Another week, another no-call no-show by our elected republican Commissioners. By keeping up this charade, they delay progress and deprive our health and law enforcement organizations of critical resources, to the tune of HUNDREDS of MILLIONS of dollars. (1/5) I will never put politics over people. That’s not what I was elected to do. (2/5)

Today’s a difficult day for Harris County. Because 2 of my colleagues haven’t shown up to work, millions of budget cuts go into effect. That means less police on the streets, downsizing of flood bond projects, & catastrophic losses of healthcare services. (1/9) Our Sheriff’s budget will be cut $42M, and the DA’s will be cut $5.4M because my colleagues didn’t show up to do their job. Promised raises will not happen. That’s a Cadet class, new police officers, & 39 prosecutors that we won’t be able to hire. (2/9)

🚨Tomorrow, Harris County will be forced to cut key services:
🏥Cut services for 10K patients
🌊Cut $23M for flood mitigation
🚓Cut $42M for Sheriff's office, equivalent to 175 deputies
This is happening because 2 Commissioners refuse to do their jobs (1/6) Since 2 colleagues didn’t show up for the budget vote tomorrow Harris County begins operating with:
🏥$45M deficit for hospital system & 3,000 cut cancer screenings
🎖$325K cut for Veteran Services, denying those who served
🏛$5.4M cut for DA's office, losing 39 prosecutors (2/6)

~ 40% of mail ballot applications AND MAIL BALLOTS are being flagged for rejection in Harris County. This mass rejection of  law-abiding voters isn’t a glitch of TX #SB1, it’s a feature. It’s a game designed to trick you at every turn, starting with the application. Voters must first use the same identifying number(SSN or DL#) that they used when registering. If you registered 10 years ago, that’s a coin-toss. If you guess wrong, guess what? Flagged for rejection.

The Texas executive branch just vetoed lawmakers’ and legislative branch staff salaries because legislators haven’t passed the voter suppression bill. This pandering to the idea that there was massive voter fraud has gone so far it defies logic, constitutionality, and patriotism. The bill that didn’t pass would have eliminated drive thru voting and 24-hr voting, made it easier to overturn elections, banned voting before 1pm on Sundays to harm Souls to the Polls efforts, and lent credence to the lie that massive voter fraud exists, weakening our democracy.

Texas House Democrats have killed SB7, the most suppressive voter suppression bill in the nation. The midnight deadline is 30min away and all together they have walked out and broken quorum—a remarkable, difficult action & the only one that would have kept this bill from passing What these courageous TX legislators is almost impossible to pull off. It means every person was on the same page. It’s unity. Their ability to kill the bill tonight shows unity is what it’ll take to protect voting rights and protect democracy. Hope US Senators are listening.

The voter suppression law approved last night in the Texas house is built on a pernicious lie that corrodes our democracy by pushing the falsehood that widespread voter fraud exists in TX. Each time this lie is told and policies are passed based on it, our democracy is weakened. I want to acknowledge the lawmakers that fought all night, and made some headway, to temper some of the most dangerous provisions in this bill.