Think Progress reports that an effort is underway in the Texas legislature to replace Joe Straus, the current Speaker of the House with someone who represents "conservative Christian values." Straus is Jewish.
Last week, the Texas Observer’s Abby Rapoport reported that she had obtained an email exchange between two members of the Texas State Republican Executive Committee (SREC) — Rebecca Williamson and John Cook. “We elected a house with Christian, conservative values. We now want a true Christian, conservative running it,” Cook said in one of the emails. “Since the SREC governs state Republican Party affairs,” Rapoport wrote, “this marked the first time an elected party leader had semi-openly called for a ‘Christian conservative’ Speaker.”
Cook went on to explain his view that Christian conservatives "are the ones who do the best jobs over all." See also Steve Benen's take.
