Texas Speaker gives vague apology for ‘hurtful’ things said

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The Texas House speaker is apologizing to lawmakers for “embarrassing” and “hurtful” things he said on a secretly-recorded conversation with a hardline conservative activist in a scandal that has rocked state Republicans.
First-term Speaker Dennis Bonnen sent an apology email Tuesday. It doesn’t address anything specific that Bonnen said and it notably avoids mention of an alleged “hit list” of Republican lawmakers to target in