Just dropped · Trial Balloon · Ep. 193
The Magnificent Seven
“Houston Mayor John Whitmire’s political party of more than five decades admonished him on Sunday — barring the lifelong Democrat from receiving its endorsement in the future,“ Houston Public Media reports.
“A progressive group within the Harris County Democratic Party pushed through the measure nearly eight months after Whitmire, who was a longtime state lawmaker before being elected mayor, attended a fundraiser for Rep. Dan Crenshaw, a Houston Republican.”
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