Rep. Gonzalez Says Republicans Politicizing Border Crisis

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U.S. Rep. Tony Gonzales, R-San Antonio, accused his fellow Republicans of politicizing the border for their own benefit, further escalating his standoff with more conservative members of his party who he said stood to gain from a sustained migration conflict.

“Anyone who thinks a 3 page anti-immigration bill with 0% chance of getting signed into law is going to solve the border crisis should be buying beach front property in AZ,” Gonzales tweeted Thursday night in an apparent reference to border legislation introduced by U.S. Rep. Chip Roy, R-Austin.

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AG Challenger Garza Hopes To Ride Abortion Issue Into Office

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Well before jumping into the Texas attorney general's race, Democrat Rochelle Garza beat back a Trump administration attempt to stop a detained immigrant teenager from getting an abortion.

Incumbent Attorney General Ken Paxton backed the administration in that 2017 case, warning in a brief that "Texas must not become a sanctuary state for abortions." But Garza, an immigration lawyer, won in the appeals court and the teenager got the abortion.

Democrats like Garza hope to ride the abortion issue into office in November on a wave of feminist anger over the overturn of  Roe v. Wade.

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County Judge Arrested For Cattle Rustling

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Law enforcement agents traveled to a rural and sparsely populated West Texas county Friday to arrest the county judge, a former sheriff’s deputy and two ranch hands for cattle rustling.

Loving County Judge Skeet Jones, 71, faces three felony counts of livestock theft and one count of engaging in criminal activity, allegedly gathering and selling stray cattle, according to authorities.

Loving County is the nation’s least populated county with just 64 residents, according to the 2020 Census.

The county judge, an elected official, is essentially a county commissioner, holding the top legislative responsibilities in the county.

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Houston Man Charged With Illegal Voting

Hervis Rogers went viral on social media for being the last person in line at Texas Southern University to cast a vote at 1 a.m. on Super Tuesday in March 2020. He was applauded as a tenacious, civic-minded man who worked hard to exercise his right to vote.

Now, Rogers, a convicted felon, is being prosecuted by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton's office for allegedly voting illegally.

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Former State Rep. Matt Rinaldi Elected State GOP Chair

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Former state Rep. Matt Rinaldi of Irving is the next chairman of the Republican Party of Texas.

On Sunday, the State Republican Executive Committee elected Rinaldi to replace Allen West, who announced his resignation last month after a dramatic 10 months on the job and is now challenging Gov. Greg Abbott.

Rinaldi won the election on the first ballot, getting 34 votes from the 64-member SREC against three opponents. He needed 33 to win.

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