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These absences are not merely unintended and unavoidable interruptions in public service.

Derelict Democrat House members must return to Texas and be in attendance when the House reconvenes at 3:00 PM on Monday, August 4, 2025.

President Trump wants people to know if you are a violent criminal and you're in this country illegally, there will be consequences.

For any member who fails to do so, I will invoke Texas Attorney General Opinion No. KP-0382 to remove the missing Democrats from membership in the Texas House.

This is war. We are at war. And that’s why the gloves are off and I say, bring it on.

If that’s what’s called for, that’s what’s called for.

Any Democrat who ‘solicits, accepts, or agrees to accept’ such funds to assist in the violation of legislative duties or for purposes of skipping a vote may have violated bribery laws.

They see the laws being enforced in the United States.

I don’t want anyone who worked so hard, who put their heart and soul into their business to be subjected to something for a bureaucratic screwup with real life consequences.

Why do we even allow these weapons of mass destruction to be sold anywhere in America? Other countries have completely banned them.

Absolutely not. There is no real way to implement this. It's more paperwork for everyone.

If a Republican gets elected as governor against me, think about the power that Donald Trump will have over everything in the state, including the city.

It’s pathetic and especially in the time when we’re a city that’s in mourning, to be taking cheap shots and trying to infer that he had something to do with this.

I’m going to stand up for them. Will find a path forward. Don’t worry.

Iran-backed Hamas terrorists have held innocent people hostage, starving them for 666 days.

But these guys have already gone through that, so they have that.

If you don’t think those folks should be sent back, then you basically just want an open border.

So people talk about due process, this and that, and obviously, you know, there’s some process.