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Texan at large. @StarTelegram since '81, online since 12/21/92; wrote at FW Press, @Statesman , Times Herald, @DallasNews bud @budkennedy .com Dining: @EatsBeat
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Attention, fellow Texans: We have run out of electricity again. Keep the AC at 78 degrees all weekend, and notice how this comes out after the Texas Capitol phones are closed for the day
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Closeup of the great
@TomFoxPhoto
shot of Beto O’Rourke with Fort Worth civil rights hero Opal Lee
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Arlington, it's finally time for a championship parade! Starts at 1 pm Fri near home plate, loops west and north around Holtz Lake and back around Choctaw Stadium. This time the victory parade isn't in Dallas. It's for the Texas
@Rangers
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Democrat
@BetoORourke
drew a block-long crowd in Waxahachie, but it was his nearest tour stop to Dallas. Still impressive, video here And note Dale Hansen (the next ex-sportscaster in Texas politics?) in the crowd (Tom Forsyth's photo from FB).
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Asked to say something nice about opponent,
@BetoORourke
talks about Cruz's family and children.
@tedCruz
thanks Beto, talks about himself and praises Beto for speaking out like Bernie Sanders. Beto replies drily: "True to form."
#txsen
#txsenatedebate
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Here's
@BetoORourke
punching up: "This is what people don't like about Washington DC. You just said something and attributed it to me that I did not say."
#TXSen
#TXSenateDebate
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Joe Biden has taken the lead in Tarrant County, Texas, an apparent replay of 2018 when Beto won the county but Democrats didn’t flip a single countywide or Texas House seat
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The year is 2023, and I am watching Dolly Parton in a Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders outfit singing “Jolene” and “9 to 5” at halftime of the Cowboys’ Thanksgiving Day game. What was in that mushroom gravy?
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“We’re in the middle of a pandemic. We’ve had problems with our electric grid. And they’re screwing around with how many machines we can have in a polling place?”
@Judge_Whitley
on Texas’ Senate Bill 7
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A crowd of 1,100 was expected for
@BetoORourke
at New Main Brewing in Pantego. It’s full
#txsen
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For the media who will need this, White Settlement, Texas, was the name of the first Anglo pioneer settlement across the West Fork of the Trinity River in Comanche territory. The “white settlement school” gave its name to a later postwar suburb.
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Unintended consequences: Florida activist Chaz Stevens is sending Texas schools Arabic "In God We Trust" signs, which must be displayed under the law passed last session by
@SenBryanHughes
#txlege
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A new shock in Tarrant County: Lifelong Republican and 20-year campaigner
@BetsyPriceFW
says not to vote by political party at all this year, and she won’t recommend anyone in major Texas or local races
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Election Eve shocker in Texas: Granbury council candidate Brad Benson is arrested a day before his election, will face charges of possession of child porn. Hood County GOP says if it's true there is "no way the party would ever condone such activity."
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Good morning. In an overnight shocker,
@BetoORourke
won Tarrant County by 3800 votes. Tarrant County is no longer the perfect bellwether of Texas elections: It’s more purple now.
#txsen
#tx2018
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The ad in
@DallasNews
signed by 65 businesses today calling for
@GregAbbott_TX
to end anti-LGBT efforts.
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For those obsessing over TV or Twitter, a reminder that Texas Attorney General
@KenPaxtonTX
is free on $35,000 bond facing three felony charges in connection with financial disclosure violations he already admitted. He was elected and re-elected.
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"Texas AG broke law, [prosecutor] says" is a headline we've seen before.
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Arlington Republican Dale Attebery (earlier photo), who wanted Shahid Shafi removed as county party vice chair and sponsored “anti-jihad training” by John Guandolo, tossed his badge at the stage and resigned after
@tarrantgop
kept Shafi
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East Texas obituary as published in the Jefferson Jimplecute, making the rounds today—
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President Joe Biden declares disaster in Texas. Here’s how to get financial help
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Arlington Republican activist Kelly Canon (1959-2022), who came forward in 2017 with allegations that helped push
@RepJoeBarton
to retire, has died of COVID. She promoted a "COVID symposium" last month and came down sick 3 weeks later.
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“Power grid issues, rising crime, poor health care, and a rollback of diversity, equity and inclusion, all contributed to the declines.”
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In Southlake, Texas, there is no mention of the reason for the Monday holiday created under President Reagan.
