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State Rep for HD 139 in Houston. Candidate for Texas Senate District 15 ✉️manager @jarvisfortexas .com

Houston, TX

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Jarvis Johnson

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7 months

Houston is under attack from Greg Abbott and in this political climate, our communities can't afford to have inexperienced leadership. That’s why I’m running to be your next State Senator. SD15 deserves a leader who can bring home solutions, not just empty promises. #txlege

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While I'm out celebrating Juneteenth, I just got an alert @GregAbbott_TX vetoed my bill to establish a Sickle Cell Registry. I'm furious. Myself and advocates have been working for YEARS to pass this bill, and the CDC is currently funding state registries. #txlege

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So what is Abbott advocating for? These babies to starve?

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INBOX: ⁦ @GovAbbott ⁩ slams ⁦ @JoeBiden ⁩ ⁦ @POTUS ⁩ for providing baby formula to undocumented immigrants during a national shortage #txlege #tx2022

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I will always legislate to protect children, not guns. #txlege

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1 year

WATCH: "Children have died in this state, and you guys are sitting here joking and playing and thinking this is a joke! This is not a joke!" Thank you @jarvisjohnsontx for standing up for Texas communities. #txlege

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84 of us said NO to vouchers and stripped them from HB 1. #txlege

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Hey Jeff- The families pastor will pray for them. They need you to do your job as a legislator and help pass gun reform #txlege

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My statement on the tragedy in Allen. #txlege

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I've waited all day to see if Mitch would walk back his statement. He clearly said what he feels- Black people are not American. His words fuel the white supremacists ideals that are attacking our voting rights, classrooms, capitols and churches. #MitchPlease #txlege

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In case you missed it, Mitch McConnell said the quiet part out loud last night: “African-American voters are voting in just as high a percentage as Americans.” Make sure everyone sees this.

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The moment we passed HB 2744 out of committee. #txlege

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3 years

Here's why Governor Abbott added Critical Race Theory to the special session. He doesn't want our kids to learn that White Supremacy is morally wrong. You read that right. We must trust our teachers. We must defend the truth in our classrooms. SB3 does the opposite #txlege

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Today, Texas is uplifting and celebrating those who fought to preserve slavery – just days after purporting to honor the legacy of Martin Luther King, Jr. I’m proud to file my bill, HB 51, to abolish Confederate Heroes’ Day for good. #txlege

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Remember, Governor Abbott vetoed article X of the budget not House members. We passed the budget and he vetoed 2,100 state employees pay because he was mad he didn't get his way. #txlege

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I guess @GregAbbott_TX doesn't care about people with Sickle Cell to have access to quality care and increasing research so people don't die from the disease. So he went ahead and used his veto power because of political disputes over property tax.

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I'm sickened that HB 2744 will not be brought to a full House vote. For once, the legislature seemed to listen to its constituents & do the right thing after getting this bill out of committee. Despite this blow I will keep fighting to protect Texans from gun violence. #txlege

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Today I voted to impeach AG Ken Paxton. The committee presented clear evidence that Paxton has repeatedly abused his office, to the benefit of his own financial interests and those of his friends. Today’s vote is a long overdue step toward holding him accountable. #txlege

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Republicans are trying to empower the state to take over local elections in Harris County — the largest, most diverse county in the state. It’s the same old story. When Republicans can’t win, they just change the rules. #txlege

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3 years

So the governor defunded an entire branch of govt, and expects us to come back to pass bills we killed in the regular session? I don't think so, my staff does not work for free #txlege

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Texas Tribune

3 years

New: Gov. Greg Abbott previously threatened to veto funding for the Texas Legislature and its staff as punishment for House Democrats' walkout on elections bill. Today, he vetoed it.

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Don't let the gun lobby fool you. AR-15s aren't designed for hunting. They're designed to kill as many people as possible in a short a time as possible. Raising the purchase age to 21 will save lives, plain and simple. #txlege

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Pretty clear statement in support of white supremacy from our Governor. #txlege

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Rittenhouse -- NOT GUILTY!

