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For more than a decade, the Texas borderlands have served an essential purpose in the lives of elected officials: as a stage for politicians to strut their stuff. Trips to the Texas-Mexico border, cameras in tow, are now so commonplace that it’s easy to forget that putting on quasi-military garb and gazing seriously into the Rio Grande wasn’t always a prerequisite for being a GOP politician. (Democrats go to South Texas too, for different reasons, but the issue of border security and immigration is trickier and less politically salient for most liberals.)Thanks to the pioneering efforts of former governor Rick Perry and others, border cosplay has become part of the Texas political calendar. Appearances wax and wane depending on the season, the priorities of right-wing…

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