Recognized as a Legislative Champion by Planned Parenthood in 2019, fighting for women's right to safe and legal abortion. Let's ensure every Texas woman has the right to choose. Join our campaign make a difference! 🌟👉
My name is Michelle Beckley. I’m one of the brave Texas Democrats who came to D.C. to fight for voting rights in my state. Now, I’m fighting to flip a seat held by an anti-democracy Republican.
I have 28,500. Can you help us get to 50,000 followers?
My name is Michelle Beckley
I’m one of the Texas Democrats that broke quorum on a bad voter suppression bill. Our Governor has targeted us. He has 613,000 followers. I have 4000. Will you help me stay in the fight by asking your friends to follow me?
#txlege
#SB7
My name is Michelle Beckley. I’m one of the brave Texas Democrats who came to D.C. to fight for voting rights in my state. Now, I’m fighting to flip a seat held by an anti-democracy Republican.
I have 44K followers. Can you help us get to 50K followers?
5 years ago HB2571 was killed on the house floor on 3rd reading by my predecessor. It mandated power plants maintain and PREPARE for weather like this. Introduced by Eric Johnson when he was a state rep. MOST REPUBS voted AGAINST this bill. Here are their votes
#txlege
We've done it before, and we're doing it again. My Democratic colleagues at the
#txlege
and I will do whatever it takes to kill the Texas
#votersuppression
bill. We are breaking quorum and heading to our nation's capitol to demand Congress to pass the
#ForthePeopleAct
.
There's a warrant out for my arrest because I'm standing up for your right to vote.
I won't back down.
Our democracy is under attack and I need your help to save it. Please like, retweet, and chip in whatever you can to help me flip TX-24👇
To protect the civil right to vote for millions of Texans, we were – quite literally – forced to leave the state of Texas. HB 3 is an attack on voter's freedoms and democracy. We are living on borrowed time in Texas and Congress MUST ACT NOW and pass voting rights protections.
When the grid failed, over 700 Texans died and property damage totaled around $196 billion.
But when
@GregAbbott_TX
and the
@TexasGOP
call a special session fixing the grid isn't on the agenda. Instead, they continue to attack the freedom to vote.
I won't stop fighting.
I am donating the entirety of my 87th per diem of $10,076.89 to the Denton County Planned Parenthood. Please read my full statement.
@PPFA
@PPTXVotes
#txlege
Quorum was broken at the TX House, meaning that not enough members are present to vote on SB7. The House Floor is adjourned until 10AM tomorrow, and there is little to no chance for SB7 to pass the TX House during this Regular Session. Dems fought for your voting rights!
#txlege
The mood is somber as we get off the bus for a press briefing in Washington DC. Standing with our Vice-Chair of Elections. Proud to fight with her all session to block
#VoterSuppressionTexas
@TexasHDCC
@texasdemocrats
When I called
@BetoORourke
and asked him to testify in Austin on the Elections Committee, he showed up & brought friends. We killed that version of the bill that day. Beto has showed up when we needed him. I can’t wait to work with him as your next TX LT GOV!
#FreedomToVote
Congress won't protect your voting rights. It’s on us, as Texans.
Our 44,000 volunteers are going to take on Abbott's voter suppression by personally connecting with 2 million voters in February.
I’m a Democrat. I’m a Texan. I’m running for Congress in one of the most competitive districts in the country. And I need your help to flip this seat. Please watch, retweet, and follow this account to join our campaign
Governor Abbott's agenda for the special session is out of touch with the needs of Texans across the state. The Governor is, once again, prioritizing extremely conservative legislation, instead of focusing on policies that benefit everyday Texans.
#txlege
Breaking: Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has announced the agenda for the special legislative session that begins July 8. The agenda has 11 items, including:
—Overhauling elections
—Limiting access to sports teams for transgender students
and more:
#TXlege
I'm tired of the constant attacks on our democracy. The very fabric of our nation is under attack and it's up to all of us to save it
We owe it to Texans to keep fighting!
@TexasHDCC
@TexasHDC
@texasdemocrats
“26 Texas House Democrats will be part of an active presence in Washington maintained for as long as Congress is working and making progress on federal voting rights legislation to see this fight through,” these Dems say
#txlege
I am voting for Beto again. So I live in North Texas and lost power for extended days in 1989, 2011, & 2021. It’s getting really old. That’s just the major times. We experience brown outs in the summer as well. None of it is ok. As your next LtGov I will work with Beto & fix it!
The Build Back Better Framework will cut the cost of installing rooftop solar for a home by around 30%, shortening the payback period by around 5 years.
Just hours after our campaign launched,
@bethvanduyne
announced that she wants the Capitol Police to arrest me for standing up for Texans’ right to vote.
Are you kidding me?
I’m proud to defend our constitutional rights, and I’ll keep up that fight in the U.S. House.
#TX24
Cooking Christmas dinner & power just went out while “it’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas” was on. My husband starts singin “it’s beginning to look a lot like Texas”. Funny not funny.
