“When you strike at a king,” Ralph Waldo Emerson famously explained, “you must kill him.” Generations later, the phrase was tweaked and popularized on HBO’s “The Wire,” on which Omar Devone Little said, “You come at the king, you best not miss.” The point behind the sentiment, of course, was obvious: Those who take on […]
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In debate, GOP candidates for Texas House special election mirror statewide intraparty tensions
CANTON — Two Republican candidates in a closely watched special election runoff for a Texas House seat in northeast Texas faced off Tuesday night in their only anticipated debate, showing why the race has become a microcosm for the Texas GOP civil war. One of the candidates, Brent Money, wasted little time before leaning into […]