Two Democrats' defections give Republicans supermajority in Texas House

Two Democrats' defections give Republicans supermajority in Texas House

AUSTIN -- Two Democrats in the Texas House announced Tuesday they are switching to the Republican Party in move that gives the GOP a supermajority in the chamber.

Rep. Aaron Pena of Edinburg appeared at a news conference with Gov. Rick Perry and House Speaker Joe Straus to proclaim his move to the GOP along with fellow Democrat Allan Ritter of Nederland in Southeast Texas.

http://topics.dallasnews.com/topic/U.S._Republican_Party


This is how they play the game, traitors welcome, in the Win at all Cost, Party over Country is the Motto in the Republican Party!

I know Democrats get their asses kicked in suburban areas even in blue states; but how in the hell do the Rethuglicans have so many seats in the Texas House? The state is at least 1/3 Hispanic and no Hispanic should ever vote for Republicans given their stance on immigration and other issues critical to the Hispanic population. The state has a 10% African American population and why they would ever vote for those racists is a mystery to me. So that leaves the white vote. Why are we losing the white vote by such large margins in Texas? Are white voters the only ones who show up at the polls?

We have to find a way to compete in the south given the region's growth at the expense of our strongholds in the northeast and rust belt.

E-Voting Suit Reveals Frailties of the Ballot Box


It's the stuff of an Orwellian dystopia: a voting machine hacked, an election stolen, the public none the wiser. Yet some civil rights groups believe it's a real threat in Texas — one of only 12 states that allows a form of paperless voting, according to the Verified Voting Foundation, a nonprofit that lobbies on the issue nationwide.

http://www.texastribune.org/texas-politics/texas-political-news/e-voting-suit-reveals-frailties-of-the-ballot-box/

Texas has spawned the most corrupt politicians this country has seen, they have zero scruples and even less integrity, its all about greed and power.

this is why the Texas democrats took off in hiding years back- to try to fight this.

of course they'll sleep at night warm in their ignorance