Today I killed HB 3979—the bill that attempted to teach our students a whitewashed version of American history—with a Point of Order.
If kids are old enough to experience racism, then they're old enough to learn about it. #txlege
I started by asking the bill author why Senate Republicans removed language requiring social studies educators to teach students that white supremacy is morally wrong from the House version of the bill...
If you’re new to the Texas House, the back microphone is used to ask questions and the bill author is supposed to answer them.
“Is it fair to say that any bill that strikes language condemning racism is a racist bill?”
“Do you think the removal of that clear and simple language condemning white supremacy reveals that the true purpose of this bill is to teach our students a whitewashed version of American history?”
And here’s the moment we called the Point of Order—a procedural maneuver—that killed HB 3979.
As of now, the bill is effectively dead, but my colleagues and I are remaining vigilant in case there are efforts to revive it.
@DanPatrick could only revive the House version of the bill, which includes our amendments requiring educators to teach:
—the history of white supremacy
—figures like Frederick Douglas, MLK, Cesar Chavez, Dolores Huerta
—the Chicano movement, labor movement, & feminist movement
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My Democratic colleagues and I just left the state of Texas to break quorum and stop Trump’s redistricting power grab.
Trump is trying to rig the midterm elections right before our eyes. But first he’ll have to come through us.
It’s time to fight back.
Trump is worried he’s going to lose in 2026.
So to shield himself from the voters, he told Texas Republicans to redraw our state’s political maps — in the middle of the decade — to manufacture 5 new seats and protect their majority in Congress.
It’s cheating. Plain and simple.
But to pass these new maps, a certain number of legislators need to be on the floor to conduct business — a quorum.
My Democratic colleagues and I are not giving them one.
If they’re going to cheat, we’re not going to play.
Meet Tim Dunn & Farris Wilks—two billionaires from West Texas.
They bought Paxton’s acquittal for $3 million. Now they’re pushing a private school voucher scam.
Their ultimate goal is even more ambitious: transforming Texas into an authoritarian, Christian Nationalist state. 🧵
Dunn & Wilks are oil and gas oligarchs.
They’re also both Christian pastors.
These two billionaire-pastors are spending their fortune enacting an extreme Christian nationalist worldview in the second-largest state in the country.
And no one is talking about it.
Dunn & Wilks have bought the top politicians in Texas with $100+ million in contributions.
And it’s not just politicians. They fund a sprawling network of PACs, think tanks, and media outlets.
Every right-wing policy that's come out of Texas lately goes back to them.