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Texans are facing real problems everyday that we should be addressing, but here we are passing bills for problems that don't exist in this State. #txlege

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7 months

Keep public dollars in public schools. If vouchers were so popular, the people pushing for them wouldn't be calling them "education savings accounts". It's because we know vouchers are a scam. #txlege

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7 months

Hey Abbott are you gonna tie teachers pay raise to the border wall too? Why don't you just come out and say you don't value education and teachers. It'll save us all a lot of time and energy

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1 year

I’m deeply saddened by the passage of SB 14. To every trans Texan and member of the LGBTQ+ community — you belong here. Your life matters. We will never stop fighting for you. #txlege If you need support, please call one of the hotlines below:

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HUGE NEWS, my colleague and former Texas public school teacher, @jamestalarico is endorsing my campaign for Texas Senate. He's seen me fight back against Texas Republicans’ extremism firsthand. Together, we defeated Greg Abbott’s voucher scam in the Texas House. #txlege

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1 year

Ready to take on Republicans’ anti-DEI attacks today #txlege

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1 year

The Community Safety Select committee will be voting out HB 2744 today, the bill to raise the age to purchase assault weapons. #txlege

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The next step for HB 2744 is to get it voted out of Calendars Committee and onto the House floor for a full vote. Your advocacy got this bill out of committee today. Don’t let up now — keep fighting, keep pushing, keep demanding your leaders take action to save lives. #txlege

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Today seems like a good day to remind you that public dollars should stay in public schools. #txlege

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3 years

Let get this straight, he wants to defund an entire branch of government because we took steps to save our democracy? #txlege

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Greg Abbott

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I will veto Article 10 of the budget passed by the legislature. Article 10 funds the legislative branch. No pay for those who abandon their responsibilities. Stay tuned.

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As my grandmother would say, I'm not fattening no frog for the snake. That's why I'm going with my colleagues at the @TexasHDC and breaking the quorum to stop Governor Abbott's shameful, partisan, dangerous legislation. #txlege

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Texas Democrats

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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? ➡️

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Last time I checked, Republicans have held power in every statewide position in TX for decades. So it's pretty telling they blame Democrats for their failures to their constituents. Much easier to do than admit Vouchers are wildly unpopular across the political spectrum #txlege

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7 months

If Greg Abbott was serious about helping kids in poor performing Public schools, he would be investing more into Pub Ed. But instead we made no additional investments, while the state sat on a $32 billion surplus Vouchers are just a government hand out for the wealthy. #txlege

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7 months

I'm not fooled-Vouchers are a scam., I'm in Austin to fight for our schools and to stop vouchers, period. There is no compromise when it comes to a voucher bill. #txlege

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HB 2744 just passed Community Safety Select. 8 to 5. Thank you @justinaholland and @SamHarless126 for voting YES! This is what the Uvalde families wanted! #txlege

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1 year

The state takeover of @HoustonISD could happen as soon as next week. Let's be clear: state takeovers have never worked anywhere — much less for a district as large and diverse as Houston. I'll do everything I can to fight back against this blatant power grab. #txlege

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1 year

Don’t tread on Harris County. #txlege

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2 years

Two days ago, we all celebrated Reverend Martin Luther King Jr's birthday. A man who dedicated his life fighting for peace and equality. & today is Confederate Heroes Day in TX. An official state holiday I've been trying to get abolished for years. #txlege A thread....1/

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5 months

Hey Abbott, how much did this cost taxpayers? You could've given teachers raises instead of doing this bs!!! #txlege

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Gov. Greg Abbott began flying migrants to Chicago on Tuesday after the city impounded buses that Texas sent to drop off asylum seekers.

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3 years

In DC marching for our Voting rights. We need the US Senate to act because the TX Senate and House are attacking the rights of Texans.. #txlege #JohnLewisVotingRightsAct #VotingRightsMarch

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1 year

Crystal Mason, a Black woman, was given a 5-year prison sentence for mistakenly casting a provisional ballot while on probation. Daniel Perry, a white man, killed a BLM protestor, shared white power memes, & called himself a racist. Guess who Governor Abbott wants to pardon.

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7 months

Go home @tedcruz ! You are bad luck for the Astros!

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7 months

Well someone is saying the quiet part out loud. Vouchers are not going to open doors for kids in my community. The HISD takeover, underfunding our schools, and now vouchers are just part of a scheme to dismantle public education. #txlege

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7 months

New @quorumreport : GOP former SBOE Vice Chair @RatliffT tells the story of the first proposal for school vouchers in Texas in 1956. It was pitched as an idea to sidestep racial integration of public schools as mandated by Brown v Board of Education #TxLege

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1 year

Thrilled that the TX House is giving 12 weeks of Parental leave. My chief of staff just had her first baby a few weeks ago, and I believe strongly everyone deserves paid leave to spend time with their newborn #txlege

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3 years

To say this has been a hard week at the Texas Legislature would be an understatement. We as a body pride ourselves on being bipartisan, and yet this week was chock-full of attacks on ALL Texans. 1/3

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2 years

Under @GregAbbott_TX leadership, the TX Foster care system has been deemed unconstitutional, this is a devastating failure. Our children deserve better.

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A Michigan facility housing Texas foster care children was missing its front door while it was 28 degrees outside and there hadn’t been indoor heat for 24 hours.

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2 years

Been trying for years to abolish this shameful state holiday. In the 87th legislative session I had bipartisan support on my bill.....still couldn't even get a hearing. It is morally wrong to "celebrate" the confederacy who fought to keep people enslaved. #txlege

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FYI: In two days, Texas celebrates its next official holiday, Confederate Heroes Day, "in honor of Jefferson Davis, Robert E. Lee, and other Confederate heroes."

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Republicans are literally lying to our face about Operation Lonestar When I called them on their lie they accused me of being disrespectful. When did it become disrespectful to ask questions? It's my job to understand how we are spending taxpayers dollars #txlege

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Ryan Chandler

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7 months

Heated exchange as House Appropriations considers $1.6B for border wall construction - Republicans shout down Democrat Jarvis Johnson as he questions sheriffs testifying. “Toth if you don’t shut up,” Johnson said. “I didn’t call anything you said stupid… which it was.” #txlege

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2 years

In 2022, we will not celebrate people who fought to uphold white supremacy and the institution of slavery. So here's my call to action, how many #txlege members will join me in the fight to abolish Confederate Heroes day as an official state holiday?

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I’ve been stopped *3 times* driving between my district and the Capitol. Not for speeding, not for reckless driving, not for anything putting others at risk. This is the exact kind of racial profiling Latino residents in border towns are dealing with under Operation Lone Star.

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1 year

Private school vouchers. Book bans. The HISD state takeover. Anti-CRT laws. Make no mistake: Texas Republicans have launched an all-out war on public education. Our teachers and kids deserve better. #txlege

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Jarvis Johnson

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3 years

Not for lack of effort. I have bipartisan support on my bill to abolish Confederate Heroes Day. Couldn't even get a hearing. #txlege

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Keri Blakinger

3 years

As people look forward to the long holiday weekend, reminder that also Confederate Heroes' Day is still a holiday on the official Texas state agencies' holiday calendar. For 2021.

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If you are going to pass an UNCONSTITUTIONAL bill affecting millions of Texans, the absolute least you can do is debate the bill for as long as it takes. Instead these members decided they were done and ended the debate. Not what I'd call democracy in action. #txlege

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Brad Johnson

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About to be filed in the Texas House: a motion to call the question on #SB4 . 25 Republicans have signed it. Debate on the bill started just after noon. #txlege

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1 year

After leading the lawsuit to overturn Joe Biden's free and fair victory in 2020, AG Ken Paxton is now claiming the investigation into his corruption is "an illegitimate attempt to overthrow the will of the people." The hypocrisy never ends. #txlege

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1 year

On my way into the Capitol this morning, I noticed the flag is still flying at full staff despite 5 Texans losing their lives over the weekend. I can’t say I’m surprised our governor doesn’t care when brown people are murdered.

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Jarvis Johnson

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3 years

Evidence masks don't need to be political. All these school districts see the science behind the tool, and have decided to defy the Governor to protect our kids. I applaud these ISDs leadership. @GovAbbott wants to defund education apparently. #txlege

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More than 60 Texas school districts and counties are now defying Gov. Abbott and requiring masks in schools. Abbott will likely issue fines—defunding public education for his political game.

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I’m standing tall. My constituents did not elect me to falter when things get hard; they elected me to lead our community with conviction and protect their rights and livelihood. For me, I’ll always put my people over any committee assignment, or backroom deal. #txlege

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Jarvis Johnson

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1 year

Banning DEI will cost our universities millions of dollars in grant funding. It’ll encourage students to leave our state to attend schools where diversity & inclusion are celebrated, not attacked. SB 17 hurts our universities, our students, and our entire state. #txlege

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Jarvis Johnson

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3 years

Will Juneteenth even be allowed to be discussed in our public classrooms now? You did sign HB 3979 into law #txlege

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#Juneteenth marks the end of slavery. Today, we celebrate the emancipation & the abolition of slavery. I encourage all Texans to come together to remember the freedom this holiday represents.

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My staff actually volunteered to help people get their unemployment claims processed ON TOP of their full-time duties in my office. So I know you're not talking about Team Johnson. #txlege

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Scott Braddock

3 years

Travis County GOP Executive Director Brian Ruddle says it shouldn't matter that legislative staffers won't get paid under @GregAbbott_TX 's Article X veto because they're "not actually doing anything." Staffers who work very hard might disagree. Video via @fox7austin #txlege

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1 year

Harris County is the largest Democratic county in the state. It's no coincidence Republicans are trying to take over its elections. #txlege

@txblackcaucus

Texas Black Caucus

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Watch: Rep. @jarvisjohnsontx on SB 1750: "[What] we're here to do is to legislate for everyone, not just simply to take a look at Harris County." #txlege

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1 year

BREAKING: the House just voted, 86-52, to pass a budget amendment barring the use of state dollars for school vouchers! This is huge. Public dollars should stay in public schools. #txlege

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Jarvis Johnson

@jarvisjohnsontx

3 years

We always hear it's too expensive to expand Medicaid? But the Governor wants to fund a border wall- we see your values. This is outrageous. I sit on Appropriations, we never even discussed. There are 3 branches of govt for a reason.. #txlege

@James_Barragan

James Barragán 🌟

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$250 M will be allocated as a down payment to build border wall, Abbott says. House Speaker and chief budget writer signing letter as are Lt Gov Dan Patrick and Senate’s chief budget writer #txlege

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1 year

Late last night the House passed my bill to help people during reentry from prison — now on to the Senate 🎉

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3 years

I think I missed some memo....but I was one of the first Dems to walk out to break the #SB7 quorum. I think this is where I ask you to follow me? #txlege

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As Vice-Chair of two House committees with oversight over DPS, & member of Appropriations — I am absolutely repulsed by Greg Abbott’s wasteful spending of taxpayer dollars on litigation to defend his use of inhumane death traps at the border. #txlege

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1 year

Thank you to everyone who showed up today to oppose the impending state takeover of @HoustonISD . We will continue to fight back against this blatant power grab. #txlege

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1 year

We still have a chance to do something to prevent gun violence in this State....it's time to lead and quit the partisan games. I am sickened at this news... #txlege

@AP

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WFAA television reported that police on the scene said there were multiple victims, including children. Their conditions were not immediately known but WFAA reported that the Collin County Sheriff said the shooter is dead.

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You want to use Black people when you think it advantages you, but will do everything you can to limit our voices at the ballot box. I haven't forgotten you saying our elderly should sacrifice themselves for the economy. You want to blame everyone but yourself. #txlege

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Aaron Rupar

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Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick blames unvaccinated Black people for Covid spread in his state

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Child prisons are immoral, inhumane, and ineffective. I'm proud to join my colleague @jamestalarico and these courageous activists to announce the filing of HB 4356, which closes Texas' 5 remaining youth prisons and creates a new system of rehabilitation, not punishment. #txlege

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Abolishing this holiday has been my mission since 2019, when I first learned of it, thanks to @DonnaHowardTX . A constituent of hers, @jhaleusa - who was 13 at the time- testified in front of the Legislature calling on them to take action. 3/

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Teen Leads Charge to Change Confederate Heroes Day

One hundred and fifty years after the end of the Civil War, a 13-year-old boy caused an uproar at the Texas Capitol on Tuesday as lawmakers considered his proposal to modify a state holiday honoring …

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Jarvis Johnson

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Tenure protects academic freedom & helps our state recruit & retain world-class faculty from all over the globe. Attacking it hurts students, professors, and our universities’ competitiveness. Thankful Democrats were able to stop Republicans’ attempt to gut tenure today. #txlege

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1 year

Please join me and my colleagues tomorrow for a press conference regarding the imminent takeover of @HoustonISD :

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Today Appropriations is hearing a bill to spend $1.5 Billion on a border wall... why? Because a Democrat is in the White House. Really no reason other than that. Gov Abbott wants to spend $1.5 billion for 50 miles of wall....and there are 1,254 miles of border. #txlege

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In the spirit of Malcom, Mickey, MLK, John Lewis and so many others, we've seen this happen before...those who stood before me wouldn't stand for it then and neither will I. I floated this idea from the moment these bills were filed, it took some time but we all stood in 1/2

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3 years

It was great meeting Capitol Policeman Harry Dunn @libradunn we had a chance to discuss the sacrifices he made on January 6th to protect our nation’s Capital against insurrectionists. We can all learn a lesson in patriotism from this example of an American hero.

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3 years

It was an honor to meet with so many of our leaders at the @TheBlackCaucus at the Capitol today. They are working to get #HR1 passed and are fighting with us to protect our voting rights #txlege

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10 months

Following a whistleblower sharing firsthand accounts of the gruesome maltreatment of migrants at the border, I was honored to be joined by my democratic colleagues, @RhettaForHD113 & @VikkiGoodwinTX , to call for an expeditious investigation by the Department of Justice. #txlege

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3 years

I'm standing with HISD, doing more to protect our kids than @GregAbbott_TX #txlege

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1 year

The gun lobby is opposing this bill because they believe it *may* be unconstitutional.. But here's what we know, 19 children and 2 teachers were massacred in Uvalde and we could prevent another tragedy if we pass HB 2744. #txlege

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Shimon Prokupecz

1 year

11pm at night and listening to testimony of family members describing how much they’ve suffered. Listening to a therapist describe how kids are suffering because they were trapped in a classroom with a gunman for more than an hour. It shouldn’t be.

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Jarvis Johnson

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3 years

I’m at 7302 North Main St., Houston, TX 77022 with water, hot food plates, and food baskets! Come pick up while supplies last! #Houston #hounews #txlege

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3 years

How fitting it was to be in the House of the Lord at National Cathedral and the message spoke directly to what is happening in Texas! I think @GovAbbott should read this passage and reflect on that. #txlege

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1 year

100 days into 2023. 145 mass shootings. It really, truly, doesn't have to be this way.

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Jarvis Johnson

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3 years

I walked out of the House chamber and killed SB 7 to protect my constituents and all Texans from blatant voter suppression. & in retribution @GovAbbott defunded the entire legislative branch. 1/

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3 years

SB 7 is rooted in hate and fear. After hours of negotiations, the conference committtee put everything back in plus some. Pretty much sums up the intent of this bill, suppress votes at whatever cost. #txlege

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3 years

Hey @tedcruz , this you? This isn't a political stunt, we are protecting democracy. What were you doing when you flew to Cancun during the Winter storm?

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Ted Cruz

3 years

The Texas Democrats who have pulled this political stunt by flying to Washington, D.C. almost surely had to show ID to get on their jet, yet they’re throwing a fit because they don’t want basic election integrity steps strengthened in Texas. 🤔

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7 months

Let me get this straight ... You want to give public dollars to private schools with zero accountability But then you want to mandate what private businesses what they are allowed to do? Literally scratching my head 🤔 #txlege

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Greg Abbott

7 months

Special Session #3 of the Texas Legislature will begin Monday, October 9th at 1:00 PM. Now is the time for Texas to deliver school choice for every family, protect Texans and Americans against Biden’s border crisis, and ban all COVID vaccine mandates. Let's get to work.

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3 years

This is not bipartisanship. This body is acting as if we are enemies, and not like Texans. It's time we come together, we need to be unified to ensure our constituents and our State are being served. 3/3 #txlege

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3 years

I guess we know how much 700 Texans lives are worth to @GregAbbott_TX Wouldn't it be nice to have a Governor who puts people over politics? #txlege #FixTheDamnGrid

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Justin Miller

3 years

Energy Transfer Partners raked in $2.4b off the deadly TX winter grid collapse, more than any other energy company. And after @GregAbbott_TX & co let the nat gas industry off the hook again, CEO Kelcy Warren gave $1m to Abbott—the megadonor's biggest contribution ever in TX.

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3 years

It's early, but House Appropriations has spent much of this morning's hearing discussing the lack of equitable funding for our HBCUs. For far too long, they have been left out of the conversation. I've refused to let that continue. 1/

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Jarvis Johnson

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2 years

Since 1973, January 19th has been an official holiday to celebrate and honor people like Robert E. Lee and Jefferson Davis, erroneously referring to them as "Heroes", who fought to keep people enslaved. It is repulsive that this is a holiday. 2/

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1 year

Today we mourn the 21 lives taken by gun violence in Uvalde one year ago. Since that day, these courageous families have fought tirelessly for common sense changes to our gun laws that would prevent this tragedy from happening again. 1/2

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Jarvis Johnson

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1 year

Since 2000, our state has approved 100+ laws loosening gun regulations. Gun deaths increased by 50% during that same time period. When will this legislature start protecting people over guns? #txlege

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@jarvisjohnsontx

3 years

So you want to study the impact of college sports but you refuse to look at the impact SB 1 would have on communities like mine? Putting college football above Texans' ability to vote. Shame on you. #txlege

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Dan Patrick

3 years

With the announcement by UT today, & possible SEC invitation this week, I asked @SenJaneNelson to chair a new Select Committee on the Future of College Sports in Texas, to study the athletic & economic impact to TX schools & communities by UT’s exit. Hearing will be 8/2 #txlege

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1 year

My bill to establish a statewide sickle cell disease registry, HB 181, is on its way to the Senate after being voted out of the House this week 🎉 Thank you to the tireless advocates who have worked with me for years to move this bill forward. Let’s get this done! #txlege

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3 years

Democrats have been fighting this week against essentially an all out ban on abortion, and the most egregious attack on our voting rights in I've seen in my lifetime. 2/3

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2 years

Filed the paperwork today to run for re-election. It's been an honor serving as State Rep for HD 139 since 2016, and looking forward to serving my constituents for another term! #txlege

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@jarvisjohnsontx

3 years

Hm...are you taking action or are you suing local leaders who are actually taking action to protect our communities against COVID-19 #txlege

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3 years

unity and WALKED OUT. We are fighting against injustice and hate. I said I would fight for my constituents and I meant it. We broke the quorum, we killed SB 7 and the Republicans attack on our voting rights. If they bring it back, bring it, because we are here to fight. 2/2

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@jarvisjohnsontx

1 year

I'll be joining @NicolleDWallace on MSNBC at 3pm CT and @jaketapper on CNN at 3:10pm CT to discuss today's vote.

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Jarvis Johnson

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1 year

HB 2744 just passed Community Safety Select. 8 to 5. Thank you @justinaholland and @SamHarless126 for voting YES! This is what the Uvalde families wanted! #txlege

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2 years

Nothing says ethical law enforcement standards quite like appointing a police officer charged with Aggravated Assault from his actions during the George Floyd protest...which were about police brutality. Absolutely reprehensible. #txlege

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2 years

Every year on MLK day, we see tweets from politicians caring about the fight for equality and Black lives. And yet, when it comes to governance, we often see the very opposite. 5/

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