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This same approach has been used in [[Texas]] since 2009, when Moderate Republican [[Joe Straus]] of [[San Antonio]] won the first of five elections for Speaker with a similar coalition of Moderate Republicans and Democrats, thus gutting the nominal Republican majority in the Texas House. Straus unseated the conservative Speaker [[Tom Craddick]] of [[Midland]], whose tenure as the longest-serving Republican member of the Texas House began in 1969.

This same approach has been used in [[Texas]] since 2009, when Moderate Republican [[Joe Straus]] of [[San Antonio]] won the first of five elections for Speaker with a similar coalition of Moderate Republicans and Democrats, thus gutting the nominal Republican majority in the Texas House. Straus unseated the conservative Speaker [[Tom Craddick]] of [[Midland]], whose tenure as the longest-serving Republican member of the Texas House began in 1969.

Amid the acquittal of President [[Donald Trump]] on two articles of [[impeachment]] on February 5, 2020, Griffon likened the Fraud Squad members to failed presidential candidate and U.S. Senator [[Mitt Romney]], the Moderate Republican from [[Utah]] who was the only Republican to vote to convict the president on the first article of impeachment.<ref>''[[Moon Griffon|The Moon Griffon Show]],'' February 6, 2020.</ref> In August 2020, Griffon urged serious conservatives who can raise campaign funds to oppose all twenty-three of the Fraud Squad members in the 2023 elections. None of the twenty-three Fraud Squad members should ever win another election, Griffon said. He noted that the Fraud Squad are nominally Republicans because they could not win as Democrats in their districts. Griffon also called out state Senate President [[Page Cortez]] of [[Lafayette]] as a Republican "who has never stood up for anything" in his legislative career. Griffon also said that he believes that some of the "Fraud Squad" members are likely to vote personally for Democratic nominee [[Joe Biden]], rather than President Trump.<ref>''The Moon Griffon Show,'' August 11, 2020.</ref>

Amid the acquittal of President [[Donald Trump]] on two articles of [[impeachment]] on February 5, 2020, Griffon likened the Fraud Squad members to failed presidential candidate and U.S. Senator [[Mitt Romney]], the Moderate Republican from [[Utah]] who was the only Republican to vote to convict the president on the first article of impeachment.<ref>''[[Moon Griffon|The Moon Griffon Show]],'' February 6, 2020.</ref> In August 2020, Griffon urged serious conservatives who can raise campaign funds to oppose all twenty-three of the Fraud Squad members in the 2023 elections. None of the twenty-three Fraud Squad members should ever win another election, Griffon said. He noted that the Fraud Squad are nominally Republicans because they could not win as Democrats in their districts. Griffon also called out state Senate President [[Page Cortez]] of [[Lafayette]] as a Republican "who has never stood up for anything" in his legislative career. Griffon also said that he believes that some of the "Fraud Squad" members likely voted personally for Democratic nominee [[Joe Biden]], rather than President Trump.<ref>''The Moon Griffon Show,'' August 11, 2020.</ref>

==List of Fraud Squad members==

==List of Fraud Squad members==