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Veto Rampage in Texas Discredits Anti-Trumpers

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Posted By: FlyRight, 6/21/2023 8:17:48 AM

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott vetoed more than 75 bills before Sunday night’s deadline, mostly sponsored by conservative Texas state senators. Never before in the 178-year history of Texas has its governor vetoed so many bills passed by his own party. Texas Republicans would override most of these vetoes if they could, but the legislature was required by the state constitution to adjourn in May until 2025. Tens of thousands of hours of work that went into all these bills were washed away by Abbott’s retaliatory strike against conservatives. One of the bills that Gov. Abbott vetoed was SB 335, authored by conservative state Sen. Dr. Charles Schwertner (R-Georgetown).

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Reply 1 - Posted by: BarryNo 6/21/2023 8:29:01 AM (No. 1496518)
Check two things: 1. His bank accounts 2. Are any of his family in trouble with DC. Even for a RINO, many of these make no sense.
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Reply 2 - Posted by: thekidsmom66 6/21/2023 8:52:47 AM (No. 1496560)
This ACTUALLY has to do with Abbot wanting statewide property tax reductions put in place first. He made clear that was the first priority. And believe me, as a person who pays over $5k in property taxes for a modest home, it is sorely needed. TX property taxes are out of control.
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Reply 3 - Posted by: MickTurn 6/21/2023 9:29:51 AM (No. 1496601)
Yep he was bought off, business as usual! RINO RINO RINO!
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Reply 4 - Posted by: Kate318 6/21/2023 10:24:12 AM (No. 1496652)
Put this together with the OMG Blackrock article, and this all starts to make sense. What petty juveniles many of these politicians are, on both sides of the aisle.
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Reply 5 - Posted by: chagrined 6/21/2023 11:04:46 AM (No. 1496682)
It appears many people are NEVER going to learn. Get rid of rinos in primaries. I guess too many folks just don't want to pay enough attention to what their representatives/governors support, or don't support, to make an informed decision. Either that, or they listen to the swill spilling from the enemedia's lips 24/7.
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Reply 6 - Posted by: stablemoney 6/21/2023 12:17:29 PM (No. 1496749)
Abbott has been a worthless governor. Liberty County has 200,000 illegals colonizing the county. It is being ignored by Abbottt, and the media. Texas is being overran by illegals while Abbott pretends doing something by sending a bus load of 40 to some other state.
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Reply 7 - Posted by: kono 6/21/2023 12:37:06 PM (No. 1496770)
"but the legislature was required by the state constitution to adjourn in May until 2025." That's basically TWO YEARS. Bull.
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Reply 8 - Posted by: pmcclure 6/21/2023 1:54:15 PM (No. 1496807)
Abbott is also a mental and moral cripple.
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Reply 9 - Posted by: DVC 6/21/2023 10:34:02 PM (No. 1497163)
Texans.....any clarification to this. Sounds bad for Abbott.
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Reply 10 - Posted by: LadyVet 6/22/2023 7:15:39 AM (No. 1497263)
#7, the Texas legislature only meets every other year for a limited time Jan - May Governor can call for special session. It is the tendency of politicians to spend a lot of time on small items and then run out of time to handle major issues. Some small bills may be good, but as the poster above points out, property tax is a BIG issue. But I will say that Abbott may be going out with a bang. He has been in office long enough and hopefully realizes it.
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Reply 11 - Posted by: Quigley 6/22/2023 8:23:11 AM (No. 1497302)
As I recall from grade school Texas civics, the every other year aspect of the Texas legislature was a feature, not a bug; it limited the harm these bodies could do. I am onboard with cutting Texas property taxes. With the rise in property values the taxation bodies must be swimming in money. Abbott is clearly hated by the left - the "beeto" crowd.
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Reply 12 - Posted by: FL_Absentee_Voter 6/22/2023 10:21:34 AM (No. 1497374)
#11 - I remember learning in sixth grade how the Maryland legislature convened for only a few weeks every year. Being a young, naive skull full of mush (RIP, Rush), I thought that was awful - didn't we need our government on the job, protecting us, 365 days a year? Fast forward to current-day California, where the perennial democrat governor rubber-stamp approves the 2,000+ bills sent to him every year by the perennial democrat General Assembly. Didn't realize I had it so good back in the Free State.
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Reply 13 - Posted by: vinegrower 6/22/2023 11:16:59 AM (No. 1497426)
SoTucker was right about this man.
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Reply 14 - Posted by: Vincent Vega 6/22/2023 11:28:46 AM (No. 1497440)
This article is completely disingenuous. This issue is all about property taxes. Abbott has told the TX legislature that nothing happens until they reduce property taxes and warned them ahead of time he would not sign any bills into law until the 2 chambers come together with a single plan. Right now the TX house has one bill designed one way, and the senate has one of their own. Once they reconcile them and come up with a single plan, things will return to normal. Abbott has the authority to call back the lawmakers for as many sessions as necessary and I presume most of their bills will get signed. I'm no big fan of Abbott, but fair is fair and this article does give the reader the whole story (shocking I know).
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Reply 15 - Posted by: Vincent Vega 6/22/2023 11:30:32 AM (No. 1497442)
Sorry, meant to say does NOT give the reader the whole story.
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Reply 16 - Posted by: PrayerWarrior 6/22/2023 11:33:20 AM (No. 1497445)
Didn't we just read this week of James O'Keefe's expose of politicians being bought for a measly sum of $10k? I never thought Abbott was a conservative governor; wanted Alan West for that spot. All of the people can be deceived some of the time....
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Reply 17 - Posted by: Zigrid 6/22/2023 11:40:36 AM (No. 1497451)
Okay folks...what is happening...is this just a Texas food fight...or something more serious....could big corporate dudes have gotten to abbott?....often wondered why abbott never just shut the border tight...he had the authority...why not?...it's clearly a strange outcome...wonder how President Trump feels about this.....
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Reply 18 - Posted by: Vincent Vega 6/22/2023 11:56:16 AM (No. 1497459)
#17, to answer your question, this is a Texas foodfight over property taxes.
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Reply 19 - Posted by: DrOstrow 6/22/2023 12:22:13 PM (No. 1497472)
The idea of having the legislature in session every OTHER year is a good Idea. We really should have the legislature in session only ONCE every 5 YEARS with NO meetings, collusion or back room deals between sessions ( I'm not sure how that could be enforced without forced incognito isolation but .................................. you want the job, them's the rules !! If you watch, and this applies to congress as well - It's ONLY when these so called 'representatives' get TOGETHER that we get royally shafted EVERY TIME ! Pay them to keep their mouths shut but keep them APART !
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Reply 20 - Posted by: thatsomewhereplace 6/22/2023 3:50:25 PM (No. 1497616)
Texas has been Californiacated. When California population moves out to another state, they (Californicators) then go on to ruin that state. Example Washington and Oregon. Ruined. Texas is getting a taste of dog dropping libs.
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