we do not recommend the Flores we sometimes see whipping up dissent at town-hall meetings by playing on the ignorance or paranoia of voters, such as his absolutely shameless and groundless pandering on the subject of impeachments at a meeting in Waco in 2013, or the political charade of celebrating scores of House votes to repeal all or parts of the Affordable Care Act. If such votes fail once or twice during a session, it’s time to move on, not waste taxpayers’ time and dime.
A lot of our decision on Flores depends on whether he actually wants to be the adult in the room and lead and bring our nation together — or continue fomenting destructive division among us. Whoever becomes speaker must first tame the House Freedom Caucus — and make clear the tail is no longer wagging the dog.
