Judge Lee Yeakel, who serves on the United States District Court for Western District of Texas, ruled Monday that abortion clinics must temporarily remain open and cannot be prohibited from performing non-medically necessary abortions as a public health measure. 
According to <a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2020/03/30/judge-lifts-texas-abortion-ban-pegged-to-coronavirus-pandemic-156210">Politico</a>, Judge Yeakel maintained that the Supreme Court has already ruled against enshrining an “outright ban” on abortions, and equated the state’s desire to limit access to the procedure to an effective ban. 
&#8220;Regarding a woman&#8217;s right to a pre-fetal-viability abortion, the Supreme Court has spoken clearly. There can be no outright ban on such a procedure,” said Judge Yeakel, reports the news agency. 
&#8220;This court will not speculate on whether the Supreme Court included a silent &#8216;except-in-a-national-emergency clause&#8217; in its previous writings on the issue,&#8221; said Judge Yeakel. 
The <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/30/us/abortion-clinics-coronavirus-texas.html">New York Times</a> reports that the procedure has been given temporary amnesty within the state until the courts can fully decide whether temporary abortion bans on non-medically necessary abortions can continue amidst the coronavirus pandemic. 
Last week, Gov. Gregg Abbott (R-TX) <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/planned-parenthood-sues-texas-after-governor-declares-abortion-non-essential">temporarily banned</a> abortion clinics from continuing to perform them, arguing that such procedures were &#8220;non-essential&#8221; and that allowing them to continue would unnecessarily diminish the state’s medical supplies. 
As <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/abortion-planned-parenthood-aclu-center-reproductive-rights-sue-states-coronavirus-covid-19-pandemic/">NBC News</a> reports, multiple states have enacted emergency policies that prohibit abortion clinics from performing them during the coronavirus pandemic, but the policies have been challenged by abortion advocates. 
&#8220;We cannot let anti-abortion activists dictate public health policy. A global pandemic is not an excuse to attack essential, time-sensitive medical procedures like abortion,&#8221; said Alexis McGill Johnson, acting president of Planned Parenthood, the organization that filed the lawsuit against Texas, reports the news agency. 
&#8220;These political distractions cost valuable time and resources that our state and federal officials cannot afford to waste,” said McGill Johnson. “Abortion is essential and patients who need this care cannot wait. This is what it&#8217;s come down to: court battles just so doctors and nurses can care for patients during a public health crisis. Anti-abortion activists have gone too far.&#8221;
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has pushed back against Planned Parenthood, pointing out that abortion advocates have repeatedly maintained that abortion is a “choice” and should thus be considered an elective procedure, not an essential one. 
“It is unconscionable that abortion providers are fighting against the health of Texans and withholding desperately needed supplies and personal protective equipment in favor of a procedure that they refer to as a ‘choice,&#8217;” said Paxton. 
“My office will tirelessly defend Governor Abbott’s Order to ensure that necessary supplies reach the medical professionals combating this national health crisis,” said the attorney general. 
Politico reports that the abortion ban will be put on hold in Texas until April 13, preventing the state from levying the $1,000 fine or 6 months in jail for providers who continue to perform abortions during the coronavirus pandemic. 
At this time, however, it is currently unclear when the courts will determine whether the temporary abortion ban will be allowed to continue.

Trump Administration Proposes Amendment That Would Prevent Planned Parenthood From Providing Abortions

Judge Deals Blow To Texas Abortion Policy After Governor Declares It ‘Non-Essential’

Abortion

Texas

With an increasing number of businesses on &#8220;lockdown&#8221; and a growing number of people out of work as a result, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) is finding some creative ways to make life easier on those most effected, individuals and businesses alike — and former Navy SEAL Rep. Dan Crenshaw (R-TX) is making sure to celebrate his home state&#8217;s &#8220;positive moves.&#8221;
In one of several COVID-19-related executive orders, Gov. Abbott directed the Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS) on Tuesday to &#8220;allow restaurants to sell bulk retail products from restaurant supply chain distributors directly to consumers,&#8221; a <a href="https://gov.texas.gov/news/post/governor-abbott-authorizes-restaurants-to-sell-bulk-retail-product-from-distributors-to-the-public">press release</a> reads (full text below).
&#8220;Restaurants have food supply chains that don&#8217;t go through grocery stores,&#8221; Abbott explained in a tweet announcing the order. &#8220;Help keep our restaurants open [and] their employees working by using them as a source for your food needs. This waiver makes it easier for you as we all work to respond to the [coronavirus].&#8221;
Crenshaw — who has been <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/watch-dan-crenshaw-gives-urgent-message-on-relief-package-unloads-on-democrats-for-tanking-it">pushing hard</a> for quick action by the his fellow members of Congress on an emergency relief package to help mitigate the devastating economic impact of widespread mandated shutdowns of schools and businesses — cheered Abbott&#8217;s action.
&#8220;[Gov. Abbott] with another positive move that will help Texas small businesses and the hardworking people who continue to feed us during this difficult time,&#8221; the congressman tweeted Wednesday in response to Abbott&#8217;s order. &#8220;If you need food, think of a local restaurant. Help our economy in anyway you can.&#8221;
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. <a href="https://twitter.com/GregAbbott_TX?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@GregAbbott_TX</a> with another positive move that will help Texas small businesses and the hardworking people who continue to feed us during this difficult time.
If you need food, think of a local restaurant. Help our economy in anyway you can. <a href="https://t.co/6XSWjZYjuI">https://t.co/6XSWjZYjuI</a>
&mdash; Dan Crenshaw (@DanCrenshawTX) <a href="https://twitter.com/DanCrenshawTX/status/1242880592871653382?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 25, 2020</a></blockquote>
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Abbott is also attempting to convince the federal government give more flexibility to people who use Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits to help both them and local restaurants.
&#8220;Governor Greg Abbott and the Texas Health and Human Services Commission sent a letter yesterday to the United States Department of Agriculture seeking permission to move forward to allow Texas Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program (SNAP) recipients to use their benefits at take out and drive thru restaurants throughout the state as Texas continues to combat COVID-19. If approved, it would open up another food source for 3.2 million Texans,&#8221; a <a href="https://gov.texas.gov/news/post/governor-abbott-sends-letter-seeking-permission-for-snap-recipients-to-use-their-benefits-at-take-out-and-drive-thru-restaurants">press release</a> from Abbott&#8217;s issued Wednesday reads.
&#8220;As we continue in our efforts to combat COVID-19, the state must do everything it can to make life more manageable for citizens and ensure that Texans can provide meals for their families,&#8221; said Abbott. &#8220;This waiver will go a long way in doing just that. I urge the federal government to quickly approve this waiver, giving Texans another food option during this public health emergency.&#8221;
Crenshaw made a point of also calling attention to this move. &#8220;Another good idea,&#8221; wrote Crenshaw Wednesday. &#8220;Note how many examples there have been of burdensome regulations getting in our way in dealing with this crisis.&#8221;
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Another good idea. 
Note how many examples there have been of burdensome regulations getting in our way in dealing with this crisis. <a href="https://t.co/wh58HlKf8t">https://t.co/wh58HlKf8t</a>
&mdash; Dan Crenshaw (@DanCrenshawTX) <a href="https://twitter.com/DanCrenshawTX/status/1242948283623972864?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 25, 2020</a></blockquote>
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On Wednesday, Abbott also &#8220;waived certain regulations from the Texas Board of Nursing regarding licensing renewal and subsequent fees for nurses in Texas,&#8221; a <a href="https://gov.texas.gov/news/post/governor-abbott-waives-certain-licensing-renewal-regulations-fees-for-nurses">press release</a> of the governor&#8217;s office explained. &#8220;The Governor&#8217;s waiver authorizes a six-month grace period for nurses with expired licenses. This grace period will allow nurses who are otherwise in good standing to continue practicing and will give them additional time to renew their license without added fees and penalties. &#8220;&#8221;With these temporary waivers, nurses in Texas can continue caring for patients without worrying about potential delays or barriers imposed by the licensing renewal process,&#8221; Abbott said. &#8220;We are grateful for the nurses serving throughout our state, and Texas are committed to ensuring they have the resources and support they need to do their jobs as we face this public health emergency.&#8221;
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/dan-crenshaw-posts-info-everyone-in-america-should-read-about-why-democrats-killed-emergency-relief-package">Dan Crenshaw Posts Info ‘Everyone In America’ Should Read About Why Democrats Killed Emergency Relief Package</a>
Some of Governor Abbott&#8217;s tweets and press releases announcing the state&#8217;s coronavirus response measures below:
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Restaurants have food supply chains that don&#39;t go through grocery stores.
Help keep our restaurants open &amp; their employees working by using them as a source for your food needs.
This waiver makes it easier for you as we all work to respond to the <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/coronavirus?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#coronavirus</a>.<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/COVID19?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#COVID19</a> <a href="https://t.co/ArlKF7XM45">https://t.co/ArlKF7XM45</a>
&mdash; Greg Abbott (@GregAbbott_TX) <a href="https://twitter.com/GregAbbott_TX/status/1242653055851597824?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 25, 2020</a></blockquote>
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Texas is asking the federal government to allow families that rely on SNAP benefits for food to use them at drive-thru restaurants. 
This helps those families and the businesses in Texas that provide food. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/coronavirus?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#coronavirus</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/COVID19?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#COVID19</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/txlege?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#txlege</a> <a href="https://t.co/375AIdzkwV">https://t.co/375AIdzkwV</a>
&mdash; Greg Abbott (@GregAbbott_TX) <a href="https://twitter.com/GregAbbott_TX/status/1242939117492633606?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 25, 2020</a></blockquote>
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Governor Abbott Authorizes Restaurants To Sell Bulk Retail Product From Distributors To The Public (March 24, 2020)
Governor Greg Abbott has directed the Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS) to issue guidance allowing restaurants to sell bulk retail products from restaurant supply chain distributors directly to consumers provided that such foods are in their original condition, packaging, or presented as received by the restaurant. Under this guidance, restaurants will be able to sell items like packaged meat, fruit and vegetables, and dry goods directly to the public to prepare and consume at home.This guidance will allow distributors and restaurants to provide Texans another source of food outside of grocery stores and prepared food from restaurants. These bulk food items would be available for purchase through restaurants offering drive-thru, delivery, pick-up, and curbside service.“A vital part of our COVID-19 response is to ensure that there are readily available supplies of food and resources, whether that is at grocery stores or, in this case, restaurants,” said Governor Abbott. “This guidance gives Texans another easily accessible option to buy the food they need to support their families. The State of Texas continues to work with distributors, retailers, and restaurants to ensure they have the support they need to continue providing for Texans. I thank Representative Tan Parker, the Texas Restaurant Association, and the Department of State Health Services for their collaboration to take this important step to help Texas families as our state responds to COVID-19.”
Governor Abbott Sends Letter Seeking Permission For SNAP Recipients To Use Their Benefits At Take Out And Drive-Thru Restaurants (March 25, 2020)
Governor Greg Abbott and the Texas Health and Human Services Commission sent a letter yesterday to the United States Department of Agriculture seeking permission to move forward to allow Texas Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program (SNAP) recipients to use their benefits at take out and drive thru restaurants throughout the state as Texas continues to combat COVID-19. If approved, it would open up another food source for 3.2 million Texans.&#8220;As we continue in our efforts to combat COVID-19, the state must do everything it can to make life more manageable for citizens and ensure that Texans can provide meals for their families,&#8221; said Governor Abbott. &#8220;This waiver will go a long way in doing just that. I urge the federal government to quickly approve this waiver, giving Texans another food option during this public health emergency.&#8221;
Governor Abbott Waives Certain Licensing Renewal Regulations, Fees For Nurses (March 25, 2020)
Governor Greg Abbott has waived certain regulations from the Texas Board of Nursing regarding licensing renewal and subsequent fees for nurses in Texas. The Governor&#8217;s waiver authorizes a six-month grace period for nurses with expired licenses. This grace period will allow nurses who are otherwise in good standing to continue practicing and will give them additional time to renew their license without added fees and penalties.&#8221;Nurses are essential to protecting the public health and safety of our communities as we combat the COVID-19 virus,” said Governor Abbott. &#8220;With these temporary waivers, nurses in Texas can continue caring for patients without worrying about potential delays or barriers imposed by the licensing renewal process. We are grateful for the nurses serving throughout our state, and Texas are committed to ensuring they have the resources and support they need to do their jobs as we face this public health emergency.&#8221;
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/watch-dan-crenshaw-gives-urgent-message-on-relief-package-unloads-on-democrats-for-tanking-it">WATCH: Dan Crenshaw Gives Urgent Message On Relief Package, Unloads On Democrats For Tanking It</a>
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Texas Finds Creative Ways To Help People, Businesses Amid Crisis; Dan Crenshaw Points Out ‘Positive Moves’