🚨 Reminder: There is NO SCHOOL on Monday, January 16th. Enjoy your 3-day weekend, Dragon Nation! We'll see our students back in class on January 17th.
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The FBI in San Antonio closes in on
@KenPaxtonTX
in the ongoing investigation involving developer Nate Paul. Paxton also faces a state felony trial in Houston and a removal trial in Austin. Let's just say he's a busy guy -- via
@statesman
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Texas loses a major electric vehicle factory, in part because of its unreliable independent power grid—
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The same
@KellerISD
school board that banned the illustrated Anne Frank book invited a Messianic Jewish rabbi--a Christian denomination--to open their meeting. Oh, and he faces charges for sexual assault. Welcome to your
@PatriotMobile
schools via
@jtanews
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An A&M professor was investigated just for criticizing
@DanPatrick
? Sounds like — cancel culture
#txlege
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I don't see why any school superintendents should worry about being punished for defying
@GregAbbott_TX
's executive order. The precedent is set.
7 days in jail, no bail and a $7K fine is outrageous. No surprise Texans are responding. I’m covering the $7K fine she had to pay and I volunteer to be placed under House Arrest so she can go to work and feed her kids.
#txlege
#TexansHelpingTexans
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This would be a good sign to put at the Texas state line. (Tortilleria la Nueva in Fort Worth)
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Why the witnesses against
@KenPaxtonTX
are Texas' heroes of the year. (And why the Texas Senate is not.)
#txlege
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Dallas, Houston, Austin and San Antonio are now making local decisions despite Gov. Abbott’s order. Notably missing: the third largest county in Texas, Tarrant.
Our temporary restraining order against the Governor was granted, paving the way for decisions guided by public health professionals.
As such, our local health authority has issued a directive requiring masks inside all public K-12 schools in Bexar County.
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He’s OK: Former Star-Telegram reporter
@DaveyMontgomery
, 79, a reporter for 58 years, took a fall covering the protest at UT for the New York Times. (Dave was a 1960s Air Force medic for years, FYI.)
@JohnnieMo
Moritz says he talked to Dave.
@MikalaCompton
photo in
@Statesman
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Column: Call the Allen mall shooting what it is - a racist terror attack. Why won’t leaders say so?
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I will only point out that if this involved anyone other than
@KenPaxtonTX
, the news stories would describe him as “felony suspect Ken Paxton, who faces a removal trial along with criminal charges and remains free on $35,000 bond.”
#txlege
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“The spread is so rapid right now, there's never a reason for you to have to leave your home unless you need to go out," Abbott said. "The safest place for you is at your home."
With COVID cases at all-time high, Abbott tells Texans to stay home
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Experts say they have identified the originators of the QAnon political cosplay conspiracy hobby. One is running for Congress.
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The
@KellerISD
trainwreck continues: Christian filmmakers were brought on a high school campus by trustee Sandi Walker and interviewed students without releases or parents' consent. (What happened to "parents' rights" and "giving parents a voice"?)
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The scapegoating has begun, so a reminder: Contact tracers say new cases came from bars, parties & events. New cases are predominantly Latino and Anglo. The worst danger was inside bars, not outside marching. If you’re blaming justice protests for bars closing, clean up your act.
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“The Republican Party of Hood County is run by wealthy oil barons from the oil country of West Texas. This type of control is really statewide and is getting worse.”
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His own truck was wrecked, so Toyota gives a new truck to the off-duty paramedic who rescued victims of the I-35W pileup
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The Fort Worth fire chief joins TCU Nursing faculty directly speaking out against
@GregAbbott_TX
: Where’s the evidence that it’s safe to remove Texas’ mask mandate?
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President Trump is secretly plotting to round up a deep-state global child sex trafficking cabal. Does anybody really believe that? The
@CityColleyville
mayor pro tem seems to. The bizarre conspiracy fantasy of QAnon and "Q" creeps into Texas politics
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In southwest Fort Worth, the nutria have decided now is the time to launch their takeover of the nation (pic
@CowtownSeeker
)
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This what the
@TexasGOP
has come to: At
@AllenWest
’s Dallas rally promoted by the party, an InfoWars speaker says Gov.
@GregAbbott_TX
“doesn’t stand for the national anthem.”
