In 2018 I moved to Georgia to work for
@staceyabrams
because I believed in the new South and in empowering Black and Brown communities. Tonight is a validation of that.
Make no mistake: Texas is next.
Wow. The Texas Supreme Court has issued a stay allowing Democratic legislators who broke quorum to be arrested and brought to the chamber.
Every Democrats should leave the state immediately.
"KVUE reached out to Gov. Greg Abbott's campaign requesting an interview about the grid, and we did not hear back."
@GregAbbott_TX
ducking local reporters again. Its a trend, not an exception.
Good morning, 11,500 votes separated
@texasdemocrats
from taking the majority in the Texas House in 2020.
What are you doing today to flip those 11,500 votes?
#WinTheDay
@MattMackowiak
I know half the time you’re trolling twitter but after awhile, you’re going to be so unhinged from reality you’ll start to believe your own garbage.
@evanasmith
Headline from tonight: Texas Democrats broke turnout records in both Texas Democratic history and Texas history in the middle of a pandemic with limited mail in voting.
These massive power outages are a direct result of
@GovAbbott
’s failures to plan ahead. We saw it with his handling of the coronavirus crisis and now this.
How is it that the highest energy producing state in the country can’t produce enough energy to keep its people warm?
Texas ranks 49th in testing and isn’t projected to reach peak death for another week.
Abbott’s decision will cost lives and endanger our economy even more.
From Uvalde to the power grid, to the handling of the peak of Covid, to the atrocities of this past legislative session, to the El Paso shooting, to Hurricane Harvey, the failure starts at the top.
Texans, vote for change in November. Our lives depend on it.
For my family, friends, colleagues, and anybody else I know and love, voted for every democrat on the ballot in the BIGGEST battleground state in the country.
Make your plan to vote at .
@texasdemocrats
#BidenHarris
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton fled his home Monday in a truck driven by his wife, state Sen. Angela Paxton, to avoid being served a subpoena, according to an affidavit filed in federal court.
Professional news (that will no doubt bleed into my personal life):
Proud to announce that I'm starting as the Communications Director for the
@DLCC
. There's never been a more important time to invest in states and win state and local elections.
Excited to get rolling here.
One week without power is far too long. 23 Texans have already died. Abbott is the head of this state. He surely got briefed on this storm in advance.
What did Abbott know and how did he prepare for this crisis needs to be top of mind for everybody live-tweeting this presser.
Two weeks ago, Governor Abbott held a press conference aimed to message against the Biden Administration’s push for alternative energy and to try to scare oil and gas workers into voting for him.
CC Texas press corps.
How many of you are willing to hold Abbott accountable now?
State energy officials say in this story that most of the power knocked offline came from thermal sources particularly gas, coal and nuclear. via
@houstonchron
In six months,
@LukeWarfordTX
has nearly erased the cash-on-hand gap from $750K in December to only $70K in June all while out-raising Christian 3-to-1 since the runoff.
Wayne Christian is (and always has been) one of the most vulnerable Republicans on the ballot this November.
.
@GovAbbott
on new NY travel restrictions: "It’s kinda funny in a way, b/c from what I hear, there’s a whole lot more people coming to TX from NY than people who want to go from TX to NY. But more seriously...we are keenly focused” on slowing spread in TX.
“We recommend Joe Biden for president of the United States. Biden is superior to Trump in policy, character and temperament, and would restore to the presidency the compassion, competence, empathy, discipline and work ethic the office demands.”
Still a lot of work to do. Texans, we are creating a movement. Get your friends, family, neighbors, and colleagues to make an Election Day plan to vote at .
Just in: Travis Co., TX (Austin) reports 553,290 votes cast for the entire early voting period - 118% of the total votes it cast for president in 2016. And we’ve still got Election Day to go.
The White House Coronavirus Task Force is increasingly suggesting states including Texas begin shutting down again, telling state leaders this month that they aren’t doing enough to slow the worst surge in COVID cases that the country has seen.
@GregAbbott_TX
@john_jwitt
Over 13,000 Texans have died from COVID, governor.
More cops have died from COVID-19 than anything else this year.
20% of the police officer deaths related to COVID have taken place in Texas.
If you want to
#backtheblue
, you’ll start by listening to doctors and experts first
🔥TEXAS sets 10th straight daily record for confirmed COVID cases in hospitals: 3,407, up another 162 over yesterday and *70%* since June 11.
Hospitalized cases are up *126%* since Memorial Day.
Beds are still available.
Ramp in graphic form:
.
