Recently, a sensationalist magazine in Texas ran an article about a state politician expressing fondness for the Communist Party of China’s relation to the state and longing for his political party to have a similar relationship with the State of Texas.

Wow.

The Communist Party of China formed on 23 July 1923. In December 1929, it made the military its “armed wing.” Twenty years later the Communist Party established a government, the People’s Republic of China. But the miliary, by then called the People’s Liberation Army, continued, and continues to this day, to report to the Communist Party. PLA officers pledge their loyalty to the Communist Party. Not to China. Not to Chinese. But directly to the Communist Party and its leadership.

Does the Texas politician want US political parties to maintain their own armed forces?

Perhaps the politician admires Xi Jinping’s powerful position in the PRC. Does he care that murder played a role in Xi’s political ascension. Bo Xilai appeared likely to clinch China’s paramount leader post. When Bo’s wife, Gu Kailai, murdered an English businessman, Neil Heywood, Xi’s network quickly exploited the opportunity and jailed Bo. Stories of other fatalities tied to Xi’s taking power abound in China.

Does he want US lawyers to place loyalty to a political party above their duties to clients and the law itself? In the PRC, clients hire and pay lawyers who owe their first and unchangeable loyalty to China’s dominant political party.

Texas, at least, needs informed political leaders.