Greg Abbott

Two counties along the Southern Border in Texas have issued “shelter-in-place” rules to stop the spread of the coronavirus. Six people between the two counties have tested positive for COVID-19.
Cameron and Hidalgo Counties each issued orders telling residents to stay in their homes unless they have been deemed an essential worker, such as health care workers, food delivery and groceries, and certain government employees, <a href="https://www.borderreport.com/news/breaking-2-south-texas-border-counties-enact-overnight-curfews-to-stop-covid-19-spread/">according to Border Report</a>.
Cameron County’s <a href="https://www.borderreport.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/28/2020/03/Cameron-county-shelter-in-place-032320.pdf">order</a> was issued by County Judge Eddie Treviño, Jr. on Monday, writing that it “is necessary to ensure that the maximum number of people self-isolate in their places of residence to the maximum extent feasible, while enabling essential services to continue.”
Residents must shelter in place for the next 14 days unless otherwise noted. Treviño ordered residents to stay at least six feet from others when outside the residence. Anyone who fails to comply with the information contained within the order faces up to a $1,000 fine or up to 180 days in jail. The order begins at 12:01 a.m. March 25 and lasts until 11:59 p.m. on April 8.
Hidalgo County issued its own <a href="https://www.borderreport.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/28/2020/03/Hidalgo-County-overnight-curfew-orders-032220.pdf">order</a> shortly before Cameron County. Both counties have enacted a curfew between 10 p.m. and 5 a.m. for the next 14 days. Both counties have also limited gatherings to no more than 10 people.
“This emergency order is intended to put some temporary controls over our citizens, over our businesses and government, which sole purpose is to limit the spreading of this vicious virus,” Hidalgo County Judge Richard Cortez said during a press conference. “I come to you with a heavy heart and a huge burden but nevertheless a very important one because all the actions we have taken, to date, affect many lives of our citizens.”
More on the Hidalgo order, from Border Report:
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<li>No social gatherings of 10 or more people, including conferences, festivals, parades, concerts, sporting events, weddings, flea markets and dining in restaurants.</li>
<li>Temporary closure of all schools, fitness clubs, barbershops, nail and hair salons, massage and tattoo parlors, tanning salons, movie theaters, bowling alleys and malls and retail stores that do not sell “essential household goods.”</li>
<li>All non-essential court matters and hearings will be suspended and all county-related travel is halted.</li>
<li>Parks will remain open “so long as the necessary precautions are maintained by public visitors to reduce transmission of COVID-19.”</li>
<li>In addition, all county fees are waived for 30 days and evictions forbidden.</li>
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Border Report also posted <a href="https://www.hidalgocounty.us/2630/Coronavirus-Updates">a video</a> in which Cortez discusses non-essential businesses.
“Places like gyms, spas, barbershops and salons are luxuries and unfortunately the human interactions is too great to justify the risk of increased transmission,” Cortez said. “We are asking residents to remain at home between the hours of 10 p.m. and 5 a.m. These hours represent the peak hours for social gatherings. This move will lessen the load on the local heroes who continue to serve us during this challenge.”
Cameron County is home to more than 400,000 people while Hidalgo County is home to nearly 800,000, according to the 2010 census. Meanwhile, in Florida, a lockdown order still hasn&#8217;t come despite more than 1,000 cases of coronavirus in the state.

US-MEXICO-HEALTH-VIRUS-BORDER

Two Border Counties In Texas On Lockdown After Six People Test Positive For COVID-19

Coronavirus

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is targeting the state of California, asking the Supreme Court to strike down a law signed by then-California Governor Jerry Brown in 2016 that barred state-funded travel to states with so-called “discriminatory” laws.
The California law, <a href="https://oag.ca.gov/sites/all/files/agweb/pdfs/ab1887/ab-1887-text.pdf?">AB 1887</a>, stated:
<blockquote>This bill would prohibit a state agency and the Legislature from requiring any of its employees, officers or members to travel to, or approving a request for state-funded or state-sponsored travel to, any state that, after June 26, 2015, has enacted a law that voids or repeals, or has the effect of voiding or repealing, existing state or local protections against discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation, gender identity, or gender expression or has enacted a law that authorizes or requires discrimination against same-sex couples or their families or on the basis of sexual orientation, gender identity, or gender expression, as specified, subject to certain exceptions. The bill would require the Attorney General to develop, maintain, and post on his or her Internet Web site a current list of states that, after June 26, 2015, have enacted such a law.</blockquote>
In June 2017, California Attorney General Xavier Becerra, whose office maintains a list of qualifying discriminatory laws, banned state-funded travel to California, saying that Texas&#8217; <a href="http://www.capitol.state.tx.us/BillLookup/History.aspx?LegSess=85R&amp;Bill=HB3859">House Bill 3859</a> &#8220;allows foster care agencies to discriminate against children in foster care and potentially disqualify LGBT families from the state’s foster and adoption system.&#8221; Becerra <a href="https://www.texastribune.org/2017/06/22/citing-religious-refusal-adoption-rule-california-bans-state-travel-te/">pontificated</a>, “While the California DOJ works to protect the rights of all our people, discriminatory laws in any part of our country send all of us several steps back. That&#8217;s why when California said we would not tolerate discrimination against LGBTQ members of our community, we meant it.&#8221;
Texas Governor Greg Abbott’s spokesman John Wittman fired back, &#8220;California may be able to stop their state employees, but they can’t stop all the businesses that are fleeing over taxation and regulation, and relocating to Texas.&#8221;
On Monday, Paxton fired a shot of his own at California, asserting, “California is attempting to punish Texans for respecting the right of conscience for foster care and adoption providers,”
The Texas law stated:
<blockquote>A governmental entity or any person that contracts with this state or operates under governmental authority to refer or place children for child welfare services may not discriminate or take any adverse action against a child welfare services provider on the basis, wholly or partly, that the provider:</blockquote>
<ol>
<li>Has declined or will decline to provide, facilitate or refer a person for child welfare services that conflict with, or under circumstances that conflict with, the provider’s sincerely held religious beliefs:</li>
<li>Provides or intends to provide children under the control, care, guardianship, or direction of the provider with a religious education, including through placing the children in a private or parochial school or otherwise providing a religious education in accordance with the laws of this state;</li>
<li>Has declined or will decline to provide, facilitate or refer a person for abortions, contraceptives, or drugs, devices or services that are potentially abortion-inducing; or</li>
<li>Refuses to enter into a contract that is inconsistent with or would in any way interfere with or force a provider to surrender the rights created by this chapter.</li>
</ol>
As the <a href="https://www.texastribune.org/2020/02/10/texas-asks-scotus-strike-down-california-law-banning-state-travel/">Texas Tribune</a> noted, California has <a href="https://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/the-state-worker/article239572858.html">banned travel</a> to 11 states. One of them, Oklahoma, <a href="https://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/the-state-worker/article239572858.html">retaliated</a> last month with its own ban on state-funded travel to California.

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton

Texas Fires Shot Across California’s Bow, Asks SCOTUS To Strike Down Law Banning Travel

California

Ken paxton

An illegal alien who used a loophole to obtain a green card is now suspected of smothering 22 elderly people in Texas, most of whom were women.
Billy Chemirmir had posed as a maintenance worker at various senior living facilities throughout the Dallas-Forth Worth metro area between 2016 and 2018. In May 2019 he was finally arrested and charged with the deaths of at least a dozen elderly women, making him one of Texas’ most prolific serial killers.
Now Chemirmir is suspected of killing up to 22 elderly residents of Texas, mostly women, The Dallas Morning News <a href="https://www.dallasnews.com/news/crime/2020/02/04/new-suits-in-billy-chemirmir-case-identify-two-more-alleged-victims-offer-new-details/">reported</a>. Two lawsuits were filed in the 4th County Court at Law in Dallas by three families alleging their loved ones were killed by Chemirmir and the retirement community where they lived, Preston Place Retirement Community, didn’t do enough to protect them.
One of the victims mentioned in the lawsuits is Miriam Nelson, who told staff at Preston Place that a man she did not recognize had entered her apartment. Two days later, she would be dead. Her son-in-law, former Dallas Cowboys safety Cliff Harris has since called for improved security at Preston Place.
“We made an assumption that it was safe,” Harris told the Morning News. “These ladies, these widows are the most vulnerable part of society. I feel like they were sitting ducks.
Nelson had told her family that a man believed to be Chemirmir entered her apartment claiming he needed to check for leaks. Nelson did not recognize him as one of the regular maintenance men, so she called the front office. It was the middle of a weekday, yet no one answered. The next morning her grandson complained to the management office. At the time, five women had already died under mysterious circumstances. The day after her grandson complained, Nelson was murdered.
“By the end of the month, Miriam’s family would discover the horrific and preventable reality about what happened on the last day of their mom’s life. They would discover that the same man who had accessed and robbed Miriam’s apartment on March 7, 2018 had returned two days later on March 9th. They would learn that he forced his way into Miriam’s apartment and forced Miriam into her bed. They would learn that he then placed a pillow over their mother’s face and held it down as Miriam struggled helplessly to breathe. They learned that, after he had killed Miriam, Chemirmir had scavenged her apartment to steal the fine jewelry he must have identified during his first visit,” the lawsuit stated.
Two other women – Mamie Dell Miya and another unnamed woman – were mentioned in the lawsuits. Chemirmir has not been charged with their deaths, but the Morning News reported that police reports included in the lawsuit show that authorities suspected Miya’s death may have been a capital murder case. If Chemirmir did indeed kill the 22 people that have been publicly linked to him, it would make him a more prolific serial killer than even Jeffrey Dahmer, who was proven to have killed 16 people. (For reference, John Wayne Gacy was proven to have killed 33 people).
Chemirmir has only been charged with 12 deaths so far, including seven from Preston Place. Chemirmir is alleged to have overstayed his tourist visa and then marrying an American woman as part of a sham marriage that allowed him to stay in the country. He had already been arrested for driving while under the influence and aggravated assault, which should have gotten him deported.
As for the retirement community where many of the murders took place, CBSDFW <a href="https://dfw.cbslocal.com/2020/02/05/families-of-women-allegedly-murdered-by-billy-chemirmir-file-suit-against-apartment-complex/">reported</a> that the lawsuit against Preston Place accused the retirement community of being “geared only toward in luring elderly residents to maximize occupancy and profits for their private equity owners and investors.”

