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Editorial: The shame of Texas - Ted Cruz, Ken Paxton and the Seditious 16 FacebookTwitterEmail 1of3 Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton speaks Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021, in Washington, at a rally in support of President Donald Trump called the "Save America Rally." (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)Jacquelyn Martin, STF / Associated PressShow MoreShow Less 2of3 Republican congressman Dan Crenshaw speaks to his supporters as he celebrates his victory during an election watch party Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2020 in ...

16 Texas Lawmakers Reject 2 States Votes Critical To Biden Win Patch 1/8/2021 © Provided by Patch AUSTIN, TX — Even after a mob of pro-Trump rioters stormed the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday to air their disenchantment over the presidential election outcome, 16 Texas members of Congress still voted to object to the counting of some Electoral College votes that helped secure the win for President-elect Joe Biden. The nations Capitol was breached by scores of rioters who interrupted a congress...

Letters to the Editor More from Homepage Letters to the Editor - Readers react to the storming of the U.S. Capitol Many readers blame Republicans for the rioting in Washington, D.C., because they did not stand up for election results and readers also are worried about our democracy. Unfit to govern After the deplorable acts and conduct at the White House on Wednesday, President Donald Trump should immediately be removed from office and his co-conspirators (namely Sen. Ted Cruz, Sen. Josh Hawley...

Even after mob attack on Capitol Hill, Republicans cautious about cutting ties with Trump The outgoing president is expected to remain a major influence in GOP politics. A Republican lawmaker has a way to mollify outgoing President Donald Trump’s supporters, who on Wednesday wreaked havoc at the Capitol because they believe the presidential election was rigged. “No congressional audit is ever going to convince these voters, particularly when the President will continue to say that the elect...

Skip to main content Despite riot, 17 Texans in Congress declined to certify Bidens win. Heres what they say. FacebookTwitterEmail 1of3 Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) talks with house members during a joint session of Congress to certify the 2020 Electoral College results on January 6, 2021 in Washington, DC.Pool/Getty ImagesShow MoreShow Less 2of3 TOPSHOT - Vice President Mike Pence and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi preside over a Joint session of Congress to certify the 2020 Electoral College results afte...

Irving Rep. Beth Van Duyne was sole Texas representative to split vote on Electoral College count After agreeing to count the Arizona’s electoral votes, Van Duyne voted against Pennsylvania’s. Republican Beth Van Duyne speaks to supporters attending the Tarrant County GOP election results watch party at the Hurst Conference Center in Hurst, Texas, Tuesday, November 3, 2020.(Tom Fox / Staff Photographer) Rep. Beth Van Duyne, a freshman Republican from Irving objected to Pennsylvania’s ele...

After siege on US Capitol, 16 Texan members of Congress still objected election certification Objectors include Sen. Ted Cruz and some of President Donald Trump’s staunchest supporters Tags:  Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, speaks at a campaign rally for Sen. Kelly Loeffler, R-Ga., on Saturday, Jan. 2, 2021, in Cumming, Ga. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson) (Copyright 2021 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.) After a mob of President Donald Trump’s supporters stormed the US Capitol for hours to pro...

From staff reports Dec 28, 2020 Cooke County commissioners are slated to canvas local ballots from the Dec. 19 special runoff election and certify the official results at a 10 a.m. meeting Tuesday, Dec. 29, an agenda notice shows. The special meeting will take place in the Commissioners Courtroom on the first floor of the Cooke County Courthouse, 100 S. Dixon St. in Gainesville. The only other action item on the meeting’s agenda is possible approval of election workers’ pay for the De...

11 Texas Republicans in House vote to help override Trump’s veto of defense bill, setting up first such rebuke of president The GOP-run Senate could take up the override vote as soon as Tuesday WASHINGTON – Eleven Texas Republicans bucked President Donald Trump late Monday on a critical defense authorization bill, helping the Democrat-run House vote 322-87 to override one of his vetoes for the first time in the Republican’s presidency. The unprecedented action in the waning weeks of Trump...

Which Texas Republicans voted against $2,000 pandemic stimulus checks requested by Trump? While all 13 Texas Democrats in the House backed the larger payouts, only a handful of Texas Republicans did so Revised to include comments from Sen. John Cornyn and Rep. Van Taylor. WASHINGTON – Only a handful of Texas Republicans in the House sided with President Donald Trump’s push to increase the amount of pandemic stimulus checks to $2,000 per person from the already agreed-upon level of $600 per...