Christian extremists held a disturbing worship session inside the Texas statehouse [View all]

Far-right conservatives took a loss in Tuesday’s vote for speaker of Texas’ House of Representatives. But the story of the day, from my vantage point, was the scenes of Christian extremism that emerged from the state Capitol.

For those who haven’t been following along: Texas Republicans have been at one another’s throats of late, and the ongoing civil war stems largely from the failed effort to impeach Attorney General Ken Paxton.

Late last year, then-Speaker Dade Phelan, a Republican, withdrew his bid to remain speaker after leading the impeachment effort. On Tuesday, Rep. David Cook, the candidate backed by Paxton and the more conservative of the two Republican sects, lost to a less Trumpy (albeit still conservative) opponent, Rep. Dustin Burrows, who received dozens of Democratic votes en route to victory.

Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick wasn’t happy.

But the most disturbing outbursts came from the Christian extremists who gathered at the statehouse, where they denounced the separation of church and state — with one pastor proclaiming: “We’re going to give this space back to the Holy Spirit.”

https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/reidout-blog/texas-speaker-vote-christian-nationalists-trump-rcna187869

Looks like a good place for God to start a new set of fires. Democrats, get out of Texas!