Matt Rinaldi
@MattRinaldiTX
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Father, husband, Conservative, Chairman of the Republican Party of Texas, and former Texas State Representative.
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Harvard has a $42 billion endowment. Yale’s is $31 billion. But Biden will tax truck drivers and plumbers to pay the student loans that built those empires.
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Are we going to talk about the mass shooting yesterday stopped by a 22 year old carrying concealed or does that not fit the approved narrative?
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I will be casting my RNC Chair vote tomorrow for Harmeet Dhillon.
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Election takeaways:
1. Florida had a wave election. Texas had a very good night. Results elsewhere were mixed. Ron DeSantis and his optimistic brand of bold and unapologetic conservatism is a winning brand and the GOP should take note. (1/8)
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The murderer is an illegal alien from Mexico who was deported at least twice, according to Univision 45 Houston. When you’re a senator, who supports open border policies that likely led to this tragedy, maybe shut the hell up.
Loose gun laws enacted by
#Republican
legislators have put guns into the wrong hands, increasing crime and taking the lives of innocent people.
TIME AND TIME AGAIN THESE TRAGEDIES HAVE PROVEN THAT WE ARE LESS SAFE.
Every other state is doing something to curb
#GunViolence
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So far, I’ve gotten about 3,000 emails regarding the RNC Chair race from Texas Republicans. Not a single one has been for McDaniel, about 30-40 have been for Lindell, the rest have been for
@pnjaban
. I’m sorry I can’t respond to each one individually. I’m voting for Dhillon.
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He’s got my vote. Only 167 to go.
🚨Breaking News: Lee Zeldin sends email to colleagues saying he is “very seriously considering” a bid against Ronna McDaniel for RNC Chair.
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Hey, remember when Democrats tried to fire half the country and turn them into second class citizens because they wouldn’t get a shot that didn’t work?
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Ron DeSantis created a FL wave because his optimistic, bold & unapologetic conservatism won hearts & minds. He led, rather than followed polls. He stood for something. He took risks. He rejected moderation. He inspired people. This is the path forward for the GOP. (7/8)
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I don’t know what ultra-MAGA is. But I’m pretty sure it’s not what Congress just voted for.
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Imagine if Kevin McCarthy took over as Speaker and appointed Nancy Pelosi, Adam Schiff and AOC to Congressional leadership positions. Republicans would be shocked and outraged. But that's what happens in Texas, and most people can't believe it. (1/9)
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Everyone is focused on the 9.1%. Last month’s inflation annualizes to 17%.
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Imagine being a Texas House Republican voting for an impeachment count that only got 2 DEMOCRAT votes in the Senate.
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This case should have never been prosecuted. A pardon by
@GregAbbott_TX
is in order.
BREAKING: Sgt. Daniel Perry was convicted of murder in the shooting death of Air Force veteran and protester Garrett Foster during a July 2020 march against police violence in
#Austin
. He faces up to life in prison.
#DanielPerry
#GarrettFoster
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This Speaker has done more political damage to his own supporters than any in recent history. With this statement, he’s making clear that he doesn’t intend to change a thing unless he’s removed.
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“GOP establishment snakes and Democrats alike will use the Paxton trial as a blueprint nationwide to remove duly elected officials whose steadfast principles threaten them… A vote to remove Paxton from office with an overwhelming lack of evidence would green-light the process in…
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The far left is taking a beating in school board races across North Texas. Wow.
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Every House Republican that bought Phelan and Murr’s BS and voted for this impeachment should be embarrassed.
BOMBSHELL in Ken Paxton Impeachment Trial:
A “whistleblower” says he reported Paxton to the FBI with NO EVIDENCE!
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My message to
@BestBuy
is simple: this is a time of war and global peril.
Bring down the price you are charging for 65” OLED televisions, specifically those with a 120k refresh rate and hdmi 2.1. And do it now.
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So this case is really shaping up to be about Paxton being willing to break established norms to investigate an out of control FBI, and his employees thinking it was “insane” for a state to challenge federal officers and speculating as to ulterior motives.
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For those not following the
@KenPaxtonTX
impeachment trial and want to know how it’s going, the main talking points from impeachment supporters are:
1. They don’t need to prove Paxton committed a crime, and
2. You don’t need evidence of a crime to report one.
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5. But the lesson is, the GOP can’t rest on Dem incompetence & 70% of voters believing America is on the wrong track to win elections. It needs a positive message and governing agenda. It needs to stand for something. (6/8)
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This is why you don’t base an impeachment on affidavits and witness statements, with no cross examination. Just a brutal takedown of the House’s most important witness.
Just one example how the
@KenPaxtonTX
legal team tore apart the sham impeachment.
#txlege
#PaxtonImpeachment
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Crisis can be used to unify or divide a country. George Bush had a 90% approval rating after 9/11 because he chose to unify America around a common cause. Biden has chosen to tear the country apart.