Elderly woman

Illegal Alien Who Avoided Deportation Allegedly Smothered 22 Elderly People

Crime

Murder

On Thursday, a Texas court ruled in favor of Jeff Younger, the father of James Younger, the seven-year-old whose pediatrician mother was attempting to medically transition her son into a girl.
Dallas Judge Mary Brown upheld an October decision that gave both parents conservatorship over their child and denied the mother&#8217;s request that the case revert to the October 21 11-1 jury decision that gave her sole managing conservatorship. That decision was <a href="https://www.christianpost.com/news/woman-who-wants-to-transition-7-y-o-son-james-younger-into-girl-loses-latest-court-battle.html">later overruled</a> by Judge Kim Cooks, who   ruled that conservatorship would be split evenly between both parents.
But then the mother, Dr. Anne Georgulas, and her attorneys argued that  Cooks had acted improperly by posting an article about the case on her Facebook page, prompting Cooks to be summarily recused from the case.,
<a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7950655/Mother-trying-transition-son-girl-loses-court-judge-orders-parents-joint-custody.html">The Daily Mail</a> noted, “In November it was revealed the youngster had decided to attend school this year as a boy. In a post from the Facebook page &#8216;Save James,&#8217; pictures of James dressed in a button down shirt, slacks and tennis shoes were shared online. The caption read: &#8216;Going to school. This is what it looks like when JAMES gets to choose! *Affirm this! * Also, a photo taken yesterday, just before church. James and Jude proud to be men! Save James, save thousands of children!&#8217;”
Georgulas and Younger were in 2010 and underwent in vitro fertilization to have twins; they requested the babies to be male. Georgulas later brought James to see a gender therapist at the Children&#8217;s Hospital Center, where she claimed he had wanted a girls’ toy from McDonald’s and then started imitating the female characters from Disney’s Frozen and asking to wear dresses, as <a href="https://thetexan.news/dallas-custody-battle-over-alleged-transgender-seven-year-old-will-resume-next-week/">The Texan</a> reported.
The Texan continued:
<blockquote>She said she contacted the GENecis clinic at Children’s Hospital Center, and they referred her to Rebekka Ouer for counseling. Ouer recommended a process of “affirmation” and thought that a “social transition” for James to begin going to school dressed as a girl named “Luna” would be in his best interest.</blockquote>
Jeff Younger said Georgulas had been pushing their son to transition after their divorce. He claimed that when his son was three years old, his mother locked him in his bedroom and told him, “monsters only eat boys.” He also said she had forced James to wear dresses.
Jeff Younger stated:
<blockquote>I want you to imagine having electronic communication with your son on FaceTime, and imagine that your ex-wife has dressed him as a drag queen to talk to you. He has false eyelashes and makeup. His hair has got glitter in it. He&#8217;s wearing a dress.
Now imagine how you would feel seeing what I believe is actual sexual abuse — I believe this is not just emotional abuse but is the very, most fundamental form of sexual abuse, tampering with the sexual identity of a vulnerable boy. Every. Single. Day. You have to see your son sexually abused, and you have to maintain your calm&#8230; because the courts are not going to be fair to you. And the only way you can survive this and get your son through this alive is to calmly allow your son to be tortured right before your eyes and outlast the opposition. That&#8217;s what it&#8217;s like.</blockquote>
In October, GOP Texas Governor Greg Abbott stated that the Texas Attorney General’s Office and the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services were looking into the case, which had drawn national attention. Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) also weighed in, tweeting, “A 7-year-old child doesn&#8217;t have the maturity to make profound decisions like this. The state of Texas should protect this child&#8217;s right to choose—as an informed, mature person—and not be used as a pawn in a left-wing political agenda.”
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A 7-year-old child doesn&#39;t have the maturity to make profound decisions like this. The state of Texas should protect this child&#39;s right to choose—as an informed, mature person—and not be used as a pawn in a left-wing political agenda. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/ProtectJamesYounger?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#ProtectJamesYounger</a>
&mdash; Senator Ted Cruz (@SenTedCruz) <a href="https://twitter.com/SenTedCruz/status/1187157175250149376?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 24, 2019</a></blockquote>
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Syringe and a vial.

Father Of 7-Year-Old Texas Boy Whose Mother Wanted To ‘Transition’ Him To A Girl Wins In Court

Transgender

On Tuesday, a special election was held in Texas for an open seat in the Texas state House. The Democratic candidate, Eliz Markowitz, was supported by <a href="https://www.texastribune.org/2020/01/21/elizabeth-warren-backs-eliz-markowitz-battleground-texas-house-race/">five people</a> who have campaigned for the presidential nomination: Joe Biden, Elizabeth Warren, Michael Bloomberg, Julian Castro, and Beto O’Rourke, as well as former Attorney General Eric Holder. But Markowitz was decimated in the election by GOP candidate Gary Gates, losing by 16 points, and on Thursday, Texas Governor Greg Abbot exuberantly told Neil Cavuto of Fox News that despite all the support from Democratic luminaries and the fact that Democrats view Texas as the “political holy grail,” Markowitz got “creamed.”
Cavuto prompted Abbott by asking, “Why do you think Democratic candidates are focusing on Texas so much? You think it’s a matter of trying to push Republicans to drain their resources in an otherwise safe state, or they’re sensing something’s going on; it’s not just Austin, the state is turning? What do you think?&#8221;
Abbott responded, “Well, listen, Democrats view Texas as the political holy grail. If they were ever able to win Texas, they know that they would be able to run the table nationally. And as a result, a lot of money is coming in. But there was a special election in a Texas House seat last night that took place where Beto O’Rourke went all-in. Eric Holder gave money; Eric Holder campaigned. We had five presidential candidates on Democratic side come in and campaign for a Texas House member, and that Texas House member won by far more than his predecessor Republican won. He won by 16 percentage point margin, creamed the Democrats, pointing out to the Democrats they’re wasting their money trying to come into the state of Texas and campaign in Texas.”
The Democrats spent more than $1 million to win the open seat, which is one of 150 seats in the Texas House, as <a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2020/01/texas-gop-state-legislature-special-election/605719/">The Atlantic</a> noted, adding that one progressive group had hyped the election as “the most important special election since the midterms.” If The Democrats flip nine seats in the Texas House, they will control the Texas legislature.
Austin Chambers, the president of the Republican State Leadership Committee, told The Atlantic, “Democrats were convinced they could buy Texas. But tonight they learned Texans aren’t buying the nonsense the Democrats are selling. Texans sent a message loud and clear to the liberals in Washington: ‘We’re going to keep Texas Texas.’”
Jessica Post, the executive director of the Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee, tried to fob off the crushing defeat as if it had been expected, telling The Atlantic, “We always knew the race would be tough,” and adding that the huge defeat was an “anomaly.” She cited the fact that the election was held in the middle of winter as one reason for the overwhelming defeat. She pointed out that Mitt Romney had won the district by 30 points in 2012, chortling of the Markowitz effort, “I think that’s a win. I think it shows Republicans are scared as hell.” But she added, “This was a base-versus-base election, and Republicans were able to mobilize their base to turn out in huge numbers.”
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Abbott Cheers: 5 Dem Presidential Candidates Came To Texas And Got ‘Creamed’

A group of homeless people living in an abandoned, state-owned parking lot in Austin, Texas, formed a government earlier this month, with a spokesperson for the camp saying it has already selected a committee and held two town meetings. 
According to <a href="https://www.fox5ny.com/news/homeless-community-at-east-austin-camp-creates-committee-for-the-homeless-run-by-the-homeless">Fox News</a>, Cori Roberts, the secretary for the camp, announced that they have already filled seven positions on the new committee, including a “web designer.”
“We have donation and volunteer recruiters, we have maintenance and general labor recruiters, we have the web designer, and the media outreach, we have security, and then we have the treasurer/donation organizer,” said Roberts, reports the news agency. 
The committee has also officially named the parking lot “Camp RATT” — Responsible Adult Transition Town — and apparently, the residents have already started going along with it. “For the homeless, run by the homeless,” says Roberts. 
As the <a href="https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/texas/2019/11/07/351227/gov-greg-abbott-says-texas-will-temporarily-house-homeless-austin-residents-on-five-acres-of-state-land/">Texas Tribune </a>reported last November, Governor Greg Abbott set aside the five-acre lot in an attempt to give the local homeless population an area to live somewhat close to downtown Austin. 
A spokesperson for the governor’s office also mentioned that the lot includes “portable restrooms, hand washing stations, and comes with commitments from local charities to deliver food multiple times a day” and “will provide access to healthcare providers and homeless case workers to provide care for the homeless,” reports the news agency. 
According to Fox News, the camp’s committee has a few potential ideas on the docket to improve the area that has been set aside for them, including improving the shower situation, which currently consists of two metal stalls and a water hose, securing more food donations, and hosting community events. 
“Don&#8217;t be afraid to come out here. If you&#8217;ve got nowhere to live, you want the laws to leave you alone for being under a bridge, come out here. It&#8217;s safe. There&#8217;s not really any violence out here. We&#8217;re all a big family, a town,” said Roberts, reports the news agency. 
“It&#8217;s important because we actually have a voice, we actually have a hand that we are actually putting forth to make our lives a little bit better,” said LaShawn Ramsey, the community’s web designer. “A lot of us have high school diplomas, we have college degrees, we&#8217;ve been in the workforce field, we&#8217;ve been general managers,” said Ramsey, reports the news agency. 
According to <a href="https://www.austinecho.org/about-echo/homelessness-in-austin/">ECHO</a>, an advocacy group that focuses on homelessness in Austin, Texas, and the surrounding area, approximately 2,255 people in the city were homeless on any given night in 2018. But since this figure is for a city with over 950,000 people, the problem isn’t as drastic as it is in other places, such as Los Angeles. 
According to the <a href="https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2020-01-21/homeless-count-los-angeles-county-faq">LA Times</a>, there are approximately 4 million people living in Los Angeles, and a 2019 count conducted in the city reported 58,936 homeless people across the county. 
Governor Gavin Newsom (D-CA) released a statement earlier this month announcing a $1.4 billion plan to tackle the issue, saying that “the state of California is treating it as a real emergency.”

