A State House race in the Capitol City is turning ugly, with accusations and counter accusations between two Republican runoff candidates.
Former Austin city councilor Ellen Troxclair has uncovered a series of tweets from her opponent, Justin Berry, in which he seemingly sympathizes with illegal immigration.
"I cannot say one way or another if there truly is a crisis as I have seen both Trump, Obama, Clinton, and Schumer all make statements about a border crisis with regards to illegal immigration," Berry said, in a January 2019 tweet. "I have seen 1st hand the problems those who are here illegally suffer due to lack of access to the same services you and I take for granted daily. I've seen my friends be separated from their family members, and others unable to achieve gainful employment."
Troxclair, who is seeking the house district 19 seat, posted a link and screenshot to this and other responses in the 2019 thread, noting, "Was just sent this and I have to say…this thread is very troubling to see from someone running for the @TexasGOP nomination."
Berry responded with a tweet calling Troxclair a liberal:
"Funny and sad story. My liberal opponent, Ellen Troxclair, who previously joined the far left Austin City Council to defund police - just had her team file a false ethics complaint against me yesterday, which was then swiftly dismissed by the Texas Ethics Commission today!"
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