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Half of Longview is still without power, and some East Texans may not have electricity or AC for a week after storm damage
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“In Texas, where white evangelicals dominate the Legislature, only 15% of the state's residents identify as white evangelicals.”
@PRRIpoll
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A story told hundreds of times over all across America.
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That GoFundMe page that has raised $500,000-plus for
#ShelleyLuther
’s salon? It was set up before she even reopened her salon. This was all staged.
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After a week of
@BetoORourke
rallies drawing crowds in the thousands, capped in Frisco, a Collin County GOP precinct chair warns, "Texas is turning blue. ... Frisco's in trouble. McKinney's in trouble."
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All I can say is, voters in Tarrant County lined up for blocks in their cars yesterday and waited more than an hour just to deliver registrations or mail-in ballots. If I were a Republican in a swing seat, I would take note.
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To
@GregAbbott_TX
,
@DanPatrick
and
@KenPaxtonTX
after Trump said Pence should have delayed certifying the 2020 election: Whose side are you really on? Is this the future you see for Texas? Ditch him.
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ICYMI:
@KenPaxtonTX
is serving while free on $35,000 bond awaiting a criminal court trial in connection with two 2015 counts of securities fraud ($15,000 bond each) and one count of failure to register as an investment adviser. This is absolutely Trumpian.
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"We're Not Gonna Take It" was
@BetoORourke
's walk-off song tonight in Fort Worth--
OH DAMN YO!
@AlexSkolnick
and
@TraciiGuns
we got our bass player - it's
@BetoORourke
!!! He plays bass!
Now we need a famous drummer....
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The Fort Worth's Fourth fireworks show is canceled, and so should be the careers of everybody who let it go on.
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A
@MomsAGAbbott
billboard at TX114/TX121 in deep-red Grapevine supports Mike
@CollierForTexas
,
@RochelleMGarza
,
#sd9
longshot Gwenn
@BurudForTexas
and DA candidate
@TiffanyForDA
Burks. But who’s that other PAC (pix from
@indivisibletx24
)
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"The Netherlands, after Brexit, after the American elections, said ‘No’ to the wrong kind of populism.":
@MarkRutte
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21-year
@StarTelegram
reporter Mitch Mitchell has passed away after collapsing Sunday at home. He had Page One lead stories last week on the arrest in the Carla Walker case. May we all show the same love and respect for our community that Mitch showed every day for Fort Worth.
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From the
@StarTelegram
Editorial Board: "In a time when political courage is constantly lacking,
#txlege
Republicans who stood up to intimidation — and reported pressure calls from Paxton himself — should be celebrated."
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Sen.
@JohnCornyn
appears to be warning us against an overly powerful central government. But it’d help if he’d clarify.
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The
@StarTelegram
Editorial Board calls for forcing a desperate
@KenPaxtonTX
to resign after his lawsuit over Trump's loss makes Texas look silly. "No inquiry or court has found any credible evidence of anything beyond the usual minor human error."
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Reports everywhere in Tarrant County that there’s a drastic shortage of voting machines for the Democratic primary. Plenty of Republican machines and no Dem machines, so long lines. Complete failure to serve the people by
@tarrantelection
.
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I am not going to retweet video or photos of the North Freeway calamity in Fort Worth, It is the single worst chain-reaction car and truck crash I have seen here, like something out of a disaster movie. My prayers to all involved.
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Garland Republican
@KatrinaPierson
has been named a senior advisor to the
@realDonaldTrump
transition team.
@BudKennedy
Thank you for my 🍗 If
@JasonWhitely
watched
@FoxNews
he'd still see me few times a week. 😆
#MAGA
🇺🇸👍
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The oilmen who own Texas conservatives say to blame everything on wind power. This should comes as no surprise.
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Yes indeed--how in the world does a British national (not Pakistani) land in Texas and get a weapon? I mean, they're so hard to find
3/ My question is how did a Pakistani National with terrorist ties get into Texas? Who harbored him? And, how did he get a weapon?
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If you’re one of the people who went out in the streets with signs saying “Open Texas!” or “Liberty!”—I expect to see you out now hollering “Wear a mask!” and “Stay 6 feet away!” This is the Texas you asked for, where personal responsibility rules. Urge Texans to be responsible.
