the pop process having
integrity and Republicans, you know, being Republicans, and so I
(02:23):
don't think anyone knows, you know, really really what's going
to happen. But I think it's a topic that is
critical and Texans ought to be paying attention to it,
and they ought to be talking to their state raps
about what they want to happen.
Speaker 1 (02:34):
Well, you mentioned school choice is one of the big
issues for you, and and it seems to me that
of the two choices that you have for the Texas
House Speaker, one of them would support school choice and
the other one we're not so sure about.
Speaker 2 (02:47):
You know, actually, I think both of these guys have
stated that they're going to be for school choice. I
think the question is is if if one of if
the person who's elected speaker gets elected with a majority
of Democrats and a minor Republicans, the assumption is that
person will have had to make trades to get those
Democrats votes. The Democrats are they're smart, and they're not
(03:09):
giving up all their votes to somebody without getting something back.
And so the question is what is being traded. We
know in the past, what's was traded. We're you know,
parliamentary positions which often go overlooked but they're critical, critical
and chairmanships of committee. So you know, the question is
are their deals being made by one of these guys
(03:32):
to become, you know, the speaker at the expense of
you know, Republican priorities and ideals.
Speaker 1 (03:38):
One last one for you here. And I don't know
that anybody has the answer to this. I guess if
they did, then they would have come up with something.
So far. Why do you think it is that, whether
it's national politics, statewide politics, or local politics, Democrats all
row in the same direction and Republicans do not. Why
why is it that Republicans can't get together on things
(03:58):
and the Democrats can?
Speaker 2 (04:02):
Yeah, you know, I don't exactly. I will say I
think that Republicans tend to be tend to be very principled,
and I think I think I think that is a
draw into the Republican party. And so I think I
think folks who are principled tend to you know, spit
spat a little bit. So I'm not sure it's an
unhealthy thing, you know, completely, But you know, there's no
(04:23):
question the Democrats do a lot better at staying together
than these Republicans do, no doubt.
Speaker 1 (04:28):
Alex fairly Thank you, appreciate you joining US. Founder of
Texas Republicans Leadership Fund, Alex Fairly. It's seven twenty six
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