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Trigger law states where Dobbs effectively ended abortion: AR, ID, KY, LA, MS, MO, ND, OK, SD, TN, TX, UT & WY. The GOP performed well in all these states. Ohio passed a heartbeat law & the GOP won nearly every statewide election by 20 points. Dobbs wasn’t the problem.
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Parents who pull their children from public schools enacting mask mandates in violation of
@GregAbbott_TX
’s executive order should be able to spend their tax dollars at the school of their choice. Kids are at near zero risk. What we have done & continue to do to them is criminal.
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Drawing CD34 to be a D+15 district was an absolute waste of Flores’ talent & House leadership made a bad call in giving her the short straw in redistricting. She has a bright future and I’m confident will be back in the fight soon enough. (4/8)
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2. Texas became more red last night. In 2018, Cruz won by 2%, Patrick won by 5%, Paxton by 3%. Last night, the GOP continued its 28 year streak of winning every statewide office, did so by double digits in every race, & grew its majorities in the State House and Senate. (2/8)
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Wait, the witness wrote a memo accusing the AG of a crime without evidence, then applied for a job with the AG? Seriously?
8 more minutes of pure gold from the
@KenPaxtonTX
legal team today.
This is the case that the liberals in the Texas House are making.
#txlege
#PaxtonImpeachment
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Two weeks of testimony and all they proved was Ken Paxton doesn’t like the FBI or linoleum.
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We are now 2/3 through the
#PaxtonTrial
prosecution:
Mateer: No evidence
Bangert: No evidence
Vassar: Admits they never had evidence.
Maxwell: Entire basis of allegations is incorrect claim that investigating the lawfulness of an FBI search warrant is per se unlawful.
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We should cancel all subsidies and tax breaks to
@AmericanAir
like Georgia did with
@Delta
.
BREAKING: Fort Worth-based American Airlines has come out against voting legislation passed by the TX Senate this morning.
"To make American’s stance clear: We are strongly opposed to this bill and others like it."
#txlege
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Paper ballots.
One day voting.
Absentee balloting only for cause.
Voter ID.
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@TimRunsHisMouth
The Bath School massacre in 1927 was the worst school attack in US history and it wasn’t carried out with a gun.
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@conservmillen
Correct. In Texas, the code specifically excludes miscarriages & ectopic pregnancies from the definition.
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Beck: “They impeached an elected attorney general under criminal accusations without any evidence of a crime. This is much bigger than Texas.”
Yes it is Glen.
Did RINO Texas politicians ACTUALLY impeach an elected Attorney General with ZERO evidence?
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3. Though we outperformed our internal polls statewide, a much smaller red shift than we hoped in the suburbs and valley resulted in narrow losses in the Harris County Judge & Dallas COA races. Losing
@MayraFlores2022
was very disappointing. (3/8)
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Texans elected Republicans statewide by double digits and in both houses of the legislature because Republicans successfully made the case that Democrats shouldn't be in power. They shouldn't turn around and hand over power to Democrats.
#NoDemChairs
(9/9)
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Who let him in?
As a new Texan, I will do my best to work against these enablers of corruption.
Paxton is GUILTY
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I have never met a single person experiencing climate change anxiety or depression.
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4. Obviously, the results from outside Florida & Texas were largely disappointing. We have an outside shot of a one vote senate majority & will likely have a narrow margin in the House. Kari Lake will likely pull it out. (5/8)
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As this sham impeachment falls apart under cross examination, I want to remind conservatives that the
@TexasGOP
has stood against it from the beginning. As I said then, due process matters. This colossal waste of time is the result of the House not following it.
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This is a false statement, either uninformed or blatantly dishonest, and only helps the left. It’s possible to make a case for your preferred GOP primary candidate without sacrificing your credibility or repeating absurd race baiting Kamala Harris talking points.
As the direct descendent of a slave, I have a hard time understanding Governor DeSantis’ position that transferrable skills learned in bondage are somehow a net benefit.
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100%. House Republicans should choose leadership moving forward that will unify Republicans behind our common goals, instead of handing power to Democrats who use it to persecute our Republican office holders.
🚨Senate finds Paxton NOT GUILTY🚨
Speaker Phelan must step down now for empowering this Democrat effort while killing Republican priorities.
I am also demanding the State Auditor investigate how much tax money this wasted.
Full statement👇
#txlege
#PaxtonImpeachmentTrial
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The Republican Speaker is taking the procedural position that restricting chairs to the majority party as every other state and congress does is using state resources for “political purposes” and is illegal. This baseless & absurd ruling was made solely to protect Democrat power.
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A casual morning jog in a dress shirt. He’s just like us!
Corpus Christi!
