Texas GOP House Speaker Strips Democrat Of Title After He Left To Fight Anti-Voter Bill

Republican Texas House Speaker Dade Phelan stripped Democrat Joe Moody of his title as speaker pro tempore on Thursday, after Moody and other Democratic lawmakers left the state in an effort to block a GOP-led voter suppression bill. 

“The most important titles in my life will never change: Dad, Husband, El Pasoan. Nothing political has ever even cracked the top three, so nothing has changed about who I am or what my values are,” Moody tweeted in response to losing his leadership position in the Texas House.