To be fair, Huffines also endorses Collins

"He who walks with wise men will be wise,
But the companion of fools will be destroyed.
Proverbs 13:20

Inbox:

THE HONORABLE DON HUFFINES ENDORSES GENEVIEVE COLLINS FOR CONGRESS

DALLAS, TX - Today, conservative businesswoman and Republican candidate for Congress in Texas’ 32nd district Genevieve Collins announced that she received the endorsement of the Honorable Senator Don Huffines.

Senator Huffines represented Texas’ 16th Senate District from 2015 to 2019. He is most known for authoring legislation that resulted in uncovering the largest government corruption scandal in Texas history, as well as authoring conservative legislation to establish term limits, promote life, and return rights from the government back to Texans. Prior to his time in elected office, he spent over 30 years as a successful businessman.

“I am pleased to endorse fellow businessperson and strong conservative Genevieve Collins for Congress today. During my time in Austin, I was proud to champion our conservative principles of small government and less regulation. I know what it takes to fight for Texas values, and I am confident that Genevieve will fight for them in Washington, D.C.,” said Huffines. “I am convinced she will work for term limits, a secure border, the sanctity of life, and the Second Amendment, just to name a few. Further, I believe she will use her business sense to protect our liberties and freedoms and ensure that power stays with the people, not the government. I look forward to helping in her election effort, and I urge my fellow Texas conservatives to join me in supporting her in the Republican primary on March 3rd.”

“It is my honor to earn Senator Huffines’ endorsement for the 32nd district Republican primary on March 3rd. Like me, he spent his career in business, creating jobs and forecasting growth. Now I am going to take my business acumen to Congress to get to work for the people of the 32nd district,” added Collins. “Early voting starts three weeks from today, and conservatives across the 32nd district are coalescing around our campaign. They know that it is vital we nominate a conservative businesswoman and lifelong Texan who will take the fight to far-left Colin Allred this November.”

We don't have a lot to add...but since we ripped on Collins for the Dan Branch endorsement, we have to acknowledge the Huffines endorsement.

Bottom Line: At this point, it looks like all the ex-politicos in Dallas County are lining up behind her.  Your guess is as good as ours as to what that means.  But there are few people in that neck of the woods more solid than Don Huffines.

Of course Genevieve Collins was too good to be true

Do not be deceived: “Evil company corrupts good habits.”
1 Corinthians 15:33

Remember, just last week, when we said we didn't actually know anything about her beyond one good ad?!?

Yeah, about that:

[Note: Apologies for displaying this as a screenshot, but the original press e-mail from the Collins campaign had formatting issues.]

Dan Branch, for those blessed enough to not know, is this guy.  He's pretty much the slimiest politician ever.  Also a well documented liar.

Now he's endorsing Genevieve Collins, which tells you pretty much all you need to know about her.

To be fair: CD-32 includes Branch's old state rep. district.  So this is probably a good endorsement for Collins in terms of winning the election.  That being said, there are certain lows to which we would not stoop.  An endorsement from Dan friggin' Branch is one such low.

Bottom Line: Next.

Congressional Candidate Does Something that Stands Out

"When the righteous are in authority, the people rejoice;
But when a wicked man rules, the people groan."
Proverbs 29:2

We've been bemoaning the lack of creative messaging in Republican campaigns for years.  Republican candidates retreat into lazy buzzwords and thus commodify themselves.  In that spirit, this ad from CD-32 candidate Genevieve Collins is a breath of fresh air:



To be clear: We've never met her.  We know nothing about Genevieve Collins beyond this ad.  Given that she running for office and has no record, she could very easily be telling us what we want to hear.

Still, it's hard to deny that this is good messaging.

She hits her main points (7th generation Texan, private sector success, pro-gun) without being obnoxious.  Far too frequently, this is far too big of a challenge for far too many.  That might be pathetic and sad, but it's reality.

So, modest kudos to Genevieve Collins...but it's still a shame she doesn't have a record.

Bottom Line: We don't trust any politician, but this certainly cuts through the clutter.