A homeless man who did not want his named used made coffee near his tent at the homeless encampment beneath the cathedral‚Äö√Ñ√¥s hill Monday October 15, 2018 in St. Paul, MN. ] JERRY HOLT ‚Äö√Ñ¬¢ jerry.holt@startribune.com

State Of Nature: Texas Homeless Camp Now Identifies As Town

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Texas Republicans dominated in a key Texas state House race on Tuesday against a leftist candidate backed by failed Senate and failed presidential candidate Robert Francis O&#8217;Rourke.
&#8220;The victory by Republican Gary Gates, who put more than $1.5 million of his own money into his run for state House District 28, is sure to bring a sigh of relief for the GOP in a race that was being tracked far beyond Texas. By the final weeks, the race had escalated into the first big special election of 2020,&#8221; The Associated Press reported. &#8220;In final unofficial results, Gates polled 58% of the vote to 42% for Democrat Eliz Markowitz.&#8221;
In addition to O&#8217;Rourke, Markowitz received endorsements from leftist Democrat presidential candidate Michael Bloomberg and Elizabeth Warren.
&#8220;Beto O&#8217;Rourke practically made the district a second home after ending his own presidential campaign in November, spending weekends knocking on doors in Katy&#8217;s affluent neighborhoods,&#8221; the AP continued. &#8220;One national Democratic group called Forward Majority, which is spending millions of dollars nationwide to flip GOP-controlled statehouses, says it has spent $400,000 on the race, at least four times what the group spent on any other Texas district in 2018.&#8221;
Democrats and the media had tried to claim that this was a bellwether race for this November that this race was going to help them push their narrative that Texas was turning purple.
“It’s the symbolism,” <a href="https://www.dallasnews.com/news/politics/2020/01/27/expensive-special-election-for-suburban-houston-race-could-be-bellwether-in-battle-for-texas-house-in-2020/">said</a> Mark Jones, a political scientist at Rice University. “It would help Democrats with the narrative that Texas is turning purple.”
Abbott&#8217;s office published a video on Twitter showing Gates celebrating the victory late on Tuesday night.
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HUGE win tonight in <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/HD28?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#HD28</a> for <a href="https://twitter.com/GatesforTexas?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@GatesforTexas</a>. 
All the grassroots momentum pushed it over the finish line. Thank you to all of the volunteers who knocked thousands of doors and made thousands of phone calls in Fort Bend County.<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/KeepTexasRed?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#KeepTexasRed</a> ☑️🇺🇸 <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/txlege?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#txlege</a> <a href="https://t.co/uan0xJvTLX">pic.twitter.com/uan0xJvTLX</a>
&mdash; Texans for Abbott (@AbbottCampaign) <a href="https://twitter.com/AbbottCampaign/status/1222377097890598913?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 29, 2020</a></blockquote>
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Abbott took a shot at O&#8217;Rourke earlier in the evening, writing: &#8220;Wait. Beto math was that if he won or was close in a House district then he could help a democrat win. He came within 3% in this district. Early returns show the Republican winning by about 18% Beto math doesn’t work. All of that $ was incinerated.&#8221;
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Wait.
Beto math was that if he won or was close in a House district then he could help a democrat win.
He came within 3% in this district.
Early returns show the Republican winning by about 18% 
Beto math doesn’t work. All of that $ was incinerated. <a href="https://t.co/1euLaqE0px">https://t.co/1euLaqE0px</a>
&mdash; Greg Abbott (@GregAbbott_TX) <a href="https://twitter.com/GregAbbott_TX/status/1222338503108898817?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 29, 2020</a></blockquote>
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Markowitz tried to spin her blowout double digit loss as a win late on Tuesday, declaring that she and the Democrats in Texas had established momentum heading into November, despite having no evidence to substantiate her claims.
&#8220;We knew this election would be tough — it’s not easy to take on Republicans in an off-year special election, but we made this seat competitive in a way it’s never been before,&#8221; Markowitz <a href="https://www.khou.com/article/news/local/all-eyes-on-nationally-watched-texas-house-runoff-race-in-fort-bend-county/285-72303db3-9adc-4494-ba2d-ccdb9123a86a">said</a>. &#8220;We head into November having established a movement for change and that movement will continue across the state of Texas through November. This is a grassroots campaign dedicated to putting people over special interests, and we’ve built a network that will last for years to come.&#8221;
Here was Markowitz making her pitch to voters in the closing days of the race:
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Early Voting Starts Today! Join us at the polls. Here’s me riffing on the guitar feeling inspired by the great <a href="https://twitter.com/WillieNelson?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@WillieNelson</a>! <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/TXLege?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#TXLege</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/HD28?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#HD28</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/FlipTheHouse?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#FlipTheHouse</a> <a href="https://t.co/iKtVHHK3eO">pic.twitter.com/iKtVHHK3eO</a>
&mdash; Dr. Eliz Markowitz (@ElizMarkowitz) <a href="https://twitter.com/ElizMarkowitz/status/1219648817156493320?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 21, 2020</a></blockquote>
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Republican National Committee (RNC) Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel responded to the blowout win by writing on Twitter: &#8220;Big GOP win in a TX special election! Dems spent $1M+ and called #HD28 a “bellweather” for 2020. National Dems like Biden, Bloomberg, Beto &amp; Warren went all-in. Congratulations @GatesforTexas , @RSLC , and our hundreds of grassroots volunteers who got involved!&#8221;
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Big GOP win in a TX special election!
Dems spent $1M+ and called <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/HD28?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#HD28</a> a “bellweather” for 2020.
National Dems like Biden, Bloomberg, Beto &amp; Warren went all-in.
Congratulations <a href="https://twitter.com/GatesforTexas?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@GatesforTexas</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/RSLC?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@RSLC</a>, and our hundreds of grassroots volunteers who got involved!
&mdash; Ronna McDaniel (@GOPChairwoman) <a href="https://twitter.com/GOPChairwoman/status/1222369493156089856?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 29, 2020</a></blockquote>
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This report has been updated to include additional information.

Gary Gates

Republicans Blow Out Beto O’Rourke-Backed Democrat In Key Texas House Race, Report Says

Beto O'Rourke

On Thursday, the <a href="https://www.dallasnews.com/business/real-estate/2020/01/23/california-moves-to-texas-up-36-in-latest-count/">Dallas Morning News</a> ran a story about the thousands of Californians who are fleeing to Texas to escape the draconian taxes and regulations burdening them.
Texas Governor Greg Abbott, responding to the article, issued a welcome that he said was targeted at those Californians already on their way, but it was also a sly wink to those Californians still remaining in that Democrat-dominated state: “To the Californians moving to Texas: Remember those high taxes, burdensome regulations, &amp; socialistic agenda advanced in CA? We don&#8217;t believe in that. We believe in less government &amp; more individual freedom. If you agree with that you&#8217;ll fit right in.”
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To the Californians moving to Texas:
Remember those high taxes, burdensome regulations, &amp; socialistic agenda advanced in CA?
We don&#39;t believe in that.
We believe in less government &amp; more individual freedom.
If you agree with that you&#39;ll fit right in.<a href="https://t.co/Qv5nKaD315">https://t.co/Qv5nKaD315</a>
&mdash; Greg Abbott (@GregAbbott_TX) <a href="https://twitter.com/GregAbbott_TX/status/1220462311506415617?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 23, 2020</a></blockquote>
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The Dallas Morning News article stated that the number of California residents headed to Texas jumped more than one-third in the latest migration count, with over 86,000 Californians emigrating to the Lone Star State. Cindi Bulla, 2020 chairman of Texas Realtors, asserted, &#8220;For the sixth year in a row, more than half a million people chose Texas as their new home. And why not? In addition to its business-friendly environment with no state income tax and abundance of jobs, land and opportunity, Texas is known for its diverse, friendly spirit and culture.
The Morning News added, “Thousands of new residents are flocking to North Texas for the jobs and lower costs of living.”
California, despite its governor Gavin Newsom’s protestations of success, is a mess. Last October, the chief executive officers of Pacific Gas &amp; Electric Corp. (PG&amp;E) said the utility might impose blackouts over the next 10 years. As <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/california-power-company-says-it-may-have-to-impose-blackouts-for-the-next-10-years">The Daily Wire</a> noted, NPR <a href="https://www.npr.org/2019/10/18/771486828/california-can-expect-blackouts-for-a-decade-says-pg-e-ceo">reported</a> that CEO Bill Johnson told energy regulators at California’s Public Utilities Commission (PUC) the company needed more time to trim trees and update its technology to prevent future forest fires. In the meantime, Johnson said, the company would have to impose blackouts.
The month before that, The Daily Wire <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/7-5-million-californians-may-be-using-water-with-forever-chemicals-possibly-linked-to-cancer">noted</a> the environmental problems in the state: According to a new study, 7.5 million Californians may be using water contaminated with PFAs, chemicals that never break down and have been associated with cancer. Although the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) advises a cap of 70 parts per trillion (ppt) PFAS in drinking water, the survey found that over 40% of the 74 water systems that were studied had at least one sample with a level of total PFAS over 70 ppt.
In April 2019, <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/california-goes-tax-wild-eyes-levies-on-everything-from-water-to-tires">Fox News</a> reported, “Overall, the California Tax Foundation has added up more than $6.2 billion worth of tax increase proposals pending in the state legislature, with that number expected to rise as bills are amended … One of the most controversial proposals to come out of Sacramento this year is a proposal from Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom to tax drinking water in order to clean up contaminated water in the state’s low-income and rural areas.
The same month, <a href="https://www.latimes.com/politics/la-pol-sac-skelton-soda-tax-20190408-story.html">The Los Angeles Times</a> reported, “Polls show that California voters already think they’re overtaxed. No surprise there. When voters were asked recently by the Public Policy Institute of California whether they paid more or less state and local taxes than they should, the answers were: more 63%, the right amount 32%, less 4%.”

