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Tea Party Patriots Action Applauds Texas Governor Abbott for Strong Leadership on Border Crisis
Atlanta, GA – On Wednesday, Texas Governor Abbott declared that the federal government had failed to uphold its compact with Texas by allowing an invasion of millions of illegal aliens. Texas is currently tied up in litigation with the Biden Administration regarding the erection of barbed wire fencing Texas has placed on state property. Tea…
Read MoreTea Party Patriots Action Applauds Texas Legislators for Strengthening Election Integrity
Atlanta, GA – On Thursday night, the Texas House passed SB1, landmark legislation to strengthen election integrity in the Lone Star state. The Texas Senate passed the bill earlier this month. In response, Tea Party Patriots Action Honorary Chairman Jenny Beth Martin issued the following statement: “The vast majority of Texans, like the vast majority…
Read MoreTea Party Patriots Action Supports Texas Legislature’s Push to Strengthen Election Integrity
Atlanta, GA – Today, Texas lawmakers will reconvene for a special 30-day legislative session that will include action on a voting reform bill designed to strengthen election integrity. In response, Tea Party Patriots Action Honorary Chairman Jenny Beth Martin issued the following statement: “We thank Governor Abbott for calling the Texas Legislature into special session…
Read MoreTexas AG: Obamacare individual mandate ‘unconstitutional’
Republican Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton says Obamacare as it now stands—gutted of the requirement that Americans purchase health insurance or pay a penalty—is unconstitutional because its individual mandate no longer raises tax revenue and instead simply forces Americans to purchase health insurance. “The Commerce Clause gives Congress the authority to regulate commerce, not to…
Read MoreTea Party Patriots Action Praises the DOJ’s Support for the Texas Ruling on Obamacare
Atlanta, Ga. – Tea Party Patriots Action Honorary Chairman Jenny Beth Martin today praised the Department of Justice for supporting the Texas ruling finding that the Affordable Care Act should be struck down in its entirety. “We are pleased the Justice Department affirmed the December ruling out of Texas, which found that because the Obamacare…
Read MoreTexas sheriff at expense of constituent safety narrows list of reasons to honor ICE detainer
The Lone Star State’s Travis County Sheriff Sally Hernandez trimmed the list of criminal offenses Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials give as justification to detain illegal immigrants, instructing her deputies to honor only a handful of the listed offenses and thereby excluding from detention an illegal immigrant accused of sexually abusing a young girl. The…
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