#FixtheDamnGrid
#AbbottFailedTexas
#ChristmasAtHome
There's a warrant out for my arrest.
All because I'm standing up for your right to vote.
We need to make it clear to the GOP that we aren't giving up our Democracy without a fight.
Please like, RT, and chip in whatever you can to help me flip TX-24 👇
So a TX African American woman mistakenly used a provisional ballot which didn’t get counted because she was deemed ineligible and got 5 year prison term. So what’s this guy going to get?
BREAKING: New CDC firearm death stats out for 2020. Texas sees 33%+ increase in gun viol since
@GovAbott
took office. 2019 to 2020 - nearly 12% increase in just one yr. Eliminating/weakening gun safety laws is a failed experiment & Texans are dying.
@momsdemand
#txlege
We didn't come to DC for a vacation, we came to fight for your right to vote - regardless of political party. Texas, among other states, has been challenged by egregious attacks on our democracy. At such a pivotal time in history, we must fight back and defend our
#freedomtovote
.
Gov. Abbott asserts that if the school vouchers measure fails to pass during the ongoing 4th special session, he is ready to convene the Texas Legislature once more.
"We’d be spending December here, maybe January here, maybe February here," Abbott said.
"We did not choose to be the guardians of the gate, but there is no one else." - LBJ
This is why we're guardians of the gate. It's up to all of us to stop this.
TX State Rep Steve Toth told me he's looking to copy AZ's election audit. He said paper ballots are a scam and wondered "what kind of appetite people have to say" that China infiltrated our electronic voting systems...
My drivers license is expiring on my birthday. I went online to renew and found out I need to book an appointment. Earliest available is in March. This is ridiculous and Texans should not have to wait this long.
#wecandobetter
As members of the TX House of Reps Elections Committee, we want to bring attention to the disenfranchising actions of the TX Legislature. We believe that SB7, which our committee chair attempted to ram through this morning, is an attempt to deter participation in our democracy.
This AM, I refiled
@SylvesterTurner
's bill from 2011 that never made it out of committee but would have ensured that
#ERCOT
had adequate reserve power to prevent blackouts. This important bill should have been made law 10 years ago - who's ready to sign on now?
#txlege
#HB1965
It’s time for action in Austin instead of made up problems, which is why I am running to be your next Lieutenant Governor.
Let’s fix the grid, finally take the medicaid expansion, & fully fund our public schools.
Texas House Democrats:
Fight this voter suppression bill with all you’ve got.
This is about the right to vote for every single Texan. There’s nothing more important.
Keep up the fight, as long as it takes. Whatever it takes.
The people of Texas are counting on you.
I wrote and passed legislation requiring sports teams that take any public money to play the national anthem. Texans will always stand for the stars and stripes! 🇺🇸
Trump train rolled through
@BetoORourke
event tonight and then stoped and continued honking and yelling. This is me telling people that if they don’t make you want to register 5 voters, then I don’t know what will!
#txlege
One of the highlights of my political career so far. Getting a handwritten “thank you” from President LBJs daughter for being on the frontlines of protecting your right to vote. Much better than being called vile by a former GOP house speaker.
#txlege
Hey y’all,
After much thoughtful consideration and many conversations with family, friends, colleagues, and supporters, I have decided to suspend my Congressional campaign for the TX24 due to the extreme gerrymandering.
Thank you.
Impeached AG of Texas,
@KenPaxtonTX
giving a news interview saying that if he wouldn’t have stopped 2.5 Million mail-in ballots during the Presidential Election, that Biden would have won Texas & Trump would have lost Texas.
TX State Rep (and scientist)
@BeckleyforTX
brings the 🔥 and 🔬quoting Einstein's definition of insanity to explain why they left the state:
"Why keep doing the same thing over and over and expect a different response? That's insanity and we refuse to do it, which is why we left"
Watching the Texas GOP making happy videos & posting about how we can now buy beer & wine at 10 AM on Sundays in Texas is quite frankly bizarre. Seriously, why has it taken them this long to rid a prohibition era law?
#txlege
Sometimes all you can do is work consistently in your own city to get Democrats to show up in every election. Since I got involved in politics, I have worked every single election for Democratic candidates. Tonight it paid off and Carrollton got a win.
Historic infrastructure investments I signed into law from the regular legislative session will help us build the Texas of tomorrow:
✅ Expanded broadband access
✅ More funding for highways
✅ Better access to clean water
& more!
#txlege
As a Mom’s Demand Action Gun Sense Candidate, I know thoughts and prayers are not enough. Based on Ron’s top 2 endorsements, he’s a “thoughts and prayers” candidate. You have a choice in November.
#txlege
#gunsense
@MomsDemand
Asking
@GregAbbott_TX
to call a June
#SpecialSession
today to pass
#SB29
to save girls sports,
#SB10
to end taxpayer funded lobbying and
#SB12
to stop social media censorship. The TxHouse killed these conservative bills that majority of Texans in both parties support.
