** A NEWSLETTER FROM HOUSTON YOUNG REPUBLICANS
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** AUG 18
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Welcome to this week’s edition of the HYR newsletter, !
Texas Democrats who fled the state in protest of Republican-led redistricting have returned to Austin, concluding a two-week standoff over President Donald Trump’s push to create five new GOP congressional seats. After Democrats returned to the state capitol, the House gaveled into session Monday afternoon with enough members to make quorum and conduct official business for the first time in weeks. The map and other legislation now heads to committees before the session resumes Wednesday.
REMINDER: The Texas Young Republican Convention is September 19-21, and you can purchase your tickets here! ([link removed]) That link will also include information regarding hotel booking. We strongly encourage all attending members to also fill out the awards nomination list, which you can find here. ([link removed]) We hope to see each and every one of you at convention this year, and don’t hesitate to reply to this email, or DM us on IG or X if you have any questions!
We break it down below.
** Matt Murphy
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** Political Director
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** Cleansing the Capital
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President Trump moved to federalize law enforcement endeavors in Washington DC.
The White House is lobbying Congress for funding ([link removed]) explicitly dedicated to securing DC; crime is worse in our Capital than the “official” numbers indicate, as proven by arecently settled DCPD lawsuit ([link removed]) . Even if the crime statistics in question are being artificially deflated, they're still horrendous at best. ([link removed])
If you needed further reason to question the competency and rigor of law enforcement endeavors in DC, look no further; our readers (unlike the DEI-appointed Chief of Police in Washington DC ([link removed]) ) likely at least comprehend what a “chain of command” entails.
Hundreds of federal troops and agents have been mobilized to return sanity to and end the stranglehold of crime gripping the gilded city on The Hill.
** In Other News
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* Caitlin Clark might have legal grounds ([link removed]) to sue the WNBA for labor rights violations.
* Socialists have hijacked the Democrat party, it’s undeniable at this point. ([link removed])
* The agency/brainchild of Liz Warren [D-Feaux Cherokee Nation] is officially dead ([link removed]) .
* A DOJ employee has been fired and charged with felony for throwing a sandwich ([link removed]) at law enforcement officers cleaning up DC.
* Over a quarter million illegals have been kicked off taxpayer funded benefits ([link removed]) –we were assured this wasn’t happening in the first place.
* On the note of things we were assured never happened, illegal ballot dumping at an electoral drop box was caught on camera ([link removed]) .
** This Week in Texas
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This week, Democrat legislators in the State House successfully ran out the clock on a special session; only problem for them is Gov. Abbott immediately called them to reconvene for another special session. It’s now inevitable that a new Congressional map will be formally approved ahead of the critical midterm elections.
California Gov. Gavin Newsom moved to politically counter the Texas State House, and redistrict his state to “balance” the political landscape in Congress. Too bad the vast majority of Californian voters don’t share his appetite for a brazen power grab ([link removed]) .
The decision by the State House will likely put incumbent Dem. Congressmen Lloyd Doggett and Greg Casar on a crash course for a dogfight of an election for the same federal seat. Even better, Rep. Jasmine Crockett could effectively be written out of the map altogether.
Redistricting wasn’t the only takeaway from this special session; there are a handful of laws going into effect on September 1st ([link removed]) our readers should be cognizant of.
In Houston, another activist disguised as a judge broke the law to sympathize with criminals ([link removed]) .
The race for US Senate continued to gain intrigue. A report early in the week indicated that the presumptive head-to-head battle between incumbent Sen. John Cornyn and AG Ken Paxton is likely going to take a few hundred million dollars to settle ([link removed]) . The report assumed Paxton had maintained his once commanding double digit polling lead over Cornyn, but Cornyn has closed the gap recently. An Emerson poll finds Cornyn now slightly ahead of Paxton ([link removed]) in a head to head matchup, with plenty of undecided voters up for grabs.
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Author: Matt Murphy, Political Director, Houston Young Republicans
Editor: Courtney Trevino, President, Houston Young Republicans
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