Join me for a morning run along the water at 7:30. We’re meeting at the Selena Statue. Hope to see you there.
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A big thank you to our grassroots,
@TexasGOP
staff,
@chadshoemake
& John Beckmeyer for all their hard word. A big thank you as well to
@CreightonForTX
, who worked tirelessly as Victory Chair to help deliver this win. Texas is more red today than yesterday because of them. (8/8)
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You think there are shortages now. You haven’t seen shortages until they try to battle inflation with price ceilings.
As rising inflation threatens his presidency, President Biden is turning to the federal government’s antitrust authorities to try to tame red-hot price increases that his administration believes are partly driven by a lack of corporate competition.
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This is a clear violation of the
@DanPatrick
’s Gag Order, which carries a penalty of up to six months in county jail and a $500 fine.
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Today, I am endorsing
@realDonaldTrump
for President, reiterate my endorsement of
@CoveyTX
against liberal Speaker
@DadePhelan
& call on my Vice Chair
@drdana4tx
to unite & do the same. While party officials should remain neutral in primaries absent extraordinary circumstances,…
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Ron gets it right, time and time again.
DeSantis Suggests Cooling Diplomatic Relations With Australia Over ‘Off-The-Rails’ COVID Lockdowns
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Norway and Sweden should not be leading the way on this. Texas should.
Norway and Sweden have laws that prevent private employers or the state to force vaccinations because of “the individual right not to be subjected to bodily intrusions”.
Wouldn’t that be nice for us.
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This is a good day for parents everywhere. It’s a good day for America.
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If there’s one thing that unites Texas Republicans in these crazy times, it’s the belief that
@DadePhelan
needs to resign.
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“Any Republican backing Phelan is a fool, and should be disassociated from the Republican Party”
-Donald Trump
David Covey is running against Dade Phelan, the Speaker of the Texas House of Representatives, who led the Fraudulent Impeachment of the recently re-elected, in a landslide, Attorney General of Texas, Ken Paxton.
David is an America First Conservative who will Secure the…
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Remember when they said the economy was being destroyed by the virus and not the lockdown?
GREAT NEWS: South Dakota's unemployment rate dropped to 3.6% in October!
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Amen. The Texas House needs new leadership that will (1) stop the GOP civil war
@DadePhelan
started and (2) end the absurd practice of sharing power with Democrats. Texas Republicans are united for 2024. We invite House Republicans to join the team.
My hope is that the
#KenPaxton
aftermath will result not in a
#Texas
#GOP
civil War, but rather a push for unity, so that we can escape the insanity of a so-called Republican House Speaker who requires Democrat support to win. We are a red state; it’s time we acted like one.
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If I can get search results by Googling a candidate’s name and “taunts media”, chances are they have my vote.
Rep. Mayra Flores, was one of the faces of a rightward shift in the Latino vote that's upended American politics & captured the attention of national media. The Hispanic community & its shift to the right cannot be taken for granted by Democrats or media.
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I for one am grateful Biden doesn’t have a plan. I was scared to death he actually had one and intended to inflict it on us.
#NoPlanJoe
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This thread is a terrifying must read.
BREAKING: I've obtained internal footage of senior officials at the FAA's Flight Program Operations division — which is responsible for all aspects of aircraft operations — workshopping a plan to reduce the number of white males in aviation. 🧵
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The crazy thing about government boards, is eventually the other party gets to run it.
BREAKING: Biden Admin Department of Homeland Security to create a 'Disinformation Governance Board' dedicated to 'countering misinformation'
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I get a lot of emails from fed up conservatives asking what they can do to help the movement. Here are 3 things:
1. Run for school board.
2. Run for school board.
3. Volunteer to help your conservative friend who decided to run for school board.
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“Giving freedoms”
The CDC releases guidelines giving limited freedoms to people fully vaccinated against Covid-19. Here are the rules to keep following.
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Why is this only happening in Florida?
BREAKING: The Florida Board of Medicine has voted to ban sex change "treatments" for underage children.
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Everyone has known for a long time that Whitely is a Democrat. You really should trust us more when we tell you this stuff in the primary.
SCOOP: Tarrant County
@Judge_Whitley
, the Republican leader of Texas' largest GOP county, said he will back Democrat Mike
@CollierForTexas
instead of the Republican incumbent
@DanPatrick
.
Whitley explained why in a new episode of
@Yallitics
.
EPISODE:
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Looks like a possible GOP sweep in Carrollton. Babick wins mayor big, and Chris Axberg wins City Council. Daisy Palermo winning by a hair in the other council race. If she pulls it off, 3/3.
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Texas Republicans appointed Democrats to about 40% of House leadership positions last session. Dems then use those positions to slander Republicans as racists & "threats to democracy", kill GOP legislation & raise $ to oppose Republicans in elections. (2/9)
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Here’s your devolution of a political party in two pictures:
Coppell Democrats July 4, 2010 parade:
Coppell Democrats July 4, 2021 parade:
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I’m sorry nobody believes anything in your shitty paper. This must be very hard for you.
