At the end of his term, Rep. Lloyd Doggett, D-Texas, a 78-year-old who became a Texas lawmaker in the 1970s, appears to want to hand over his district to fellow Texas Democrat Rep. Greg Casar, a 36-year-old, “squad”-aligned firebrand. Casar was also a signatory of a letter to then-Secretary of State Antony Blinken and then-Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin in December 2024, urging them to cease shipping arms to Israel in order to prevent “prolonging [Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin] Netanyahu’s war.” “If the courts give Trump a victory in his scheme to maintain control of a compliant House, I will not seek reelection in the reconfigured CD37, even though it contains over 2/3rd of my current constituents,” said Doggett.
Author: George Caldwell
Published at: 2025-08-25 21:19:56
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