‘People are freaking out’: Ex-GOP speaker says Texas Republicans are rattled

Dade Phelan, the former Texas House speaker who presided over a hard-right legislative agenda, delivered a scathing diagnosis of his own party in an interview published this week , saying Republican candidates across Texas are visibly rattled. Phelan, who was branded a RINO, or Republican in Name Only, after helping lead the 2023 impeachment of Attorney…