𝐂𝐇𝐀𝐍𝐆𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐎𝐅 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐆𝐔𝐀𝐑𝐃 𝐀𝐓 𝐂𝐀𝐌𝐄𝐑𝐎𝐍 𝐂𝐎𝐔𝐍𝐓𝐘 𝐑𝐄𝐏𝐔𝐁𝐋𝐈𝐂𝐀𝐍 𝐏𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐘/𝐁𝐑𝐎𝐖𝐍𝐒𝐕𝐈𝐋𝐋𝐄 𝐑𝐄𝐏𝐔𝐁𝐋𝐈𝐂𝐀𝐍 𝐂𝐋𝐔𝐁

                                                                                                       

Keith Allen, Karl Burkhalter: New faces in local Republican Party

This blog's editor received deserved criticism for referring to a recent conclave of Republicans as the Cameron County Republican Party when it was actually the Brownsville Republican Club.  Admittedly, my error was tantamount to failing to distinguish between "hard shell" or "soft shell" Baptists or confusing Jehovah's Witnesses with Mormons.  I've resolved to do better.

The G.O.P. meeting I attended at the Elks Lodge/American Legion Building was populated with unfamiliar folk.  Certainly, I knew that Morgan Graham/Eakin is now in Austin, that Carlos Cascos and Frank Morris have passed, but it seemed weird to have Tad Hasse and Roman Perez absent from a Republican event.  

Perhaps, that's why I gravitated to Karl Burkhalter, a soft-spoken, older man who used the phrase "BLM riot" in his first words to me, then explained how Jefferson Davis, not Abraham Lincoln, had "freed the slaves," adding that the Jefferson Davis rock needed to be put back where it belongs.

Also in the G.O.P. limelight was Keith Allen, a candidate for the 34th Congressional District and for the Texas Senate, a hopeful dual candidate.  Allen caught my attention when he stated unequivocally that "Donald Trump was placed in the presidency by God."  Approaching Allen after the meeting, he affirmed his belief that Trump was indeed ordained by God and served under God's direction.

Local Republican stalwarts from years gone by: Dagoberto Barrera, Frank Morris, Roman Perez, Carlos Cascos, Tad Hasse and Morgan Eakin