@DadePhelan
and
@GregAbbott_TX
are literally trying to arrest a civil rights hero — a Black, female Texas legislator since 1972 — for protecting the right to vote.
Shades of Jim Crow in the 1960’s with the modern
@TexasGOP
.
TODAY: The House Sergeant-at-Arms is delivering the civil arrest warrants to the offices of House Democrats still breaking quorum. This is when he walked into Rep.
@Senfronia4Texas
’ office. She wasn’t there, but one of her staffers was.
@KXAN_News
#txlege
Nate is right.
This is’t about Cruz, this is about 20 years of
@TexasGOP
politicians who have put their own self interests, incompetence, and corruption over the needs of Texans they were elected to represented.
Vote them all out.
This isn't about Ted Cruz. This is about countless public servants failing to serve the public, instead prioritizing politics, personal gain, and profits. And now Texans are paying with their lives.
@TexasAGGIEinAR
@propjoesays
Sure, it’s not like Texans are freezing to death because the biggest energy producing state in the country somehow doesn’t have enough energy to keep them warm or anything but go off bud.
“Bottom line is that everything that needed to be done was done to fix the power grid in Texas.”
@GregAbbott_TX
justifying the legislature doing virtually nothing to fix our grid just last week.
#abbottfailedtexasagain
Poll after poll shows the same result: Texas is the biggest battleground state in the country.
Not only is Texas up for grabs,
@texasdemocrats
are going to win up and down the ballot on November 3rd.
Going into the GOP convention, Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick, who chairs President Donald Trump's reelection campaign in Texas, said the lack of Texas speakers showed Republicans were not worried about the state’s chances in November.
.
@GregAbbott_TX
is the worst Governor in US history. This is a Chernobyl level disaster caused solely by inclement weather and abysmal Republican leadership.
Last I checked. Abbott is the guy who completely bungled the coronavirus crisis and left more than 16,000 Texans dead. I encourage all Texas Republicans to campaign with our failed governor.
In a zoom meeting with Texas House GOP members,
@GregAbbott_TX
told Republicans and lobbyists the main reason
@BetoORourke
did so well against
@tedcruz
in '18 was *money*. Abbott apparently made the case that he can help the GOP counter Democrats' resources this fall
#txlege
Hmm let’s see here, adequately preparing for this storm in advance? Or maybe instead of tweeting about the national anthem, doing the job they were elected to do?
Also this is a direct result of the tx govt bucking the feds and refusing national assistance at every turn.
Well, I don't know who is to blame just yet or if it's just a single person. But let's say, pick your favorite Democrat was Governor. What would they have done differently?
@evanasmith
@TexasGOP
Considering Allen West and the
@TexasGOP
have spent the last 8 weeks inciting domestic terrorists with their “stop the steal” rallies, this is the bare minimum they can do and should be covered as such.
Texans, if you choose hope over fear, unity over division, and love over hate, get your friends, family, neighbors, classmates, and colleagues to make a plan to vote at .
We showed up to Fort Bend with a bus that had “hope over fear” and “unity over division” written on it. Trump supporters showed up with tanks and a bunch guys with guns to intimidate us.
It's pretty apparent from precinct-level data in VA and county-level data in FL that Democrats have a turnout problem today - one that's unlikely to be solved in the next six hours.
White Texas Republicans threatening to arrest Black and brown Democratic legislators for trying to protect the right of all Texans to vote.
Where have we seen this before?
#txlege
BREAKING: The Texas House has voted to send for at least 51 members who have gone to D.C., possibly using arrest warrants, to get them back to the state.
Facts matter: your boss refuses to hold a traditional press conference and refuses to address simple questions, like why he isn’t following the own standards that he laid out to reopen.
Cases have now risen ten days in a row. In every single way, Governor Abbott has failed Texas
Facts matter. We invited the chronicle to cover last week. Took 90 minutes to get a response despite both a call and text - by that time, we had to move on.
Side note- the Governor has done 300 +TV interviews since March - hitting both the SAT & Houston at least 2X a week.
The
@texasdemocrats
have built the biggest voter expansion team in the country.
This is the most important election of our lifetime.
Get your family and friends to register to vote in Texas at
Whoa. Texas voter registration has surged to 16.6M!
The state has seen its voter registration grow 400,000 just since March, and it's up 1.5M since the '16 presidential.
Biggest surge in registrations in presidential cycle since 2000.
@LoewyLawFirm
Every single person in this thread who is angrier at the confrontation itself than 19 children getting massacred is utterly broken.
