Republicans in the Texas Legislature tried this move against House Speaker Joe Straus in 2010. The problem, naturally, wasn't that Straus was Jewish, it's that he wasn't Christian.
It didn't work then. It probably would today.
Bryan Edward Stone (שָׁלוֹם)
I truly could not ask for a clearer example of what Republicans mean when they talk about “Judeo-Christian values.”
Joel S.
A Muslim Texan sought to find his place in the party at the state GOP convention.
He left in tears.
www.texastribune.org/2026/06/15/t...
Muslim delegates and attendees hoping to participate in the state Republican convention were shunned and rejected by members as they espoused themes of party unity ahead of the November election.
