John,

Texas voters put their trust in the GOP. Now we need to give them
results.

In the wake of an election that kept Republicans in all statewide
offices, as it has for nearly 30 years, and grew GOP majorities
in both houses of the Texas State Legislvoters overwhelmingly
indicated they want Republicans to lead this state. The GOP
majority should respect the will of the voters and end the
practice of sharing leadership with extreme left-wing Democrats.

Many Texans are surprised to learn that leadership of the Texas
House gave 40% of committee chairmanships to Democrats last
session, despite having a Republican majority. This includes
putting Democrats in charge of important committees like Public
Education, Business & Industry, and Criminal Jurisprudence. While
these same Democrats have accused Gov. Abbott of promoting racial
violence against Latinos, called for the impeachment of President
Trump, and called law enforcement systemically racist.

House Republicans must end the practice of appointing Democrats
to positions of power.

The Republican Party of Texas plans to hold our elected officials
accountable if they decide to put woke Democrats in positions of
power. GOP delegates and voters have spoken clearly on this
issue.

81% of Republican primary voters (over 1.5 million Texans) voted
to end the practice of awarding committee chairmanships to
Democrats.

Plank 233.b of the Republican Party of Texas Platform states
"Standing Committees shall be chaired by the political party in
majority."

As voted on by the Convention Delegates, one of the top 8
Legislative Priorities for this session is to "Ban Democrat
Chairs"

Chairing a committee is a powerful position in Texas. It allows a
Democrat to single-handedly block legislation from passing. It
provides a bully pulpit for Democrats to push their far-left
radical agenda. It allows Democrats to raise millions of dollars
from lobbyists that are used to defeat our Republican candidates
in elections. And once a Democrat is appointed chair, the Speaker
has taken the position that they cannot be removed, no matter
what they do in that position.

There is no excuse in the modern political era for giving
control of the legislative process to a political rival that sees
Republicans as racists, threats to democracy, or enemies of the
State.

The Texas House of Representatives will adopt formal rules in one
of their first meetings in early January.

THIS IS OUR ONLY CHANCE TO FORMALLY BAN DEMOCRAT COMMITTEE
CHAIRS.

We need ALL Republican elected officials to publicly state they
will BAN DEMOCRAT COMMITTEE CHAIRS in the House rules.

Here's what we need you to do:

Step 1) Call your State Representative; a phone call is more
effective than an email. If you don't know who your
Representative is or their phone number, click here.

Step 2) Urge them to release a public statement (tweet, facebook
post, mass email, or press release) supporting House Rules that
ban Committee Chairs of the minority party. If they have already
made a public statement banning Democrat Committee Chairs, thank
them.

EXTRA CREDIT: Use the hashtag #NoDemChairs on social media to
encourage your friends to call and keep track of who has made
statements as well!


Defending Texas and Saving America,

Texas Republicans



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