USC v Texas

Texas Governor Has Message For Californians Fleeing To Texas

Failed Democrat presidential candidate Robert Francis O&#8217;Rourke is aggressively campaigning for state-level candidates for the Texas legislature in traditionally safe Republican counties and is partnering with radical anti-freedom groups to help promote his agenda.
Top Republican sources in Texas tell The Daily Wire that they are concerned about O&#8217;Rourke&#8217;s efforts because they say that Republican voters in districts where there are special elections are not energized because they feel like their districts are safe from being flipped.
The sources said that the districts are in play and that Democrats only need to pick up a few seats and they will be able to flip the Texas House, which could reverberate throughout the state for decades as the moment that turned Texas blue.
O&#8217;Rourke is campaigning for left-wing candidate Eliz Markowitz, whose Second Amendment views align closely with O&#8217;Rourke&#8217;s extremist views.
O&#8217;Rourke&#8217;s presidential campaign fizzled after her revealed his extreme anti-Second Amendment views, which included confiscating legally owned firearms from law-abiding citizens. O&#8217;Rourke declared his radical view after he <a href="https://twitter.com/RealSaavedra/status/1172373958097637376">told</a> Texans the year before in his failed Senate bid that if they owned AR-15s and they used it responsibly, they should be able to keep their firearms.
O&#8217;Rourke and Markowitz have met and are engaged with Democrat presidential candidate Michael Bloomberg&#8217;s Mom&#8217;s Demand Action anti-freedom group, which exists to fight against the Second Amendment.
GOP sources told The Daily Wire they are concerned that O&#8217;Rourke and Moms Demand Action, which both have fringe views that are not in line with many Texans, were teaming up to try to flip a red seat while running on an anti-Second Amendment agenda.
O&#8217;Rourke tweeted, &#8220;With the amazing @MomsDemand and Women’s Center leadership in Fort Bend county. We discussed the connection between domestic violence and gun violence and the need to have courageous common sense leadership in the state house — @ElizMarkowitz&#8221;
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With the amazing <a href="https://twitter.com/MomsDemand?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@MomsDemand</a> and Women’s Center leadership in Fort Bend county. We discussed the connection between domestic violence and gun violence and the need to have courageous common sense leadership in the state house — <a href="https://twitter.com/ElizMarkowitz?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@ElizMarkowitz</a> <a href="https://t.co/b1p5a32Sss">pic.twitter.com/b1p5a32Sss</a>
&mdash; Beto O&#39;Rourke (@BetoORourke) <a href="https://twitter.com/BetoORourke/status/1207022999196651523?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 17, 2019</a></blockquote>
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O&#8217;Rourke has used his massive Twitter account, which has 1.6 million followers, to aggressively promote Markowitz and to solicit donations for her.
&#8220;Last year 17 TX State House Republicans won their election by less than 10 points. We can flip these seats by reaching un-registered Democrats. Your donation will be used to send them pre-filled voter registration forms w/ stamped return envelope,&#8221; O&#8217;Rourke wrote in a tweet late last year. &#8220;We win nine seats in the TX legislature, Dems will have a majority. That means an end to racist gerrymandering, a chance to address gun violence, reproductive rights, Medicaid expansion, &amp; climate change in Texas. Will be positive for Congressional &amp; Presidential races as well.&#8221;
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Knocking doors with <a href="https://twitter.com/ElizMarkowitz?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@ElizMarkowitz</a> who is running to serve Fort Bend in the Texas House. She’s going to be a strong voice &amp; vote on education, gun violence, healthcare and climate. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/txlege?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#txlege</a> <a href="https://t.co/ZAuozleycx">pic.twitter.com/ZAuozleycx</a>
&mdash; Beto O&#39;Rourke (@BetoORourke) <a href="https://twitter.com/BetoORourke/status/1206723587576664065?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 16, 2019</a></blockquote>
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Texas Tribune political correspondent Patrick Svitek reported on Wednesday that the Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee was funneling well over an additional hundred thousand dollars into the race to push Markowitz over the edge.
Svitek wrote: &#8220;@DLCC announces it’s putting another $125K into #HD28 for @ElizMarkowitz , bringing its total investment there to $195K. The latest spend &#8216;will support a broadcast TV buy for the final days of the campaign.'&#8221;
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.<a href="https://twitter.com/DLCC?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@DLCC</a> announces it’s putting another $125K into <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/HD28?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#HD28</a> for <a href="https://twitter.com/ElizMarkowitz?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@ElizMarkowitz</a>, bringing its total investment there to $195K. The latest spend “will support a broadcast TV buy for the final days of the campaign.” <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/txlege?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#txlege</a>
&mdash; Patrick Svitek (@PatrickSvitek) <a href="https://twitter.com/PatrickSvitek/status/1220070695629135872?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 22, 2020</a></blockquote>
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Markowitz is such a fringe candidate that Elizabeth Warren, who is considered to be among the most far-left of the Democrat candidates running the 2020 election, <a href="https://www.texastribune.org/2020/01/21/elizabeth-warren-backs-eliz-markowitz-battleground-texas-house-race/">endorsed</a> her recently and <a href="http://nymag.com/intelligencer/2019/12/michael-bloomberg-china-pbs-climate-xi-dictator.html">communist China sympathizer</a> Michael Bloomberg also stumped for her on the campaign trail.
Markowitz is running against Republican Gary Gates, a successful business owner who has created hundreds of jobs for Texans.
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It may be raining outside, but we&#39;re out here at the polls greeting voters. Please make sure to vote early over the next couple days. I look forward to chatting with everyone who comes to vote! <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/GatesForTX?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#GatesForTX</a> <a href="https://t.co/foFjLbVnCt">pic.twitter.com/foFjLbVnCt</a>
&mdash; Gary Gates (@GatesforTexas) <a href="https://twitter.com/GatesforTexas/status/1220106251541139458?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 22, 2020</a></blockquote>
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A big &quot;thank you&quot; to the Republican Women’s Club of Katy for having me at their meeting last night. Thank you so much for your support! <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/GatesForTX?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#GatesForTX</a> <a href="https://t.co/ou3x8dNEBm">pic.twitter.com/ou3x8dNEBm</a>
&mdash; Gary Gates (@GatesforTexas) <a href="https://twitter.com/GatesforTexas/status/1218215581536657408?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 17, 2020</a></blockquote>
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&quot;Gary Gates&#39; life story is one of triumph over tragedy and never giving up. He&#39;s exactly the sort of principled conservative our state needs. I trust Gary to secure our border, fight for our schools, defend innocent life, and be a strong voice for taxpayers.&quot; -Cecilia Abbott <a href="https://t.co/qhkeSedmWb">pic.twitter.com/qhkeSedmWb</a>
&mdash; Gary Gates (@GatesforTexas) <a href="https://twitter.com/GatesforTexas/status/1217913604990816257?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 16, 2020</a></blockquote>
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Beto Teams Up With Far-Left Bloomberg Group To Flip Key Seat In Texas, Turn State Blue

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A new report details the massive amount of money the city of San Antonio has allegedly spent thus far in order to block Chick-fil-A from opening a restaurant at an airport because six members of the city council believes the popular fast-food franchise is &#8220;anti-LGBTQ.&#8221;
Chick-fil-A, which recently became the nation&#8217;s third-largest fast-food franchise, has been under perpetual fire from the progressive left because of the traditional Christian views of its owners and its charitable arm&#8217;s donations to Christian organizations, including some that have expressed traditional views on marriage and sexuality. Though Chick-fil-A does not discriminate against LGBT customers and employs LGBT individuals, it has been branded as &#8220;anti-LGBTQ&#8221; by the left.
Among those who have condemned the franchise are six members of San Antonio&#8217;s city council, who voted last March to ban the franchise from opening a restaurant at the San Antonio International Airport, citing its supposed &#8220;legacy of anti-LGBTQ behavior.&#8221;
&#8220;With this decision, the City Council reaffirmed the work our city has done to become a champion of equality and inclusion,&#8221; the city council declared in a <a href="https://www.kens5.com/article/news/community/plan-to-bring-new-restaurants-to-sa-airport-amended-by-city-council-to-exclude-chick-fil-a/273-b8e90ec4-f077-48c3-a79d-7511dca48ba0">press release</a>, announcing its 6-4 vote. &#8220;San Antonio is a city full of compassion, and we do not have room in our public facilities for a business with a legacy of anti-LGBTQ behavior.&#8221;
The decision sparked two lawsuits and a federal investigation, and, according to calculations by CBS-affiliate <a href="https://www.kens5.com/article/money/citys-chick-fil-a-fight-has-cost-more-than-300k-so-far/273-2bae1e94-62fe-4bc8-ba95-3dab02558696">KENS5</a>, has thus far cost more than $300,000 in legal fees. &#8220;According to the latest numbers, to day, the city has paid at least $315,000, with other invoices pending,&#8221; the outlet reports.
Days after the council&#8217;s decision in March to exclude the franchise, the Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton launched an investigation, while multiple Texas political figures publicly condemned the city council&#8217;s discriminatory move, including Texas Sen. Ted Cruz (R).
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The details of this story are even worse. San Antonio City Council voted to ban ⁦<a href="https://twitter.com/ChickfilA?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@ChickfilA</a>⁩ from the airport bc the company gave to&#8230;the Fellowship of Christian Athletes &amp; the Salvation Army?!? That’s ridiculous. And not Texas. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/LeftistIntolerance?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#LeftistIntolerance</a> <a href="https://t.co/ApTnlpS2E0">https://t.co/ApTnlpS2E0</a>
&mdash; Ted Cruz (@tedcruz) <a href="https://twitter.com/tedcruz/status/1109532206542848000?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 23, 2019</a></blockquote>
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Among the reasons cited for labeling the company &#8220;anti-LGBTQ&#8221; was its donations to Christian charities, particularly the Salvation Army, the Fellowship of Christian Athletes and the Paul Anderson Youth Home, which were listed a day earlier in a report by left-wing site <a href="https://thinkprogress.org/chick-fil-a-anti-lgbtq-donations-tax-filings-62ca15281f17/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Think Progress</a> on Chick-fil-A&#8217;s <a href="https://www.scribd.com/document/402397177/Chick-Fil-A-Foundation-2017" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">2017 tax filings</a>.
In a decision met with backlash from the company&#8217;s large number of faith-based fans, Chick-fil-A President and Chief Operating Officer Tim Tassopoulos <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/report-chick-fil-a-to-stop-donating-to-christian-charities-branded-anti-lgbt">announced</a> in November that the foundation was no longer going to donate to the Salvation Army, the Fellowship of Christian Athletes or the Paul Anderson Youth Home.
“There’s no question we know that, as we go into new markets, we need to be clear about who we are,” Tassopoulos said. “There are lots of articles and newscasts about Chick-fil-A, and we thought we needed to be clear about our message.”
As noted by <a href="https://www.foxbusiness.com/lifestyle/san-antonio-chick-fil-a-open-legal-fees">Fox Business</a>, Chick-fil-A CEO Dan Cathy has since admitted that the chain &#8220;inadvertently discredited&#8221; groups with the decision.
&#8220;We understand how some thought we were abandoning our longstanding support of faith-based organization,&#8221; Cathy wrote in a Dec. 5 <a href="https://www.afa.net/media/449831/letter-from-chick-fil-a.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">letter</a> to American Family Association President Tim Wildmon. &#8220;We inadvertently discredited several outstanding organizations that have effectively served communities for years.&#8221;
&#8220;The intent of our corporate giving has always been to have impact &#8212; not to make a statement or support a political or social agenda,&#8221; wrote Cathy. &#8220;Chick-fil-A will give to faith-based and other organizations that we believe to be highly effective in a particular area.&#8221;
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/chick-fil-a-ceo-says-company-will-still-glorify-god-after-throwing-salvation-army-under-the-bus">Chick-Fil-A CEO Says Company Will Still ‘Glorify God’ After Throwing Salvation Army Under The Bus</a>

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Report Details Ungodly Amount Of Money San Antonio Has Spent Blocking Chick-Fil-A