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Investigators say Attorney General
@KenPaxtonTX
of McKinney made his state office into a favor factory for a donor. This time, there's no question. He has to go | Opinion
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I'm not clear why this rule for
@KenPaxtonTX
's trial isn't discussed more. The Constitution says the Senate is voting only on "removal," not requiring proof beyond a reasonable doubt. The trial only decides whether Texas is better served without Paxton, not absolute guilt. The…
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I’m OK with DFW becoming the Island of Lost Bowl Games, but somebody should be donating money to support nurses, doctors, sick hospitality workers and the people bearing the burden for all these gatherings.
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In San Angelo, an organizer of last year’s “Freedom Rally” against masks lies hospitalized, gravely ill, after ivermectin failed to stave off COVID-19
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Due to
@SenBobHall
, county health departments in Texas are now banned from promoting or advertising COVID-19 vaccines. So if a bad strain emerges -- don't look to your county health officials for help.
#txlege
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The most talked-about halftime show in years, and probably for many years to come. At 77, Dolly donated $1M to the Salvation Army and put on this show—
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Alarm: Creepy letters going out to early voters in Tarrant County from local “Stop the Steal" activists.
#txgov
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The
@texastribune
’s
@i_p_a_1
with the most discussed photo of the day —
@RepJoeKennedy
with
@BetoORourke
, marching in Tornillo but stirring voters across Texas
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The
@StarTelegram
Editorial Board calls for
@johnCornyn
,
@tedCruz
and other Texas Republicans to renounce Trump’s claim of a vast election conspiracy.
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“It sometimes seems that there is no check on Attorney General
@KenPaxtonTX
’s malfeasance and ineptitude.”
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Hearts are happy in east Fort Worth tonight: Anonymous donors put up an artificial Christmas tree on the I-30 hilltop where a raggedly lone mimosa was celebrated for 35 years as Fort Worth’s “Homeless Christmas Tree.” The long-dead tree was removed in 2020.
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From our
@Russell_NM
: "The Texas GOP has become a miniature version of the national MAGA party, choosing fealty to a person over principle, a politician over the party’s traditional values. Instead of Donald Trump, it’s
@KenPaxtonTX
."
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"Dallas"?
Congrats to the
@Rangers
!
I’m a life-long Astros fans—tough night—but Dallas won it with a fantastic performance in game 7. They earned it.
And we have a Texas team in the
#WorldSeries
So, go Rangers!!!!
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A new low: The money man for the powerful Wilks family of Cisco meets in rural west Tarrant County with widely banned white+male+Christian nationalist podcaster Nick Fuentes.
@TexasGOP
Chair
@MattRinaldiTX
says he wasn’t there. From
@RobertDownen_
#txlege
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Told
@GregAbbott_TX
’s campaign estimates 10 million voters,
@BetoORourke
said in Fort Worth: “I don’t think that’s a bad guess. I think there’s a good chance the number will be north of 10 million.” He cited the abortion decision, Texas law and “thousands of young people”voting
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From reports, the
@DIsciplesNews
Disciples of Christ churches (
@TCU
's affiliate) have condemned "Christian nationalism," definining it as "Christian supremacist identity ... the appropriation of Christian language and imagery to amass political power."
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The
@StarTelegram
Editorial Board on Nick Fuentes' visit to Tarrant County: Jonathan Stickland and Pale Horse Strategies can't sink much lower. We shouldn't have to say that nobody in Texas politics should meet with a known antisemite.
#txlege
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Hood County constable Chad Jordan, who has sent emails saying all peace officers should join the Oath Keepers, sent deputies to
@GranburyISD
May 6 to investigate whether there was obscene content in the high school library. (There isn't.)
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‘Mayor of the Stockyards’ Steve Murrin endorses Fort Worth Democrat
@DeborahWPeoples
for Tarrant County judge over Southlake Republican
@TimothyOHare
, "one of the crazies."
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The
@ShermanISD
is ridiculous. A good actor is a good actor in any role regardless of gender. Let girls play boys and boys play girls if they're good actors, no matter what. Go ahead and showcase the school's theater talent. Thanks
@DMNOpinion
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A Texas city's apology:
@CityOf_Rockdale
leaders issue a long statement about protesters at
@BetoORourke
's rally who badgered him and claim they "ran him out of town" h/t
@Jadabird
#txgov
#tx2022
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Happy Texas Independence Day! Oh, by the way—the only 2 native Texans to sign the Declaration of Independence were Latinos. Meet proud Texas founders Navarro and Ruíz
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