The identity crisis that began during the most recent legislative session has spilled over into the interim. Over the past week Texans have been stunned to see Dan Patrick and Greg Abbott come out in favor of major gun control legislation regulating the private sales of firearms between law-abiding citizens.

Though this issue took up a lot of the media coverage, political insiders know that Dennis Bonnen’s problems aren’t going away. The speakers strategy seems to be hoping that people will just forget his deceitful activity before he is forced to acknowledge it. It’s a bad strategy but probably the best route if he is determined to avoid the truth as much as possible.

Bill Flores is the 5th Republican congressman to announce his retirement which provides conservative Texans with yet another opportunity to increase conservative representation in congress.

These are the issues we cover in our 20 minute podcast this week.

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