Retiring Speaker Dennis Bonnen says ‘extremists’ do not represent Texas Republicans
Conservative governance, not the loudest voice, is the key to political success for Texas Republicans, the retiring House speaker says.
Conservative governance, not the loudest voice, is the key to political success for Texas Republicans, the retiring House speaker says.
Texas State House Speaker Dennis Bonnen took to social media after the death of US Capitol Police Officer Brian Sicknick to call for unity in denouncing the Capitol riots.
Several Texas lawmakers are calling for an end to the violence.
Protests turned violent at the U.S. Capitol Wednesday as Congress was set to certify the electoral college votes for the presidential election.
Concern is brewing among protestors and social justice groups, after Governor Greg Abbott announced proposed legislation Thursday that would increase penalties for riot-related crimes.
Governor Greg Abbott, Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick, and Texas House Speaker Dennis Bonnen announced a legislative proposal discouraging the defunding of law enforcement. Speaker Dennis Bonnen joins Rebecca Thomas on FOX 7 Austin to talk about it in greater detail.
‘When crime is on the rise, the last thing we should do is defund the police’
The state’s three top elected leaders also fiercely criticized the Austin officials who cut one-third of their police department’s budget last week.
Shamefully, one of the most egregious & recent offenders of this political theater is Austin Mayor Adler cutting police funding by $150 million.
Following George Floyd’s in-custody death in May, people across the country have called for defunding police departments.
Gov. Greg Abbott and the state’s top leaders will join Fort Worth Mayor Betsy Price at noon Tuesday to announce a proposal related to funding law enforcement.
“I have challenged myself to be more empathetic and I call on all my fellow Texans to do the same.” —Speaker Dennis Bonnen
Showing a Martin Luther King quotation beside a banana, as Harris County’s Republican chairman-elect did, makes it five county GOP chairmen who’ve recently spread disinformation, racist tropes.
The minority community has America’s full attention and now is the time to join together at the table to identify what continues to drive and promote racism, ways the system is broken, and how to bring about meaningful, lasting change.
The game is up and it’s time to expose the charade. It is time to speak directly and act swiftly to stop the disgusting violence and destruction that is sweeping across this country. It is time to wake up and call it what it is – an attack against the United States of America.