Texas Republican officials are arguably dictated by an oligarchy of wealthy [[dark money]] donors there, where campaign contributions are unlimited. Gov. [[Greg Abbott]] and Lt. Gov. [[Dan Patrick]] pursue an agenda there that cannot be described as [[conservative]], and yet legislators known to be conservative typically vote for it. An example is the [[Convention of States]], which is pushed by oligarchs to change the constitution with a [[Con Con]] that Justice [[Antonin Scalia]] described as a "horrible idea." | Texas Republican officials are arguably dictated by an oligarchy of wealthy [[dark money]] donors there, where campaign contributions are unlimited. Gov. [[Greg Abbott]] and Lt. Gov. [[Dan Patrick]] pursue an agenda there that cannot be described as [[conservative]], and yet legislators known to be conservative typically vote for it. An example is the [[Convention of States]], which is pushed by oligarchs to change the constitution with a [[Con Con]] that Justice [[Antonin Scalia]] described as a "horrible idea." |