He has said he wants his generation to be the one that ends abortion. He supports the state’s latest efforts to investigate the parents of transgender children for child abuse. In recent years, he’s embraced the rhetoric of the more Trumpian faction of the party. To win the Republican runoff - an election decided by the party faithful - Bush has to convince GOP voters that his conservative bona fides are unimpeachable. The interaction is emblematic of a key obstacle for Bush in his race against two-term incumbent Ken Paxton: his family name.
