Scott Braddock
@scottbraddock
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Editor at @QuorumReport and the "best sourced journalist at the Capitol," per Texas Monthly. Host of the Texas Take podcast, the #1 politics show around.
Joined July 2008
Sometimes I walk out here for really no reason at all. The Texas Capitol is just beautiful and belongs to poor children in east El Paso County as much as it belongs to a hedge fund manager who lives in Highland Park. God bless us all.
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Every Texas Republican I've heard say it's not the time to politicize guns this week will be speaking at a political convention about guns this week in Houston.
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Profanity is using the term "motherfucker." .Obscenity is laughing about a weapon that liquifies children.
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Greg Abbott flew to Japan for a sake sippin' tour, but couldn't bother himself to go to Houston while Hurricane Beryl was killing 30 Texans.
Kamala Harris flew to Houston for a political rally, but couldn't trouble herself to go a few hundred miles more & see the damage she caused to our border. She refused to mention Jocelyn Nungaray who was recently killed by illegal immigrants in Houston.
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Beto confirms that it was the Abbott campaign demanding there would be no live audience - he points out the #Uvalde families wanted to be in the room for this debate on guns. Abbott said no #TxLege #TxGovDebate.
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Looks like Travis County is the first in Texas to see these popping up today
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Don't forget: Five years ago today, 500 people were shot by one man in Las Vegas. 60 died.
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Confirmed: There will be no live in-studio audience for Friday's debate between @GregAbbott_TX and @BetoORourke. Sources tell me Abbott would only agree to face Beto with no audience in the room #txlege.
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Abbott Border Blunder: .A case of limes goes from $30 to $90. A case of avocados goes from $40 to $120. Number of undocumented immigrants caught/drugs seized: 0.#txlege.
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Based on everything I'm hearing, the degree to which Texas business interests are angry with Gov @GregAbbott_TX cannot be overstated. @DanPatrick messed with Disney, but that doesn't matter here. Abbott's border antics are messing with Toyota, HEB, GM, etc #TxLege.
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The president shouldn't have to track you down when you abandoned Texans during a hurricane, Governor.
Biden's memory fails again. Not once did he call me during Beryl. He has my number & called me on Memorial Day after tornadoes hit Texas. I've had daily calls with state & local officials during Beryl. I spoke with FEMA Admin while on our trade mission but Biden never called.
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"The Reichstag is burning" - a representative of major Texas employers who said @GregAbbott_TX "is fucking over Texas businesses so he can run for president" #txlege.
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A heat index of 105 and millions without power in Southeast Texas. But some of y'all keep acting like it doesn't matter who's in charge. I've covered hurricanes and Texas leadership for decades so I can tell you: It matters.
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North Texas rumblings: Gov Abbott's internal poll has him down 4 points in Tarrant County, apparently.
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Priorities: While your governor was throwing a tantrum about brown babies getting the food they need electric plants were failing, leading to a call for energy conservation across Texas.
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Texans should spend some time in prayerful reflection over voting for a man who would ever stoke anger over babies being fed.
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Remarkable:.Not only did the Texas House vote 84 to 63 to kill school vouchers. By the same margin, the House slammed the door on any reconsideration of vouchers during discussion of House Bill 1 #txlege.
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Sarah Jessica Parker and Matthew Broderick will host @BetoORourke for a fundraiser at their home in NYC next week, apparently
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Lots of paper, maybe some documents on fire in the dumpster outside the Texas Attorney General's office #txlege
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Sounds like piss-poor attendance at the Trump rally in Texas today.
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No Governor of Texas has ever said private schools should receive tax dollars. Until now.
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It is often easy for me to forget @tedcruz, R-Ted Cruz, even exists because he never does anything for Texas. But his performance was especially embarrassing today.
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FINALLY someone calls out Sen. Cruz for his girlish giggle. Allred slams Cruz for his role on Jan 6: "It's not funny and you're a threat to democracy".
