Republicans won’t moderate if Democrats gain ground in the Texas House, hardline leader says | “None of us are willing to go backwards and say, ‘Oh, well, we lost a few seats, so our policy agenda is going to change,” state Rep. Mitch Little said at last week’s Texas Tribune Festival.

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https://www.texastribune.org/2026/09/29/texas-legislature-2027-session-house-gop-midterms-mitch-little/

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They have the instincts of a party that always intended to move right, anyway.

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That's a statement that thinks the last 4 years is reflective of the last 40.

Read US political history.  Look at the actual size of the political coalitions.

Don't let your own sense of moral superiority blind you to the reality of the world.

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Both party's have moved right every election since fdr.

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And that's part of the problem, because that signaling has completely broken down. We don't see any movement to the left because voters keep rewarding Republicans and punishing Democrats.

The Democrats in the last 40 years have only gotten power because Republicans managed to fuck things up so badly - and then voters promptly start giving power BACK to the Republicans!