Last week, Gina Hinojosa stood alone on a century-old gazebo in downtown Austin, gesturing to an empty podium a few feet to her left. The Democratic candidate for governor was halfway through her spiel about Governor Greg Abbott’s unwillingness to debate her when, seemingly out of nowhere, a woman with dark-red hair appeared from behind her and took to the vacant lectern meant to symbolize Abbott’s absence. “Hi,” Jenn Mack Raphoon, an independent write-in candidate, said with a smile as Hinojosa looked sideways at her in confusion. “You came to debate Abbott on his record, and I came to debate both of you on your record.” After a minute or so—and amid a chorus of boos and “Where’s Abbott?” chants from the crowd—Mack was removed from…The post Texas Republicans Used to Debate. Not This Cycle. appeared first on Texas Monthly.
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