Thread by @SenatorBrakey

I am proud to serve as Senior Spokesperson for @YALiberty, an organization that exists to #MakeLibertyWin by holding politicians accountable to our Constitution.

Over the last several months, @YALiberty activists have been working hard to make Texas the 21st Constitutional Carry state in America by putting pressure on the Texas politicians.

Knocking nearly 12,000 doors and making over 79,000 phone calls, @YALiberty students connected constituents directly to their representatives and senators so they could tell them:

“Vote YES on Constitutional Carry!”

I was personally proud to testify in favor of the legislation in the Texas House (pictured) and join @YALiberty activists in delivering thousands of petitions to state legislators.

Last month, this hard work resulted in a HUGE victory in the Texas House when Constitutional Carry passed with an 84 to 56 bipartisan majority!

Last week, when the bill came to the Texas Senate, we achieved victory again with a vote of 18 to 13…

...but not without establishment politicians playing games with our gun rights.

Before voting for "yes" on Constitutional Carry, many senators first voted to pile on anti-gun amendments and a poison pill that threatens final passage, including:

1. KEEPING GUN OWNERS IN JAIL -

These senators voted to strip a provision from Constitutional Carry that passed near-unanimously in the Texas House and would expunge convictions for those convicted of exercising their 2nd Amendment rights.

2. CRIMINALIZING CARRYING ON PRIVATE PROPERTY -

The Texas Senate voted to remove requirements for oral or written notice by businesses that ban guns. This means gun owners could be criminally penalized without any notice for carrying in prohibited areas.

3. STOP AND DISARM -

These senators voted to repeal probable cause protections for gun owners, authorizing government agents to stop and disarm any law-abiding citizen at any time and for any reason if they are carrying a firearm.

4. And a POISON PILL amendment -

Deliberately adding language in conflict with House rules that could kill the bill when it returns to the other chamber for final passage.

Let me be perfectly clear.

There is a rule in politics — you can be loved and manipulated by the politicians, or you can be feared and respected by them.

To #MakeLibertyWin, @YALiberty works to ensure liberty-loving Americans are properly feared and respected by the political class.

In short, @YALiberty is not playing their games.

That is why @YALiberty will not give politicians a free pass and a pat on the head when they vote for anti-gun amendments to water down and sabotage Constitutional Carry.

That is also why @YALiberty is contacting their constituents right now, letting them know exactly what their senators voted for.

Of course, that makes the political establishment angry.

Thankfully, those of us who work here at @YALiberty don’t wake up every morning to serve the political establishment.

We wake up every morning to #MakeLibertyWin — and @YALiberty will stay true to that mission no matter which politicians try to get in the way.