#txlege
Today, I stood with my colleagues in the
@TexasHDC
and
@UniteThePoor
outside of the Supreme Court to push back against the Texas GOP’s attack on Texan’s freedom to vote.
We won’t give up.
First there were 2, now there are almost 200 businesses against the
#BigLie
voter suppression bills we are seeing in the Texas House Elections Committee.
#txlege
. It’s not just
#HB6
BREAKING: Texas Democrats Walk Out Again
Lawmakers are risking arrest to block Republicans from silencing voters of color, working people & voters with disabilities.
We'll do whatever it takes to protect the right to vote in TX -- Are you with us? ➡️
A constituent who is organizing a voter registration program for the area needed 20,000 voter registration forms. I brought 1/2 of them back this week from Austin. Will bring the rest next week.
#FreedomToVote
#RegisterToVote
So if the Governor defunds our staff by some line item veto in the budget, does that factor in their unemployment & add salt to the wound that he sent back the federal $300 a week? Asking for 149 friends
#txlege
Do not vote for any Republican. Vote the all out! Do not change your affiliation to try and vote for a moderate. That mentality has landed Texas where it is today. Go find more Democrats and vote all Republicans out.
#WomensRights
- there are a bunch of men in Austin who don’t care about them. That’s why I am determined to beat Lt Gov Dan. I have beat a right wing nut job before. I can do it again.
Was feeling a bit bummed about about 2020 in just a general way. Go to get my mail and a little girl on her bicycle yells out, “Hey Ms Beckley! We are voting for you!” Suddenly, everything is ok!
#txlege
.
This is not going to end anytime soon. Those are your tax dollars being used because people refuse to get vaccinated. There are rumblings of a second special session to cater to the insanity of those who refuse to get vaccinated crowd. This is ridiculous.
Texas spent $7B of federal money to provide traveling nurses, other 'temps' to prop up Texas hospitals during
#COVID19
pandemic. Recent upticks of cases in El Paso, Panhandle have delayed plan to end the program-amid new fears of flu, COVID surges
#txlege
I want to thank all of you who have followed. I will continue to fight in the elections committee during the up coming special session! Please help Team Beckley by donating $11 today to register 5 Texas Voters so we can stop this insanity!
New: Texas is reporting more than 14,000 public school students tested positive for COVID-19 in the past week.
There wasn’t a week above 10,500 last school year
15% of all Texas from COVID cases 8/15-8/22 were public school students or staff
Reported totals as of 8/22:
(
@wfaa
)
Thank you to the random person who handed me a wad of toilet paper at the Hillsboro rest stop without me asking. You knew that the toilet paper was out in the stall I was in and your random act of kindness gives me hope for humanity.
I went on Fox News today.
@GregAbbott_TX
and the
@TexasGOP
are wasting taxpayer money to hold a special session to make it harder to vote because of the big lie.
We've had great success meeting with senators, congresspeople, and the Vice President of the United States while working hard on the hill. Thank you to U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren for supporting Texas Democrats' fight to protect America's freedom to vote!
#txlege
Texas taxpayers do not need their hard-earned dollars spent on the non-existent problem of widespread voter fraud so that AG Ken Paxton can play political voter suppression games.
#txlege
#elections
The White House is shaming U.S. Sen. John Cornyn and other Republicans for touting broadband funding headed to their states via an infrastructure bill they voted against.
Democrats in Texas please vote in the Democratic primary. We must show the nation that what happens in Texas matters! There are multiple statewide contested primaries for you to chose from! The TX GOP are Trump puppets and not worth your vote!
‘I think Georgia just outbid us’
Rivian passes up North Texas for Georgia with new $5 billion electric vehicle plant. Great read by
@DomDiFurio
#txlege
This year, we have had 14 cases of measles in Texas. I just laid out an amendment to HB 1 asking the DSHS to conduct a study on immunization levels throughout Texas at childcare facilities and family homes by public health region. My amendment was adopted.
#Txlege
#TXbudget
Governor Abbott recently announced that he will convene a special legislative session on July 8, 2021! I hope that Governor Abbott and the Texas Legislature will prioritize grid reform during the special session. Texans across the state are counting on us!
#txlege
There is nothing bi-partisan about what is going on in Texas regarding
#COVID19
@GovAbbott
is just pandering to his far right base because he’s in a primary.
#AbbottFailedTexas
“I feel like a trapped animal that can't do anything to protect her babies.”
With school openings near, parents and teachers say state leaders have stripped them of weapons against COVID-19.
I’m excited to share the news that President Donald J. Trump will be coming to Texas on January 29 for a rally in Conroe, Texas.
Let’s make it “TEXAS SIZED” and the biggest rally ever held!
Mass shooting in HD 65 Far North Dallas this morning. At least two men are dead, and a third at the hospital in critical condition. This is on the border with Carrollton in Denton County.
#txlege
call a fucking call a special session on
#GunControlNow
I haven’t written about Hillary Clinton in a few years but I hope you will take three minutes and read this and retweet to pass it on. I worked for her for over a decade and I think what she’s saying is important and we should listen to.