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FOX 7 Discussion: GOP lawmakers begin to recognize President-elect Biden FOX 7 Discussion: GOP lawmakers begin to recognize President-elect Biden Travis County GOP chairman Matt Mackowiak and Glenn Smith from Progress Texas join Mike Warren on FOX 7 Austin to talk about how some GOP leaders are now acknowledging Joe Biden as president-elect. AUSTIN, Texas - After an official declaration of President-elect Joe Bidens victory by the Electoral College, some high-level officials are finally acknowl...

>> right. i mean, that is part of the reason this group, progress texas, is doing a boycott, because they say these groups try to present themselves as very woman friendly, very mom friendly, very family friendly and then they are saying theyre against this equal pay bill. texas says it relied on the texas retailers association, this business group that said we dont need this bill. there are already federal ways for women to sue for discrimination. ive contacted macys and so far they havent resp...

They pose a risk to national security. they have laid the ground work and they have laid the public groundwork for saying public dialogue is not over yet. thats what some within the government are still trying to do. a late night shooting rampage in the dallas area tops our stories in the texas area. an explosive device was used in the two separate shootings. four people killed and four others injured. police took a suspect into custody at the site of the second shooting. the fbi and other age...

Much for your time. great seeing you. >> thank you. a progressive group in texas is calling for a boycott of macys and krogers food store because of their opposition to an equal pay bill. now according to a report in the houston chronicle, macys, krogers, and other retailers lobbied governor rick perry to veto the bill which he ultimately did in june. the bill would have brought texas in line with the federal lily l li lily ledbetter fair pay act. it duplicated federal law but the author says ...

>> is the word scandal appropriate? >> yeah, i think it is. i think it becomes a scandal by virtue of the way the administrations handled it. >> i agree with you there. scandalously bad politics is what i would say. you make your point and i got a question for you. >> i got to address michaels points. he says these reams of paper dont mention progressive groups often. i went through all 15 bolo documents that were released by house democrats yesterday. progressives were mentioned on every single...

>> anybody who has broken the law will be held accountable. >> john boehner has the punishment in mind. >> my question isnt about whos going to resign. my question is, whos going to jail over this scandal. >> republicans are furious over an inspector generals report that found the irs inappropriately targeted conservative groups applying for tax exempt stat justice. roughly one-third of the organizations targeted by the irs had the words tea party, patriot or 912 in their names. but as it turns ...

Inappropriately targeted conservative groups applying for tax exempt stat justice. roughly one-third of the organizations targeted by the irs had the words tea party, patriot or 912 in their names. but as it turns out, liberal groups also received extra scrutiny. austin-based progress texas tells cnn it received an irs questionnaire similar to those sent to tea party groups. thats not likely to satisfy some republicans. florida gop senator marco rubio accused president obama of creating a cultur...

Tax exempt stat justice. roughly one-third of the organizations targeted by the irs had the words tea party, patriot or 912 in their names. but as it turns out, liberal groups also received extra scrutiny. austin-based progress texas tells cnn it received an irs questionnaire similar to those sent to tea party groups. thats not likely to satisfy some republicans. florida gop senator marco rubio accused president obama of creating a culture of intimidation that led to the irs abuse. >> these are ...

Their communities. and "the huffington post" reports, the governor has largely ignored allegations of racism on the part of at least one subordinate and on one occasion was accused of racial insensitivity himself. in 1991, as texas agricultural commissioner, perry supported his assistant commissioner after he was accused of saying this in a meeting, quote, we already have one "n" word. we dont need another. perry called the accusation vial and offensive in spite of sworn statements from the accu...

Lets bring in the panel. republican strategist, eric beach. executive director of progress texas and former democratic national committee super delegate edward espinoza and reporter, zeke miller. your group supported moore in this election. do you support the effort to challenge the election result? >> no. we dont. i think its time to move on. what im pleased about and you have to give credit to doug jones extending an olive branch to republicans and i think after the passage of the tax reform b...