7 people lost their lives and countless people survived while trying to celebrate freedom. Yet a sicko used his āfreedomā to wreck havoc! Our right to live exceeds any right to own assault weapons!
"Just as a car wreck commands attention, the ugliness of right-wing culture-warring often transfixes the news media. But another story is beckoning: Ordinary parents everywhere and their elected representatives are responding, and declaring that theyāve had enough." #txlege
So weāre at three mass shootings so far over the 4th of July weekend and holiday? Wow, just wow.
My heart grieves for Baltimore, Philadelphia, and Fort Worth.
Weāve lost our way on firearms. We must beat entrenched interests like the NRA so we can enact common sense gun safety.
Independence Day stop #2. Special shout out to Hannah Foarde for registering voters at the Plum Creek event! (And Lark wants yāall to know that the bouncy house was excellent.)
Forever grateful for the community-centered campaigns he and his teams ran in 2018 and 2022. I know in Hays County he helped get Dems in tight races over the finish line.
Honored to have run along side him and to have coaxed him back to Hays County a few times.
Today I sent @BetoORourke this picture from a year ago.
Itās such an embodiment of who he is that he immediately responded, āRed, White, and Buda!ā
This man who campaigned all across the state remembered what town he was in a year ago and their cute name for their celebration.
Last three 4th of July stops:
Meadows Center (check out Larkās mermaid facepaint)
St Johnās 4th of July fundraiser
Back to Buda for fireworks.
Happy 4th yāall! I hope you refilled the well to keep fighting for a strong democracy!
Not jewelry related, but I figured yāall have good juju, so you would probably be interested in this. Parkland survivor father et al are on the road to change hearts and minds. Figured yāall would want to followšš¼š„
Day one of Guacās Magical Tour is complete!
We stopped in Parkland and Orlando, Florida.
Follow along because we are coming to a city near you!
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The Texas Supreme Court ruled in a 5-4 opinion that the Electric Reliability Council of Texas canāt be sued over power grid failures during the 2021 winter storm.
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Special Immigrant Juvenile Status (SIJS) kids waiting for green card are vulnerable to deportation, are unable to work legally, & have difficulty accessing health care & higher ed. @RepCasar@JohnCornyn@SenTedCruz The Protect Vulnerable Immigrant Youth Act ends the SIJS backlog.
Earlier today I joined Planned Parenthood Texas Votes and my colleagues from the Texas Legislature for an intimate conversation with the Honorable Wendy Davis, Senior Advisor to PPTV moderated by the Honorable Judge Denise Hernandez.
BREAKING: The Supreme Court has ruled in Moore v. Harper that state legislatures do not have the power to ignore their own state constitutions while making rules for federal elections.