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RandySF

(70,636 posts)
Tue Sep 10, 2024, 03:53 PM Sep 10

Dan Patrick asks Senate to consider bills to unmask protesters, change runoff elections

Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick wants the Texas Senate to reexamine how the state conducts runoff elections and recommend new laws aimed at stopping protesters from covering their faces when the Legislature meets next year.

On Tuesday, Patrick — who oversees the Senate and has serious power over what bills it passes — released a second round of directives for Senate committees, building on a list of 57 items from earlier this year that focused on, among other things, housing costs, school vouchers, property tax relief and strengthening the power grid.

The new list includes a number of right-wing priorities, and would escalate Republicans’ wars against diversity, equity and inclusion programs.

Last year, Texas lawmakers banned such programs at public universities — prompting layoffs and protests at some schools. Now, Patrick wants lawmakers to “examine programs and certificates” at higher education institutions that still have DEI policies, and then “expose” them as “damaging and not aligned with state workforce demands.” He then wants lawmakers to recommend “any needed reforms to ensure universities are appropriately educating students to meet workforce needs.”




https://www.texastribune.org/2024/09/10/dan-patrick-interim-charges-senate-texas-legislature/

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Dan Patrick asks Senate to consider bills to unmask protesters, change runoff elections (Original Post) RandySF Sep 10 OP
With such retaliatory pricks in power, the masks make sense. GreenWave Sep 10 #1
Almost every maga protester thug you see duncang Sep 10 #2
Fine, as long as you tell the gestapo to do the same. Firestorm49 Sep 10 #3
Trump's Militia folks are perfectly content to wear masks to look tough like ISIS. keithbvadu2 Sep 10 #4

duncang

(3,599 posts)
2. Almost every maga protester thug you see
Tue Sep 10, 2024, 04:28 PM
Sep 10

Wears a mask. He didn’t think it out. Also how many j6’ers wore masks? I’m sure he wouldn’t want to give them extra time.

keithbvadu2

(40,120 posts)
4. Trump's Militia folks are perfectly content to wear masks to look tough like ISIS.
Tue Sep 10, 2024, 05:46 PM
Sep 10

Trump's Militia folks are perfectly content to wear masks to look tough like ISIS.

When masks make you look tough.

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