Chuck Darwin<p>In Texas and across the country, <a href="https://c.im/tags/far" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>far</span></a>-<a href="https://c.im/tags/right" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>right</span></a> candidates have won control of school boards, <br>🔸swiftly banning books, <br>🔸halting diversity efforts and <br>🔸altering curricula that do not align with their beliefs. </p><p>⚠️O’Hare’s election in Tarrant County, however, takes the battle from the schoolhouse to county government, </p><p>offering a rare look at what happens when hard-liners win the majority and exert their influence over <a href="https://c.im/tags/municipal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>municipal</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/affairs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>affairs</span></a> in a closely divided county.</p><p>Since he was elected county judge <br>— a position similar to that of mayor in a city <br>— O’Hare has pushed his agenda with an uncompromising approach. </p><p>He has led efforts to <br>🔸cut funding to nonprofits that work with at-risk children, <br>citing their views on racial inequality and LGBTQ+ rights. </p><p>And he has pushed <br>🔸election law changes that local Republican leaders said would favor them.</p><p>O’Hare’s rise in Tarrant County has come as he and his allies continue to align with once-fringe figures </p><p>while targeting private citizens with whom they disagree politically. </p><p>🆘 In July, O’Hare had a local pastor removed from a public meeting for speaking eight seconds over his allotted time. </p><p>Days later, O’Hare appeared onstage at a conference that urged attendees to resist a Democratic campaign to “rid the earth of the white race” <br>and embrace <a href="https://c.im/tags/Christian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Christian</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/nationalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>nationalism</span></a>. </p><p>The agenda prompted some right-wing Republicans to condemn or pull out of the event.</p><p><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/tarrant-county-judge-tim-ohare-far-right" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">propublica.org/article/tarrant</span><span class="invisible">-county-judge-tim-ohare-far-right</span></a></p>