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Rep @EddieMoralesJr formally asks that the charges against AG @KenPaxtonTX be updated to include intimidation of legislators and "jury tampering" when it comes to his communications with members of the Texas Senate #txlege
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Decades of covering Texas and I have NEVER seen this level of incompetence and misplaced priorities. Few travel this entire incredible state talking to everyone from all walks of life like I do. We ARE better than what we are getting from leadership right now.
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Some Texas Republicans already privately saying Allred's hit on Cruz about Jan 6 was the Congressman's best moment.
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Gov @GregAbbott_TX's floating pardons for cops on the same day the former head of ERCOT testified that Abbott instructed the electric grid operator to charge the maximum for power during the deadly winter freeze. I'm sure coincidences are real I've just never seen one #txlege.
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Former Rep @BetoORourke raises $3 million from 43,900 contributors in a month, per his campaign #txlege.
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Historic: .The Texas House votes unanimously to expel Bryan Slaton
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Oh wow: In a letter to the Texas Supreme Court, the head of @HEB Charles Butt appears to side with Harris County Clerk @CGHollins that everyone should be able to request a mail ballot during the pandemic #txlege
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Thank God @GregAbbott_TX took a few "unsafe trucks" off the road with this stunt because last year he signed a law making it harder to sue if one of them runs you over #txlege.
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A Texas GOP operative tells me it's quite possible Gov @GregAbbott_TX's "guarantee the lights will stay on" could be his "read my lips" moment #TxLege.
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How much would it cost to charter buses to drop off Texas foster kids at the governor’s mansion? #txlege.
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Some of the biggest applause @BetoORourke gets in Corpus is when he mentions supporting educators in Texas public schools #txlege
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Paxton aquitted: Easy to understand. @DanPatrick took $3 million from Paxton supporters then aggressivly put his thumb on the scale. He protected Paxton & his mistress from testifying, pressured the jury for a quick verdict by threatning them with sequestering them in the Capitol.
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No veteran of Texas politics I’ve talked to can recall a member of the billionaire class personally lashing out at a candidate in similar fashion to what’s been reported today. Truly remarkable. Texas oligarchs will not be questioned #txlege.
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Gov Abbott admitting he doesn't know how a school voucher program would work and saying lawmakers would have to "hammer it out" was the comic relief I needed this evening. Thank you #TxLege.
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Houston politics update: .Harris County Judge @LinaHidalgoTX posts a picture with her fiancé, Houston Mayor @whitmire_john comments that "he sure looks like a nerd"
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Texas mayors, county judges, and school boards do not work for @GregAbbott_TX. So, they're defying - not disobeying - him. They all have the same boss: Texans. #txlege.
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Now that @DanPatrick has admitted he spoke with senators during their deliberations, in which they were to speak to no one but each other, maybe he'll gladly release his full phone records for Friday and today #TxLege.
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It's so "dangerous" on the Texas-Mexico border that Trump supporters are having a festival there.
Biden’s lax approach to the border isn’t cutting it! . People across the country are speaking out, calling for a tougher stance and decisive action to keep America safe
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The Rep for Allen, Texas, spent much of this week railing against children "led like lambs to the slaughter" talking about gender care. The congressman for Allen says those who think prayers aren't enough just don't believe in an almighty God. Maybe worry about guns for a minute.
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The confrontation continues: @BetoORourke to rally supporters tomorrow right outside the George R Brown Convention Center where the @NRA will be meeting in Houston #txlege
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While you're watching Texas schools struggle with inadequate resources: Anyone who tells you @GregAbbott_TX didn't hold school funding hostage for private school vouchers is lying to you. Here's the video of Abbott spelling out what he was doing.
October is Bullying Prevention Month, but during it Gov. Abbott is holding up $4B in new education funds until he gets his school voucher bill. This impacts both per student allotment funding (currently 43rd in US) and teacher pay raises ($7,700 behind US pay avg) . #TxLege
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Montgomery County tonight. It's not nothing.
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When you're done with that @GregAbbott_TX maybe check on kids being raped and sex trafficked in state-funded facilities. Thanks #txlege.
