10 questions for Republicans to consider...

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We’re a week and a day from the start of early voting ahead of the primary election. Today's Texas Minute looks at the bottom of the Republican ballot.

– Michael Quinn Sullivan

Monday, February 10, 2020

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In addition to selecting a party nominee for positions ranging from justice of the peace to the presidency of the United States, Republican voters will find ten policy issues placed there by the State Republican Executive Committee.

The responses are not legally binding, but they are designed to inform the policy debates at the GOP state convention this spring, and ahead of the 2021 legislative session.

Each position is worded as a statement, with the voter asked to indicate their agreement or disagreement with the policy – usually styled as “Yes” or “No.”

I will be voting YES on all 10. Texas should not restrict or prohibit prayer in public schools.

YES or NO

Texas should reject restrictions on the right to keep and bear arms.

YES or NO

Texas should ban the practice of taxpayer-funded lobbying, which allows your tax dollars to be spent on lobbyists who work against the taxpayer.

YES or NO

Texas should support the construction of a physical barrier and use existing defense-grade surveillance equipment along the entire southern border of Texas.

YES or NO

Texas parents or legal guardians of public school children under the age of 18 should be the sole decision makers for all their children’s healthcare decisions including, but not limited to, psychological assessment and treatment, contraception, and sex education.

YES or NO

Texas should ban chemical castration, puberty blockers, cross-sex hormones, and genital mutilation surgery on all minor children for transition purposes, given that Texas children as young as three (3) are being transitioned from their biological sex to the opposite sex.

YES or NO

Texans should protect and preserve all historical monuments, artifacts, and buildings, such as the Alamo Cenotaph and our beloved Alamo, and should oppose any reimagining of the Alamo site.

YES or NO

Texas election officials should heed the directives of the Office of the Governor to purge illegal voters from the voter rolls and verify that each new registered voter is a U.S. Citizen.

YES or NO

Bail in Texas should be based only on a person’s danger to society and risk of flight, not that person’s ability to pay.

YES or NO

Texas should limit our state legislators’ terms to 12 years.

YES or NO Number of the Day

$11,600

Politicians in the City of Houston have accumulated $7.9 billion worth of public debt, or $11,600 per taxpayer.

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– Thomas Paine​​

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