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In an interview with Turning Point USA published Sunday (video below), Jack Wilson, who was awarded the Texas Governor&#8217;s Medal of Courage last week for his life-saving response to a mass shooter at his church, gave a powerful defense of Second Amendment rights, which he maintains, are essential to keeping all our other rights under the Constitution.
Jack Wilson, 71, is a volunteer member of the security team at the West Freeway Church of Christ near Fort Worth, Texas, where a mass shooter opened fire during a church service on Dec. 29, 2019. As Texas allows licensed congregants to carry in churches, Wilson, a former Texas Army National Guardsman and NRA instructor, was armed, along with other members of the security team.
The expert marksman responded with remarkable speed when the shooter opened fire. Within six seconds of the gunman&#8217;s first shot, Wilson shot him dead, undoubtedly saving many lives. For his heroic actions, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) Abbott presented Wilson last week with the <a href="https://www.wsj.com/articles/bloomberg-misfires-on-jack-wilson-11579219312">Governor’s Medal of Courage</a>, the highest civilian honor the state of Texas awards.
After receiving the prestigious award, Wilson spoke with TPUSA about what prepared him for that harrowing moment when he confronted the shooter, including not only his years of training with firearms but his realist views on self-defense and the presence of &#8220;evil&#8221; in the world.
&#8220;There&#8217;s evil in the world,&#8221; Wilson told the conservative nonprofit. &#8220;Be prepared to protect yourself.&#8221;
&#8220;I killed evil. I took out evil,&#8221; Wilson said of the harrowing moment he took down the gunman with a single shot.
&#8220;I spent six years at Texas Army National Guard, 30 years in the defense world, D.O.D. world, had my own business for 21 years teaching people how to shoot,&#8221; said Wilson.
&#8220;It doesn&#8217;t start at the moment that you need to protect yourself,&#8221; he explained. &#8220;You have to learn, choose a firearm you&#8217;re comfortable with, become proficient with it, train with it.&#8221;
&#8220;Without the Second Amendment — my opinion, very strongly — you will lose all other rights,&#8221; Wilson stressed. &#8220;The firearm is not the evil thing. The person behind it is either good or evil. It’s not a firearm issue. It is a person issue.&#8221;
Wilson also provided some details about how he and the rest of the security team was prepared for the actions of the shooter. When he first walked into the service, Wilson said he recognized him as an &#8220;obvious&#8221; potential threat in part because he appeared to be wearing a wig and a fake beard. &#8220;We were observed the individual, we were watching the individual,&#8221; he said, noting that he walked into the audio-visual room and instructed them to train one of the cameras on the individual.
&#8220;The individual got up and that&#8217;s when he turned &#8230; and pulled the shotgun &#8230; from underneath his coat,&#8221; he said. &#8220;Richard told him, &#8216;Drop the gun! Drop the gun!&#8217; I had people in front of me that prevented me from taking a body shot, a torso shot. The only shot I had was the headshot. When I took the headshot, the subject went down. From the time the individual turned with the gun in his hand till I was over him was a total of six seconds.”
&#8220;I did not do what I did &#8230; for hero status. I don&#8217;t see myself as a hero,&#8221; Wilson emphasized. &#8220;My role is more of a protector for anyone who happens to be in the congregation&#8230;&#8221;
In the end, he said, God is the one who should get the credit for the lives saved, saying, &#8220;God gave me the training, gave me the mindset, to be able to stop the situation.&#8221;
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Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-hammers-bloomberg-for-his-comments-on-hero-with-gun-who-stopped-shooting">Trump Hammers Bloomberg For His Comments On Hero With Gun Who Stopped Shooting</a>

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WATCH: Hero Who Stopped Texas Church Shooter: ‘Without The Second Amendment, You Will Lose All Other Rights’

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President Trump has been directing more criticism as of late toward former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, whose platform features radical gun control, which he has been promoting through his pro-gun control nonprofit Everytown for Gun Safety since 2013.
After several tweets slamming &#8220;Mini Mike Bloomberg&#8221; last week, Trump hit the late addition to the Democratic presidential field on his past comments on Jack Wilson, a 71-year-old NRA instructor and volunteer security guard at a Texas church who stopped a shooter literally dead in his tracks before he could take more lives.
&#8220;It may be true that someone in the congregation had his own gun and killed the person who murdered two other people, but it’s the job of law enforcement to have guns and to decide when to shoot,&#8221; Bloomberg <a href="https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/479007-trump-slams-bloomberg-over-comments-on-man-who-shot-dead-texas-gunman">said</a> during an appearance at a church in Montgomery, Alabama, a few weeks ago. &#8220;You just do not want the average citizen carrying a gun in a crowded place.&#8221;
Trump added to his growing collection of &#8220;Mini Mike&#8221; tweets on Sunday by calling out Bloomberg over the comment.
&#8220;Now Mini Mike Bloomberg is critical of Jack Wilson, who saved perhaps hundreds of people in a Church because he was carrying a gun, and knew how to use it,&#8221; Trump tweeted. &#8220;Jack quickly killed the shooter, who was beginning a rampage. Mini is against the 2nd A. His ads are Fake, just like him!&#8221;
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Now Mini Mike Bloomberg is critical of Jack Wilson, who saved perhaps hundreds of people in a Church because he was carrying a gun, and knew how to use it. Jack quickly killed the shooter, who was beginning a rampage. Mini is against the 2nd A. His ads are Fake, just like him!
&mdash; Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) <a href="https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1219004689716412416?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 19, 2020</a></blockquote>
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Texas&#8217; Republican Gov. Greg Abbott honored Wilson last week with the Governor’s Medal of Courage for rapidly shooting a gunman who opened fire in the church. Within six seconds of the shooter firing on congregants of the West Freeway Church of Christ, Wilson took down the gunman with a single shot. As <a href="https://www.wsj.com/articles/bloomberg-misfires-on-jack-wilson-11579219312">The Wall Street Journal</a> noted last week, &#8220;most of America rightly regards Mr. Wilson as a hero who used his gun to save innocent life on that December Sunday.&#8221;
Trump&#8217;s tweet comes amid massive backlash to the Democrats&#8217; gun control agenda in Virginia. Late last week, the Democrat-controlled Virginia Senate passed <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/democrat-governor-declares-state-of-emergency-over-massive-gun-control-protest-here-are-the-three-gun-control-laws-causing-all-the-controversy">three controversial gun bills</a> that have inspired tens of thousands of pro-Second Amendment rallyers to converge on Richmond, a development that has prompted Virginia&#8217;s Democratic Gov. Ralph Northam to issue a temporary state of emergency, banning all weapons at the state capitol.
Bloomberg&#8217;s <a href="https://www.mikebloomberg.com/policies/gun-safety?gclid=EAIaIQobChMIxb6H9NKS5wIVRR6tBh1rEASKEAAYASAAEgLaAfD_BwE&amp;utm_expid=.Ean3QEj9S1KUM4de8VlRlg.2&amp;utm_referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2F">gun control platform</a> calls for imposing an &#8220;effective background check system so that no one can purchase a gun without passing a completed background check,&#8221; closing all so-called &#8220;loopholes,&#8221; &#8220;including one that prohibits married domestic abusers from possessing guns, but not many unmarried ones,&#8221; &#8220;reinstat[ing] the federal ban on assault weapons and high-capacity magazines, and banning &#8220;all guns in K-12 schools, colleges, and universities – except for law enforcement.&#8221;
Trump&#8217;s Sunday tweet followed a series of posts hammering Bloomberg last week, including one accusing the former mayor of engaging in a &#8220;vanity project.&#8221;
“Mini Mike Bloomberg ads are purposely wrong — A vanity project for him to get into the game,” Trump wrote Friday. “Nobody in many years has done for the USA what I have done for the USA, including the greatest economy in history, rebuilding our military, biggest ever tax &amp; regulation cuts, &amp; 2nd A!”
The president also mocked &#8220;Mini Mike&#8221; for avoiding the debate stage thus far. “Mini Mike Bloomberg doesn’t get on the Democrat Debate Stage because he doesn’t want to,” her wrote. “He is a terrible debater and speaker. If he did, he would go down in the polls even more (if that is possible!).”
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Mini Mike Bloomberg ads are purposely wrong &#8211; A vanity project for him to get into the game. Nobody in many years has done for the USA what I have done for the USA, including the greatest economy in history, rebuilding our military, biggest ever tax &amp; regulation cuts, &amp; 2nd A!
&mdash; Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) <a href="https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1218174158280019968?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 17, 2020</a></blockquote>
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Mini Mike Bloomberg doesn’t get on the Democrat Debate Stage because he doesn’t want to &#8211; he is a terrible debater and speaker. If he did, he would go down in the polls even more (if that is possible!).
&mdash; Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) <a href="https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1218165916451602432?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 17, 2020</a></blockquote>
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Trump Hammers Bloomberg For His Comments On Hero With Gun Who Stopped Shooting

Donald Trump

Texas Governor Greg Abbott awarded Jack Wilson, the hero who stopped the church shooting last month near Forth Worth, with the prestigious Governor&#8217;s Medal of Courage for his heroic actions.
On December 29, an armed man opened fire on churchgoers at the West Freeway Church of Christ in White Settlement, Texas, for approximately five seconds before being neutralized by Wilson, who used a handgun he was carrying to stop the attacker.
&#8220;When faced with an evil that few of us will ever comprehend, Jack Wilson responded with strength, bravery, and with love for those in the church that day,&#8221; Abbott <a href="https://gov.texas.gov/news/post/governor-abbott-presents-governors-medal-of-courage-to-west-freeway-church-of-christ-hero-jack-wilson">said</a> in a statement.  &#8220;The courage in his actions cannot be understated, and Jack is not only a hero to West Freeway Church of Christ — he is a hero to the entire State of Texas.&#8221;
&#8220;So many lives were saved because of Jack Wilson&#8217;s quick action, his calmness under pressure, and above all else his courage and his willingness to risk his own life to save the lives of others,&#8221; Abbott said before giving the award to Wilson. &#8220;Only God knows who is alive today because of Jack Wilson.&#8221;
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Today I presented the Governor’s Medal of Courage to Jack Wilson. 
He’s the hero who risked his life to save the lives of others by stopping a gunman in a deadly shooting at a church near Fort Worth. 
It’s the highest award given to civilians in Texas. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/txlege?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#txlege</a> <a href="https://t.co/UPaWjmsjTi">pic.twitter.com/UPaWjmsjTi</a>
&mdash; Greg Abbott (@GregAbbott_TX) <a href="https://twitter.com/GregAbbott_TX/status/1216831092092735488?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 13, 2020</a></blockquote>
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Last September, 2020 Democratic Party presidential candidate Joe Biden attacked Abbott for allowing churchgoers to carry weapons with them in places of worship so they can defend themselves from attackers.
“Dealing with firearms, it is irrational, with all due respect to the governor of Texas, irrational what they are doing,” Biden <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/biden-attacked-texas-governor-for-signing-law-letting-churchgoers-carry-guns-totally-irrational">told</a> reporters on September 2. “On the very day you see a mass shooting … and we’re talking about loosening access to have guns, to be able to take them into places of worship, it’s just absolutely irrational. It’s totally irrational.”
The <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2019/09/01/us/texas-new-gun-laws-trnd/index.html">new</a> laws that went in place in Texas last year include:
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<li>Allow licensed gun owners to have their firearms in their cars on school property</li>
<li>Allow for school districts to have more school marshals</li>
<li>Allow for some foster homes to be able to have firearms</li>
<li>Ban homeowners or landlords of rental property from prohibiting residents from having firearms</li>
<li>Prohibit residents from being charged with a crime for carrying a handgun during a disaster</li>
<li>Allow people to carry weapons in places of worship</li>
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Other Democrats responded to Wilson&#8217;s heroic actions by attacking the Second Amendment rights of law-abiding citizens.
Earlier this month, Democratic presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren responded to Wilson&#8217;s heroic actions by announcing that she would not support laws that make it easier for law-abiding citizens to carry weapons to protect themselves and others.
“Will you support a universal conceal carry law for everyone in the country who’s willing to be licensed and checked by the government?” Warren was asked at a town hall even.
“No,” Warren <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/warren-responds-to-hero-stopping-texas-church-shooting-i-will-not-support-conceal-carry">responded</a> as she repeatedly shook her head.
Democratic presidential candidate Michael Bloomberg, an anti-gun extremist, responded to Wilson&#8217;s heroic actions by essentially saying that Wilson should not have been the one who took out the shooter.
“It may be true — I wasn’t there; I don’t know the facts — that somebody in the congregation had their own gun and killed the person who murdered two other people, but it’s the job of law enforcement to have guns and to decide when to shoot,” Bloomberg <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/bloomberg-on-hero-stopping-church-shooting-cant-let-the-average-american-have-guns-in-church">said</a>. “You just do not want the average citizen carrying a gun in a crowded place.”