Newsflash: the press conference was the political stunt itself, one that Abbott has used time and time again after every crisis.
He won because the Election was Rigged. NO VOTE WATCHERS OR OBSERVERS allowed, vote tabulated by a Radical Left privately owned company, Dominion, with a bad reputation & bum equipment that couldn’t even qualify for Texas (which I won by a lot!), the Fake & Silent Media, & more!
.
@GregAbbott_TX
and the
@TexasGOP
are cowards.
We will beat them like a drum in November and there’s nothing their voter suppressing tactics can do about it. We will crawl through broken glass to have our voices heard.
Texans, find voting info at
BREAKING: Gov. Abbott issues proclamation CLOSING (as of Oct. 2) satellite offices where voters can drop off completed mail-in ballots.
Counties can only have 1 dropoff point, he says.
Travis has 4, including 3 downtown.
Harris has 12.
Houston is now offering
#coronavirus
tests to everyone, not just those who have symptoms, at its two mobile testing sites,
@SylvesterTurner
announces. Capacity at the two sites will double over the next few days, from 250 to 500,
@DPersse
says.
Just confirmed
@SenTedCruz
and his family flew to Cancun tonight for a few days at a resort they've visited before. Cruz seems to believe there isn't much for him to do in Texas for the millions of fellow Texans who remain without electricity/water and are literally freezing.
I’ve announced a $50K reward for info on the criminal who killed 5 illegal immigrants Friday. Also directed
#OperationLoneStar
to be on the lookout.
I continue working with state & local officials to ensure all available resources are deployed to respond.
The sacrifices
@texasdemocrats
are willing to make to protect the right to vote. These are real lives at stake here. We’re doing everything we can to protect the right to vote in Texas.
Two more Texas House Democrats who traveled to Washington to block a voting restrictions bill have tested positive for the coronavirus.
Five in all have now tested positive. All are fully vaccinated and showing no symptoms or only mild symptoms.
The Uvalde school police deserve plenty of blame here.
But state DPS was in the building 15 min after first shots and allowed an hour to go by before taking down the shooter. They’re scapegoating local PD for failures they share.
1. A couple of days late on this but cats out of the bag: I’ve accepted a position to become the new Vice President of Communications and PR for
@TweetFireside
.
A couple of quick thoughts here before I go:
It’s beside the point, but I have no doubt that if we had elected
@ChrystaForTexas
to the Railroad Commission, things would have never gotten as bad as they are right now.
Elections have consequences. We must double down on our efforts to win in 2022.
Last week, leaders from the
@DLCC
conducted 9 national television interviews celebrating our victories in Virginia (and across the country) and what they mean for 2024.
One thing is for certain: 2024 will be the year of the states.
See below for a few of my favorite hits:🧵
Radical Texas Republicans strike again. They will do everything they can to disenfranchise voters and hold onto power at all costs.
Fight back by donating here:
"The chairman of the Republican Party of Texas is asking republican legislators to ignore 'fairness' in the next round of legislative redistricting this year, adding to the state’s history of gerrymandering."
@paulflahive
reports:
Don't let them distract you.
@texasdemocrats
are going to take back our state and our country. Find your closest polling place and make an election day plan to vote at .
.
@GovAbbott
's press conference in Beaumont getting underway.
"The numbers are moving in the right direction," but hospitalizations of COVID-19 patients "still remains too high," Abbott says.
No activists, lawmakers, or advocacy groups in the country fought as hard and as long for our democracy as those in Texas.
It's now time for the US Senate to do their part.
It's time for the
#JohnLewisVotingRightsAct
immediately when the Senate gets back from recess.
.
@BetoORourke
has to win this election in November. There is no other option.
If you think you’re working hard to make that a reality — we all have to dig even deeper.
After Gov. Greg Abbott "expressed displeasure with negative headlines about ICU capacity," hospitals at the Texas Medical Center stopped publishing coronavirus updates about ICU capacity. Nice digging by
@zachdespart
and
@mmorris011
:
#hounews
#covid19
@GO__Browns
@collins_xi
@GoBucks3435
Collins, let it go man.
Nobody blames you for a decision you made. It’s your life.
However, it’s a bad look to be badmouthing the coaches who gave you an offer in the first place and clearly wanted you on the way out.
AAPI's are the fastest growing group in Texas. Our vote share increased 100% in Texas from 2016 to 2020.
We're here to stay.
"AAPI super PAC pledges 'several-million-dollar' investment in Texas Democratic Party"