Laredo Representatives talk Dems walkout
June 6, 2021
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A group of Texas House Democrats huddle in the office of state Rep. Eddie Rodriguez, D-Austin, on Sunday, May 30, 2021.State Rep. Jasmine Crockett, D-Dallas.Show MoreShow Less
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Texas State Rep. Richard Pena Raymond, D-Laredo, right, talks with Rep. Lynn Stucky, R-Denton, during Special Session, Monday, Aug. 14, 2017.Jerry Lara / San Antonio Express-News fileShow MoreShow Less
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According to Richard Raymond, the state representative for District 42 in Texas, he and other Democrats did not just walk out from the legislative proceedings on Sunday night but rather the vote on Senate Bill 7 never made it to the floor for debate as there was no quorum, or no sufficient number of state representatives.
Webb County party chairs, professor discuss Trump s Facebook ban
May 9, 2021
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Former president Donald Trump speaks during the final day of the Conservative Political Action Conference on Sunday, Feb. 28, 2021 in Orlando.Jabin Botsford /The Washington Post
Earlier this week, Facebook’s oversight board concluded that former President Donald Trump’s ban could be upheld if the reasons were justified. A local communications professor and the Webb County party chairs expressed varying opinions on the decision to LMT.
“It’s so complicated, because on one hand a lot of people would say that it’s a private company,” Texas A&M International University assistant professor of communications Arthur Soto-Vasquez said. “So they can do what they wish on their platform because they have rules and they say if you follow these rules you can be on them, and if you don’t then we reserve the right to kick you off the platform. They can choose what they will.
Laredo party chairs divided on Trump s second impeachment
Feb. 10, 2021
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Acting Sergeant at Arms Timothy Blodgett, left, leads Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Md., second from left, the lead Democratic House impeachment manager, and other impeachment managers, through the Rotunda to the Senate for the second impeachment trial of former President Donald Trump, Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2021, in Washington.Alex Brandon/AP
Political divisions are high in the United States as former President Donald Trump’s second impeachment trial began Tuesday. And those divisions are felt in the Gateway City as well.
Both of the Webb County Party Chairs have different views of what the second impeachment of the former president means, why it is ongoing and what would ultimately happen in the end as they acknowledge that one of the few things they can agree on is the fact that the nation is highly divided. Both local leaders also argue how the impeachment trial is all about politics while the ot