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WATCH: Texas Governor Greg Abbott Awards Church Hero Jack Wilson With Prestigious Medal

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According to a letter sent today to U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo that was just obtained by The Daily Wire, Republican Texas Governor Greg Abbott has announced Texas&#8217;s refusal to accept any additional refugees for fiscal year (FY) 2020. The letter was prompted by <a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/executive-order-enhancing-state-local-involvement-refugee-resettlement/">Executive Order 13888</a>, on &#8220;Enhancing State and Local Involvement in Refugee Resettlement,&#8221; which was issued by President Donald Trump on September 26, 2019.
According to the <a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/executive-order-enhancing-state-local-involvement-refugee-resettlement/">text</a> of the September executive order, &#8220;[t]he Federal Government consults with State and local governments &#8230; to be respectful of those communities that may not be able to accommodate refugee resettlement.&#8221; Furthermore, &#8220;if either a State or locality has not provided consent to receive refugees under the Program, then refugees should not be resettled within that State or locality,&#8221; and &#8220;the Secretary shall notify the President of such decision.&#8221;
Today, Greg Abbott, governor of the nation&#8217;s <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/hammer-at-texas-scorecard-texas-is-a-less-business-friendly-environment-than-you-might-think-its-time-to-fix-that">most iconic red state</a>, has made clear that Texas does not consent.
&#8220;Texas is one of the most welcoming states for refugees seeking to escape dangers abroad,&#8221; Abbott begins. &#8220;Since FY 2010, more refugees have been received in Texas than in any other state. In fact, over that decade, roughly 10% of all refugees resettled in the United States have been placed in Texas. Even today, the process of resettling continues for many of these refugees.&#8221;
&#8220;In addition to accepting refugees all these years, Texas has been left by Congress to deal with disproportionate migration issues resulting from a broken federal immigration system,&#8221; the governor continues. &#8220;In May 2019, for example, around 100,000 migrants were apprehended crossing this state&#8217;s southern border. In June 2019, individuals from 52 different countries were apprehended here. And in FY 2018, the apprehensions included citizens from disparate countries like China, Iran, Kenya, Russia, and Tonga. Texas continues to have to deal with the consequences of an immigration system that Congress has failed to fix.&#8221;
&#8220;At this time, the state and non-profit organizations have a responsibility to dedicate available resources to those who are already here, including refugees, migrants, and the homeless — indeed, all Texans,&#8221; the Republican writes in his denouement. &#8220;As a result, Texas cannot consent to initial refugee resettlement for FY2020. This decision does not deny any refugee access to the United States. Nor does it preclude a refugee from later coming to Texas after initially settling in another state.&#8221;
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&#8220;Texas has carried more than its share in assisting the refugee resettlement process and appreciates that other states are available to help with these efforts,&#8221; Abbott concludes.
Abbott&#8217;s bold stand will please immigration hawks, who have long sounded the alarm on America&#8217;s shoddy, loophole-ridden refugee system and our wholly inadequate vetting capabilities for prospective refugees. As the Center for Immigration Studies&#8217; investigative journalist extraordinaire Todd Bensman <a href="https://cis.org/Bensman/Idiot-Lights-Blinking-Vetting-Failures-Still-Favor-Lying-Terrorist-Migrants">wrote</a> last April: &#8220;Few outside of intelligence and law enforcement circles — and perhaps not even those inside the circles — really know the actual extent of vetting failures that grant legal status to those hiding terrorism involvement. <a href="https://www.cato.org/publications/policy-analysis/extreme-vetting-immigrants-estimating-terrorism-vetting-failures" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">One tally</a> found an entirely unacceptable 13 cases of vetting failures involving actual terrorists caught or killed between 9/11 and April 2018. But the numbers are undoubtedly higher, accounting for cases where the liars just haven&#8217;t been made public yet or there was strong terrorism intelligence rather than some sort of conviction under terrorism statutes or attack.&#8221;
Abbott&#8217;s move also follows closely on the heels of at least 15 separate Republican governors who have all affirmatively signed onto more refugee resettlement in their states in the aftermath of Executive Order 13888. Immigration hawk Daniel Horowitz recently <a href="https://www.conservativereview.com/news/15-gop-governors-asking-refugee-resettlement-red-states/">excoriated</a> these governors at Conservative Review: &#8220;Except for New England, these are all states carried by Trump, some of them by a very wide margin. Trump won every single county in West Virginia and Oklahoma, for example. Why are conservatives with platforms not talking about this? &#8230; Who needs George Soros when you have GOP governors endorsed by Trump doing his bidding, along with the help of so-called evangelical groups?&#8221;
Governor Abbott will take no shortage of heat for this move, even within the still-reliably Republican Lone Star State. But he should rest well at night, for he has done the right thing for his state.
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BREAKING: Texas Governor Abbott Boldly Rejects Additional Refugee Resettlement

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Texas Governor Greg Abbott revealed on Tuesday that the Texas Department of Information Resources (DIR) has seen an explosion of cyber attacks from Iran this week as tensions between the U.S. and Iran have continued to escalate.
ABC 13 <a href="https://abc13.com/5824116/">reported</a>:
<blockquote>While addressing the Domestic Terrorism Task Force on Tuesday &#8230; Abbott said there have been up to 10,000 attempted attacks per minute from Iran over the last 48 hours.</blockquote>
&#8220;These attacks from Iran-based entities, as well as other entities across the globe, are going to continue,&#8221; Abbott said. &#8220;I think it&#8217;s very important that everyone be particularly vigilant right now about what may happen out of Iran.&#8221;
In a statement, DIR executive director Amanda Crawford said, &#8220;The Texas Department of Information Resources constantly detects and blocks malicious traffic on the networks of the multiple state agencies it services. In the past 48 hours, DIR observed an increase in network activity from outside the United States, including Iran. As global threats to cybersecurity increase, we urge Texans to be vigilant and use heightened awareness as they conduct Internet activity.&#8221;
Late last week, Politico<a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2020/01/03/iran-retaliation-qassem-soleimani-093608"> reported</a> that Iran, which has a &#8220;history of aggressive cyberattacks,&#8221; could potentially seek revenge against the United States through cyber attacks:
<blockquote>Tehran is widely considered to be one of the world’s most malicious online actors — alongside China, Russia and North Korea — and has a lengthy rap sheet of transgressions with an increasingly sophisticated arsenal of digital weapons.
One of its specialties is so-called wiper attacks, in which malicious software erases the hard drives of infected computers. Those include a massive 2012 hack on the Saudi Arabian oil company Saudi Aramco that is reported to have debilitated an estimated 30,000 computers.</blockquote>
The statement from Abbott comes as tensions between the United States and Iran reached a new-level on Tuesday night when Iran fired numerous missiles at bases in Iraq that reportedly housed U.S. troops. The New York Times <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/07/world/middleeast/iran-fires-missiles-us.html?action=click&amp;module=Top%20Stories&amp;pgtype=Homepage">reported</a>:
<blockquote>“The fierce revenge by the Revolutionary Guards has begun,” the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps said in a statement on a Telegram messaging app channel.
Iraqi military officials said that Iran had fired 22 missiles at two military bases in Iraq where American troops are stationed. United States officials initially said there were no immediate indications of American casualties, and senior Iraqi officials later said that there were no American or Iraqi casualties in the strikes.</blockquote>
Bloomberg reporter Jennifer Jacobs reported that the following officials were with President Donald Trump in the Situation Room on Tuesday night after Iran launched the attack:
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<li>Mike Pence &#8211; Vice President</li>
<li>Mike Pompeo -Secretary of State</li>
<li>Mark Esper &#8211; Secretary of Defense</li>
<li>Mark Milley &#8211; Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff</li>
<li>Mick Mulvaney &#8211; Director of the Office of Management and Budget</li>
<li>Robert O’Brien &#8211; United States National Security Advisor</li>
<li>Joseph Maguire &#8211; Acting Director of National Intelligence</li>
<li>Stephanie Grisham &#8211; White House Press Secretary</li>
<li>Gina Haspel &#8211; CIA Director (joined remotely)</li>
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Among those with Trump in Situation Room tonight after Iran fired a series of missiles at two U.S.-Iraqi airbases:
Mike Pence Mike Pompeo Mark Esper Mark Milley Mick Mulvaney Robert O’Brien Joseph Maguire Stephanie Grisham. 
CIA’s Gina Haspel joined remotely.
&mdash; Jennifer Jacobs (@JenniferJJacobs) <a href="https://twitter.com/JenniferJJacobs/status/1214764173038694400?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 8, 2020</a></blockquote>
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President Trump posted an update on the assessment of the damage from the attacks on Twitter late Tuesday: “All is well! Missiles launched from Iran at two military bases located in Iraq. Assessment of casualties &amp; damages taking place now. So far, so good! We have the most powerful and well equipped military anywhere in the world, by far! I will be making a statement tomorrow morning.”
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All is well! Missiles launched from Iran at two military bases located in Iraq. Assessment of casualties &amp; damages taking place now. So far, so good! We have the most powerful and well equipped military anywhere in the world, by far! I will be making a statement tomorrow morning.
&mdash; Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) <a href="https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1214739853025394693?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 8, 2020</a></blockquote>
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There has to be a way to honor someone’s religious beliefs and respect members of the LGBT community at the same time. <a href="https://firstliberty.org/hensley/">Judge Dianne Hensley</a> thought she struck that balance. Instead, she received an official reprimand from the Texas State Commission on Judicial Conduct (“Commission”).
Ever since the U.S. Supreme Court decided Obergefell v. Hodges in 2015, public officials who are authorized (but not required) to officiate wedding ceremonies have faced the same dilemma Dianne faced. Many, rather than risk compromising their religious convictions, simply stopped officiating all weddings. But some demand that justices of the peace like Dianne either officiate all marriages or find themselves disqualified from office altogether.
Dianne knew there had to be another way. What if she were able to reconcile her religious beliefs with serving the needs of her community?
She knows that her convictions prevent her from officiating gay weddings, but she also respectfully understands that many of her gay friends do not share that same conviction. If she, like most of the justices of the peace in McLennan County, Texas, stopped officiating weddings altogether, it is those without ready access to low-cost alternatives who suffer most.
Instead, she found a way to honor her religious convictions and make sure any gay couple who wanted to get married could get married without delay or additional cost. Her referral system worked brilliantly.
If, because of schedule or moral reasons, Dianne could not officiate a requested wedding, she referred them to those who could — including a nearby walk-in wedding chapel. As soon as the couple holding a marriage license could make the three-block walk to the walk-in wedding chapel, they could be married.
It would cost the same, too. In fact, Judge Hensley offered to pay from her own pocket the difference between her rate and that of the walk-in wedding chapel. But the walk-in wedding chapel simply agreed to reduce its rate, instead, for those referred by Judge Hensley’s office.
It worked well. Dianne’s religious convictions remained undisturbed and her referral efforts accounted for more low-cost gay weddings than perhaps any other public official in all of McLennan County. But then, without having received a complaint, the Commission launched an investigation. Rather than praise her proactive problem solving, they determined she had to be reprimanded.
Dianne received a “Public Warning” for trying to honor her religious beliefs while respecting members of the gay community. It’s understandable why many have strong feelings about gay marriage, but surely we should be able to agree that justices of the peace like Dianne Hensley should not have their careers ruined for following both the rules of their faith and the law alike.
Surely in 2020, we can find a way to protect those with religious beliefs that prevent them from officiating weddings with which they morally disagree, while also accommodating the marriage of anyone lawfully allowed to wed. At the very least, no state agency should be punishing Dianne for her reasonable effort to reconcile her religious beliefs while meeting the needs of her community.
In fact, in a lawsuit we at First Liberty Institute filed in defense of Dianne, we argue that the Commission’s disciplinary actions violate the Texas Religious Freedom Restoration Act. There’s no compelling justification for the commissioners to punish a justice of the peace who, rather than cease officiating weddings entirely, accommodated more low-cost same-sex marriages than perhaps anyone in her entire local area.
Judge Hensley also hopes to continue using her referral system, even though she’s not required to officiate weddings at all. More than that, justices of the peace and other elected officials with the ability to officiate weddings are watching, hoping for a way to honor the distinctiveness of their faith while also respecting those in the gay community who wish to be married.
Is the only option really more reprimands? More penalties? More fines? Why must it either be officiate no weddings, officiate all weddings, or be disqualified from office because of your religious convictions, when there is a reasonable way to respect everyone involved?
Rather than punish her, the Commission ought to have recognized Dianne’s effort to balance her faith with the needs of her community — a type of basic, human, and much needed fairness missing in much of America today.
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Jeremy Dys (<a href="https://twitter.com/jeremydys">@JeremyDys</a>) is Special Counsel for Litigation and Communications for First Liberty Institute, a non-profit law firm dedicated to defending religious freedom for all Americans. Read more at <a href="https://firstliberty.org">FirstLiberty.org</a>.

