DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – A conservative activist is backing up his allegations of corruption against Texas House Speaker Dennis Bonnen with audio recordings.
Michael Quinn Sullivan claims Bonnen and State Representative Dustin Burrows offered him media credentials last summer in exchange for Sullivan’s political action committee targeting 10 GOP incumbents in the 2020 primaries.
Sullivan released the recordings on WBAP’S Chris Salcedo Show.
“Let’s go after these Republicans that, and I’m not kidding when it comes to 2020, if we’re successful and we gain maybe one, two, or three, Republican seats then we can beat some of these liberal pieces of s**t,” Bonnen is heard saying on the recording.”
The recording lasts for longer than an hour.
“I’d like you to tone down the pops at people that are decent members,” Bonnen asked Sullivan. “And let’s unload on those who we need to get rid of.”
Sullivan told Salcedo that when he was asked to meet with Bonnen he felt like he “needed to protect [himself].”
He addressed why he held onto the recording for months.
“I’ve never been a record the meeting guy,” said Sullivan. “I wanted to give Bonnen the chance to make things right. He chose not to do so and I had to announce that I had the recording.”
Bonnen welcomed the release of the tapes and claims he did nothing wrong.
LISTEN to the entire Sullivan/Bonnen recording below: