Brazos GOP FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:Thursday, June 27, 2019 CONTACT:Sam Pohl, First Series Democrat Presidential Primary DebatesDemocrats Double Down on Far-Left MIAMI, FL – Tonight was the end of the first Democrat Presidential Primary debates that included the 20 highest polling candidates. Following the debate, Republican Party of Texas Chairman James Dickey commented: “Over the past two nights we’ve seen … Read more
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:Thursday, June 27, 2019 CONTACT:Sam Pohl, Supreme Court Upholds 10th Amendment State’s Rights WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the Supreme Court voted 5-4 to uphold redistricting lines being drawn by those elected by the people, not appointed judges. Republican Party of Texas Chairman James Dickey commented: “We applaud the Supreme Court for its ruling today … Read more
By Anthony B. Kim Pollsters had heart palpitations in June 2016 as the people of Great Britain voted to leave the European Union. A dismayed media spouted speculative hysteria about the British economy that spread faster than a fire at a match factory. Three years after the June 23, 2016, referendum, however, the establishment in … Read more
By Jason Hopkins Border Patrol Chief Carla Provost spoke to Congress on Thursday about the immigration crisis, and how it’s keeping agents from apprehending migrants who cross the border illegally. “I have been forced to divert 40% to 60% of Border Patrol’s manpower away from the border as we process and care for nearly 435,000 … Read more
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:Friday, June 21, 2019 CONTACT:Sam Pohl, AUSTIN, TX – Governor Greg Abbott, Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick, and Speaker of the Texas House Dennis Bonnen announced that Texas would be deploying 1,000 National Guard troops to address the humanitarian crisis at our southern border. Chairman James Dickey commented: “Republicans care about both the rule of … Read more
By David Harsanyi “The United States is running concentration camps on our southern border, and that is what they are.”—Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y. In April 1944, two Slovakian Jews named Alfred Wetzler and Rudolf Vrba escaped from Auschwitz and provided two of the first eyewitness accounts of the horrors of the European concentration camps. Both men … Read more
U.S. Representative Bill Flores (R-Texas) issued the following statements regarding the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA), H.R. 2740 and H. Res. 430: USMCA“Free trade is critical to America’s Promise, Prosperity and Safety – it opens new markets for American-made goods and fuels our economic growth. The United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) modernizes and rebalances our trade relationships … Read more
By Nolan Peterson SULAYMANIYAH, Iraq—When Iran’s economy began to collapse last year under U.S. sanctions, Iranian computer programmer Mohsen Heidari decided to look for work in Iraqi Kurdistan. “It’s impossible to support my family, anymore, living in Iran,” said Heidari, who is from the Iranian city of Kermanshah. “Coming here was my last option,” Heidari … Read more
By Amy Swearer All too often, advocates of strict gun control promise that more complex and convoluted laws will save lives without imposing a serious burden on the right of law-abiding citizens to exercise their constitutional rights. Their argument simply doesn’t hold up. Their gun-control laws fail not only to address how actual criminals get … Read more
By Peter Hasson MSNBC host Chuck Todd sparked a left-wing backlash by criticizing Democratic New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s rhetoric on immigration enforcement. Ocasio-Cortez drew criticism after saying the U.S. is running “concentration camps” on the southern border. “That is exactly what they are. They are concentration camps,” Ocasio-Cortez said Monday in an Instagram Live … Read more