After Biden halted contruction of Trump's border wall, hundreds of unused wall panels were left at sites like this one in Eagle Pass. Because Biden refuses to build the wall, Texas has obtained this material for free. We're using it to build the wall & secure our border.
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And look at that: Beto way sharper on immigration than many would expect #TxLege #TxGovDebate.
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Observation: After @BetoORourke appeared on conservative talk radio today in DFW slamming @GregAbbott_TX, callers naturally disagreed with Beto on a host of issues but not a single one offered a defense of Abbott's leadership. That's interesting. #txlege.
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Looking at some internal polling and @GregAbbott_TX is *tanking* in the Texas suburbs. The vote has to be made up in rural Texas, which explains @DanPatrick's bus tour. Giddyup .#TxLege.
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Gov @GregAbbott_TX is now presiding over a gridlocked government in Austin and is at war with school boards, cities, and counties over covid restrictions. It has to be the most dysfunctional Texas government has been in modern history #txlege.
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There's credible chatter in the last 24 hours that Texas AG Paxton will resign prior to the impeachment trial to avoid testifying. Lt Gov Patrick *may* be back-channeling to Paxton that it won't go well for him in the Texas Senate and to make it easier on everyone. Developing. .
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The Texas House votes 76 to 4 to send law enforcement to find the absent Democrats, "under warrant of arrest if necessary" #TxLege.
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Gov @GregAbbott_TX and Little Gov @DanPatrick both out with statements calling the shooting in Allen tonight "unspeakable." .That's correct. Neither of them speaks or does anything about kids being slaughtered in this state. Period. #TxLege.
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Lots of u hauls at the office of the attorney general of Texas. Hmm
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A lot of Texans just learned Colin Allred is running for US Senate.
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This guy has argued the woke gay agenda in Texas public schools is a reason we need a school voucher program. Gov @GregAbbott_TX and some other Republicans have agreed. Now @CurrentRevolt reports @DeAngelisCorey was in gay porn
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The LeBron James school is a public school, not a charter.
Thank you LeBron James for making the libs fall in love with charter schools.
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On public education, @BetoORourke says @GregAbbott_TX is attacking teachers at a time "we should have their backs" #txlege
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How corrupt was the entire process? The Texas Senate just dismissed charges they chose not even to hear any arguments or evidence about. Those are the securites fraud charges in which Attorney General Paxton has confessed to the underlying behavior #TxLege.
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Reports from all over Texas: In Houston, San Antonio, Dallas, Fort Worth, Austin, The Valley, Lubbock, etc., wait times are 30 minutes to an hour at traditionally empty polling places #TXSen #txlege #EarlyVoting.
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As fucked up as it all is, I love Texas and y'all can't stop me. Let's all work together to make it better.
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It should be national news tonight that the biggest school district in Texas is on track to defy Gov @GregAbbott_TX's ban on local mask mandates #txlege .
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I missed out on the @georgepbush swag yesterday: The koozie says "this is the only Bush that likes me. This is the Bush that got it right. I like him" - Donald Trump #txlege
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New: @Microsoft blasts proposed changes to Texas election laws, saying HB6 and SB7 "could criminalize honest mistakes made by volunteer poll workers, which would give us pause before encouraging our employees to volunteer and serve in those roles." #TxLege
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On this day in 1950, a little burger joint opened in Corpus Christi, Texas
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Now that he's speaking his mind about it, maybe @DanPatrick would like to refute reports from members that he was calling senators last night asking them to vote no on the impeachment articles #TxLege.
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The $8,000 per school voucher is redistribution of other people's money. There's a name for that. I'm trying to think of it. .
There is no such thing as "public money". That's a misnomer. It's YOUR MONEY which the government uses to educate your children. If you chose to opt out of the failing government system, YOUR MONEY should follow your child. #txlege.
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For my Houston friends just now paying attention to the Texas Legislature, I love y’all but the straight up waste of taxpayer dollars last year was Greg Abbott spending $4 million on 4 special sessions that were completely unnecessary and a result of his dysfunctional leadership.
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In a rare flash of anger, Texas House Speaker @DadePhelan blasts Lt Gov @DanPatrick: "To be clear, Patrick attacked the House for standing up against corruption. His tirade disrespects the Constitutional impeachment process afforded to us by the founders of this great state."
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Never seen anything like it in Texas politics: A GOP Chairman leading a bipartisan group of lawmakers racing to halt an execution just hours away. Court arguments over it in Austin shortly. Silence from Gov. @GregAbbott_TX, who could extend at least temporary mercy this minute.
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Don't sweep suffering under the rug. The harder it is to hear, the more chance there is that Texans will demand something real be done about it.
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Sen. Cruz's father was granted instant amnesty, dodged the draft in Canada, then moved back to the US in time to get Medicare, but whatever #txlege
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Greg Abbott making supply chain issues WORSE.
NEW: Texas International Produce Association calls on @GovAbbott to end increased vehicle inspection order saying it has “wreaked havoc up & down our supply chain” & is creating problems ahead of Easter wknd. Trucks at ports “at a stand-still” & members report no movement
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Again: Every. Election. Matters. A decade ago, Texas Democrats did not hold enough seats in the Legislature to break quorum. #TxLege.
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BREAKING: The Texas Supreme Court blocks the execution of Robert Roberson for now #TxLege.
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Remarkable: GOP Ag Commissioner Miller continues to blast @GregAbbott_TX and GOP legislators for the electricity grid: "It is outrageous that in one of the most successful states, in the most successful country in the world, we can't keep the lights on!" #txlege
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Let me put this in context for you, Matthew. The first image is an anti-school voucher protest at the Texas Capitol and the second image is a pro-school voucher demonstration hosted by the governor. Both pics are taken from similar vantage points. You have a great day now #TxLege
@scottbraddock The ole “show up early and take a picture from far away” trick eh? If you point the camera down you can even avoid the umbrellas.
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Got em: .On a vote of 84 to 63, the Texas House strips vouchers from HB1. Here's the vote sheet #txlege
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Gov @GregAbbott_TX has drained almost every other state agency’s budgets to fund DPS operations in South Texas. When DPS was on the scene of the #UvaldeMassacre in South Texas what did they do?.Fucking nothing. Your tax dollars at work, Texans.
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In *the most Republican* suburban county in Texas.
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Allen High School: 4885 students.The Woodlands: 4,309.Seven Lakes High: 3,760.Deer Park High: 3100.Alief Elsik: 4277.Klein High School: 3,885.Judson High: 3,628.Duncanville: 4529.Plano West: 5579. Yeah, so it turns out one door ain't gonna work y'all.
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Greg Abbott was in Asia last year when a hurricane killed 50 Texans, knocked out power to 3 million, and caused $7 billion in damage. And Abbott didn't even "scramble back," he just continued the trip. I don't remember Scott Jennings bringing that up.
Jennings: Karen Bass was in Africa . Crockett: The storm came through Texas and Ted Cruz decided he was going to flee.
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Beto drops a powerful ad featuring the mother of one of the Uvalde victims, Maite .
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You should call a news conference to straighten all this out. In Houston. Tomorrow.
States must meet a damage threshold to qualify for federal disaster funds. Texas officials rapidly assessed damages for Beryl to request funds. Acting Gov. Patrick requested a federal disaster declaration at the proper time, & Biden approved it. There was NO delay whatsoever.
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History in the making on the Texas House floor: ."Impeaching Warren Kenneth Paxton, Attorney General" .#txlege
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Quite a split screen #TxLege.
"Our job is to secure the health and safety and security of our constituents.". — Gov. Greg Abbott (R-TX), talking about . border security, not today's school shooting in his home state
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Wow: On a vote of 65 to 76, the Texas House blocks the Public Education Committee from meeting tonight to vote out a hastily drafted, new school voucher bill #TxLege.
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Little Gov @DanPatrick on Sept 16: "Braddock is a flat out liar" for reporting Patrick called senators during Paxton deliberations. Headline today: Records show Patrick called senators during Paxton deliberations #txlege
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Please keep Sen @tedcruz's daughter in your prayers tonight. Our daughters are our whole lives.
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