Far-right billionaires Tim Dunn and Farris Wilks saw significant election victories in Texas despite a white supremacist scandal. Out of 28 House candidates they supported, 11 won their primaries outright, with eight more heading to runoffs in May.
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It’s time for civil disobedience on mask mandates. We will be wearing masks 5 years from now if people keep complying.
Tarrant County mask mandate will likely be extended until May 25, Judge Whitley says.
That would mean we would have been under the mandate for almost a year. Whitley originally enacted the mandate on June 25, 2020.
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In case you wanted a status update on the culture war, the Republican-controlled Texas House just passed a resolution honoring men pretending to be women on International Women’s Day.
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Excellent line of questioning by
@tedcruz
. Watch the whole thing.
.
@SenTedCruz
: "Did any FBI agents or confidential informants actively participate in the events of January 6th? Yes or no?"
FBI's Jill Sanborn: "I can't answer that."
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Just got escorted out of the
@GalleriaDallas
by security for pulling my mask down for 10 seconds in a secluded area to speak to my 3 year old when he couldn’t understand me with the mask. Our country has lost its mind.
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I’m excited to announce my candidacy for Chairman of the Republican Party of Texas. (1/3)
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Democrats control the Texas House.
In less than 2 minutes you will see what's wrong with the Texas House.
Andrew Murr says he wouldn't do anything differently, then turns the microphone over to one of the most radical D's in his chamber to lambast Republicans.
#txlege
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This was a petty, classless move. The only way to get treated with respect in Dade Phelan's Texas House is if you're a Democrat or you act like one.
Dade Phelan had the Sergeant at Arms remove our Attorney General
@KenPaxtonTX
from House Chambers. Paxton is the one who will defend the laws we pass and Dade’s doubling down on his failed impeachment madness.
#TexLege
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I agree.
Tucker Carlson Calls For Biden To Be Impeached & For Congress To Investigate His Administration Selling Off Oil From America's Strategic Petroleum Reserve To Foreign Countries
"They should impeach him for it."
"This is not a mistake. It's intentional."
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How many of you are ready for
@GregAbbott_TX
to fully open Texas and remove all Covid restrictions?
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The mask mandate is working.
Wait, Im being informed that there is no mask mandate in Arizona. Never mind.
In Arizona, visits to the ER with Covid like illness are plummeting. This is already leading to decreased hosptializations and deaths. Expect this positive trend to continue.
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Would be nice if we had some governors pushing back by unequivocally saying their states will not comply.
#OpenAmerica
Biden COVID-19 adviser floats plan to pay for national lockdown lasting up to six weeks
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I’m honored to lead the Party into the ever-important 2022 election cycle.
PRESS RELEASE: The State Republican Executive Committee today elected Matt Rinaldi as Chairman.
#LeadRight
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Let’s be clear: The Biden administration has adopted a policy of withholding lifesaving Covid treatment from red states like Texas and Florida. States affected need to act fast and make their own purchases of monoclonal antibodies to ensure supply is not interrupted.
WOW. Read this. The Biden administration is reportedly reducing its supply of monoclonal antibodies to states like Texas. Add this to pharmacies refusing to fill prescriptions for treatments that are saving lives under the direction of the CDC, and the agenda of cruelty is clear.
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That’s how you do it.
ABC NEWS: Florida gives school districts 48 hours to reverse mask mandates or lose funding
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Maybe not do this the day after he voted with Democrats to fund drag shows and pride month events at the Defense Department.
Rep.
@TonyGonzales4TX
is an incredible advocate for his constituents, and we're proud to have him in the Republican Party!
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These sad house members writing bitter postmortems never stop to think that they were the cause of the disunity—attacking the
@TexasGOP
, impeaching
@KenPaxtonTX
, empowering Dems. Luckily, Texas Republicans have stopped the infighting…by retiring members like
@KrondaForTexas
.
Texas Republicans must stop the infighting. Here is my editorial submitted to Dallas Morning News this week:
Many Texas Republicans are getting bamboozled, and many of them don’t even realize it.
Lulled by decades of political dominance, many of us have stopped caring who our…
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These are but a few examples that show the absurdity of awarding 40% of House leadership positions to a party that not only opposes every value & principle your voters hold dear, but is also in an open political war with your party and your voters. (8/9)
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Get ready for four years of the most subversive censorship of dissenting voices you have ever seen. Conservative discussion will be driven underground, and you will be forced to publicly adopt the Democrat party line to earn a living.
This just in:
@SimonSchuster
"has decided to cancel publication of Senator Josh Hawley’s forthcoming book, THE TYRANNY OF BIG TECH."
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