Ken Paxton and the Potential Boogaloo Congressman (Half the Answer #95, with Steven Monacelli)
Ken Paxton isn't the only Looney Toon running for a position in the United States Congress this November. An extremist gun YouTuber is the Republican nominee for a House seat in the district that contains Uvalde, Texas. How did this happen? How is Katy Stout, his Democratic opponent, feeling about suddenly facing a boneheaded boogaloo bro instead of the moderate who was supposed to be there? Journalist Steven Monacelli tells us all about it.
Mind ur beez wax
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Resources
https://www.stevenmonacelli.com
https://bsky.app/profile/stevanzetti.bsky.social
https://www.texasobserver.org/brandon-herrera-gun-youtube-uvalde-congress/
https://brandonherreraforcongress.com/news/
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/15/us/politics/brandon-hererra-guns-youtube.html
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