THE MAJORITY OF TEXANS DO NOT THINK LIKE YOU DO

In our Republican leadership’s continuing efforts to paint Texas as backward, gun-totin’, fearful of progress, rigid in their thinking bigots, I offer you comments made by my Texas senator… Senator Charles Perry, who last week blocked Democrats’ effort to filibuster the state’s gerrymander made these comments at a 2022 legislative hearing. “I’ve got a phrase I want to say so bad. But I won’t throw you under the bus. It was extremely good,” state Sen. Charles Perry said at a 2022 Senate Committee on Water, Agriculture & Rural Affairs hearing on the cattle industry. “It kind of addresses the immigration issue up in my area of the woods, I’m afraid,” Perry continued. “Shoot, shovel and shut up.” Perry last week blocked state Sen. Carol Alvarado (D)’s attempt to filibuster the vote on Texas’ new congressional map, accusing her of improperly using the filibuster as a fundraising opportunity. “It’s disrespectful, it violates the decorum of the Senate and personally I’m offended by it,” Perry said, over outraged shouts from the public gallery. Alvarado said she planned to read comments on the map submitted by Texas voters, and that other Democratic senators were willing to step in and take over the filibuster after Alvarado was blocked. But Republicans shut that down, as well.  The map was passed minutes later, and signed into law by Gov. Abbott Friday.  Disrespectful? Reading the comments of constituents illustrating that Texans don’t want what you’re shoveling? What a load of hypocritical BS. This is yet another example of hubris in the GOP. You can’t keep your mouths shut. A cheap shot is worth more to you than decency. You should be ashamed. Perhaps you need to go to church and revisit the Golden Rule. Minority voters and voting advocates are asking a federal court to issue a preliminary injunction against the newly passed map and order Texas to use its 2021 map for the upcoming 2026 election. So I’m writing to thank Senator Perry for his past words. They should be quite helpful in showing just how racist in intent the GOP gerrymander is. And how morally bankrupt our Texas leadership is. Keep talking.