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<a href="https://www.predictit.org/markets/detail/3633/Who-will-win-the-2020-Democratic-presidential-nomination">Top-tier</a> 2020 Democratic Party presidential candidate and former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, who has <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/where-does-michael-bloomberg-stand-on-the-issues-heres-everything-you-need-to-know">long been an adamant foe</a> of Second Amendment rights, has now come out with his latest anti-gun doozy.
In the aftermath of the recent church shooting outside Fort Worth, Texas, which saw an <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/breaking-church-shooting-reported-in-texas-armed-churchgoers-appear-to-have-stopped-it-reporter-suggests">armed churchgoer hero take down the culprit</a> a mere six seconds after he initially opened fire, Bloomberg has seen fit to opine that we as a society &#8220;can&#8217;t let the average American have guns&#8221; in a &#8220;crowded place&#8221; such as a house of worship.
&#8220;It may be true — I wasn’t there; I don’t know the facts — that somebody in the congregation had their own gun and killed the person who murdered two other people, but it’s the job of law enforcement to have guns and to decide when to shoot,&#8221; Bloomberg recently said, as <a href="https://www.conservativereview.com/news/bloombergs-texas-shooting-take-government-guns/">reported</a> by Conservative Review. &#8220;You just do not want the average citizen carrying a gun in a crowded place.&#8221;
That is a curious response, to say the least, to the revelation that the Texas church shooting hero was able to quickly neutralize the madman shooter. The Daily Wire <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/breaking-footage-emerges-of-good-guy-with-gun-taking-down-attacker-in-seconds">reported</a> on the dramatic video footage from West Freeway Church of Christ in White Settlement, Texas that flooded national media after the horrific tragedy.
<blockquote>The footage shows a man dressed in black in the back corner of the auditorium talking to another man, who has been blurred out in the video. The alleged attacker then pulls out what appears to be a short shotgun and opens fire on the man with whom he was interacting.
The alleged attacker fires one shot at the man he was talking to before being immediately shot by a good guy with a gun. The alleged attacker fires off one more shot toward the front of the church before he falls to the ground.
Within a matter of only a few seconds, at least four armed people in the congregation draw their firearms and immediately provide backup assistance to the individual who engaged the alleged attacker.</blockquote>
Bloomberg, who is himself Jewish and has long been involved in Jewish/Israel-related philanthropy, also seems uniquely out of touch amidst an <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/phillips-a-year-of-rampant-anti-semitism-in-new-york-city">alarmed</a> American Jewish community that seems increasingly interested in <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/hammer-an-armed-and-trained-jew-is-the-best-kind-of-jew">arming itself</a> <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/remer-its-time-for-jews-to-take-up-arms">en masse</a>.
Here is how The Daily Wire has <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/where-does-michael-bloomberg-stand-on-the-issues-heres-everything-you-need-to-know">summarized</a> Bloomberg&#8217;s stances on Second Amendment-related issues:
<blockquote>Bloomberg’s anti-gun advocacy is perhaps the single most defining issue of his recent private citizen activism — and perhaps the single most defining issue of his 2020 presidential bid. He is very closely affiliated with and has <a href="https://everytown.org/press/new-gun-violence-prevention-group-everytown-for-gun-safety-unites-mayors-moms-and-millions-of-americans-on-new-paths-to-victory-state-capitols-corporate-responsibility-voter-activation/">helped</a> <a href="https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/amberjamieson/bloomberg-gun-violence-moms-demand-action-volunteers">fund</a> Everytown for Gun Safety and Moms Demand Action, which are both groups deeply hostile to Second Amendment rights. He also co-founded Mayors Against Illegal Guns while he was mayor of New York City. Bloomberg supports <a href="https://www.mikebloomberg.com/policies/gun-safety">“universal” background checks</a>, which often serve as a rhetorical euphemism for the government serving as an intermediary in all private firearms transfers. Bloomberg believes that every gun owner should need a permit before making a gun purchase. He <a href="https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/cory-booker-wants-a-ban-on-assault-weapons-and-yes-it-means-putting-gun-owners-in-jail" data-reader-unique-id="49">supports a ban</a> on the undefinable sub-class of firearms referred to as so-called “assault weapons” — a line of thought that, if taken to its logical conclusion, could <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/42837/hammer-kamala-harriss-flirtation-banning-all-semi-josh-hammer" data-reader-unique-id="50">lead to the banning of all semi-automatic firearms in America</a>.</blockquote>

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In a statement that stands in stark contrast to past comments by Democratic presidential frontrunner Joe Biden, President Trump stated Tuesday that if it were not for Texas&#8217; law allowing churchgoers to carry arms, a shooting at a Texas church Sunday would have been far worse.
In a tweet Tuesday morning, Trump thanked the armed churchgoers who responded with remarkable speed when a gunman opened fire at the West Freeway Church of Christ in White Settlement, Texas. Within seconds, one of the congregants who was carrying a weapon, 71-year-old Jack Wilson, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/breaking-footage-emerges-of-good-guy-with-gun-taking-down-attacker-in-seconds">killed the shooter with a single shot</a>. The armed churchgoers&#8217; actions, Trump suggested, saved many lives.
&#8220;Armed congregants quickly stopped a crazed church shooter in Texas,&#8221; wrote Trump. &#8220;If it were not for the fact that there were people inside of the church that were both armed, and highly proficient in using their weapon, the end result would have been catastrophic. A big THANK YOU to them!&#8221;
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Armed congregants quickly stopped a crazed church shooter in Texas. If it were not for the fact that there were people inside of the church that were both armed, and highly proficient in using their weapon, the end result would have been catastrophic. A big THANK YOU to them!
&mdash; Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) <a href="https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1212008798849814528?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 31, 2019</a></blockquote>
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The tweet follows another statement addressing the attack posted Monday by the president in which he specifically cited Texas laws allowing congregants to carry at church services.
&#8220;Our prayers are with the families of the victims and the congregation of yesterday’s church attack,&#8221; Trump tweeted Monday. &#8220;It was over in 6 seconds thanks to the brave parishioners who acted to protect 242 fellow worshippers. Lives were saved by these heroes, and Texas laws allowing them to carry arms!&#8221;
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Our prayers are with the families of the victims and the congregation of yesterday’s church attack. It was over in 6 seconds thanks to the brave parishioners who acted to protect 242 fellow worshippers. Lives were saved by these heroes, and Texas laws allowing them to carry arms!
&mdash; Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) <a href="https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1211813523581546496?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 31, 2019</a></blockquote>
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Trump&#8217;s praise of Texas gun laws is a strong rebuke of Biden&#8217;s criticism of the very law that ended up likely saving many people&#8217;s lives at the West Freeway Church of Christ on Sunday.
“Dealing with firearms, it is irrational, with all due respect to the governor of Texas, irrational what they are doing,&#8221; Biden <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/biden-attacked-texas-governor-for-signing-law-letting-churchgoers-carry-guns-totally-irrational">told</a> reporters in early September. &#8220;On the very day you see a mass shooting … and we’re talking about loosening access to have guns, to be able to take them into places of worship, it’s just absolutely irrational. It’s totally irrational.&#8221;
<a href="https://fox6now.com/2019/12/30/texas-church-security-member-who-shot-gunman-is-a-former-reserve-deputy-and-firearms-instructor/">Wilson</a>, a former reserve deputy and firearms instructor, posted a statement on <a href="https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=124185712393438&amp;id=108631773948832">Facebook</a> on Sunday after the harrowing incident.
&#8220;I just want to thank all who have sent their prayers and comments on the events of today,&#8221; Wilson wrote. &#8220;The events at West Freeway Church of Christ put me in a position that I would hope no one would have to be in, but evil exists and I had to take out an active shooter in church. I’m thankful to GOD that I have been blessed with the ability and desire to serve him in the role of head of security at the church. I am very sad in the loss of two dear friends and brothers in CHRIST, but evil does exist in this world and I and other members are not going to allow evil to succeed. Please pray for all the members and their families in this time. Thank you for your prayers and understanding.&#8221;
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/texas-pastor-demolishes-joe-bidens-desire-to-disarm-churchgoers-top-official-hero-saved-hundreds">Texas Pastor Demolishes Joe Biden’s Desire To Disarm Churchgoers; Top Official: Hero Saved Hundreds</a>

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