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Rep, HD-94; Conservative Republican Combat Veteran • proud husband & dad • This is a personal account that belongs to Tony Tinderholt for Texas campaign
Not an intelligent move attacking
@KenPaxtonTX
who is far more popular with voters than you & your traitorous voting and reputation. Quit lying to the amazing Texas voters and just run as a democrat! I am embarrassed for you and your immature behavior! I expect more from an
Ken, your criminal defense lawyers are calling to suggest you spend less time pushing Russian propaganda and more time defending longstanding felony charges against you in Houston, as well as ongoing federal grand jury proceedings in San Antonio that will probably result in
I stood against this witch hunt of an impeachment from day one. I told my colleagues that there was no evidence, but they were threatened and bullied by
@DadePhelan
and his lieutenants. Senators had the freedom to vote without being bullied by leadership, and the truth prevailed.
Today
@dadephelan
‘s Democrat chair tried to tell me I could not use the term “illegal immigrant” in a question because it was “political”.
I will not abide by “woke” speech codes or avoid discussing important issues that impact Texans’ lives to avoid offending Democrat members.
It's truly shocking that not a single person from
@KenPaxtonTX
's office was ever questioned about this proceeding. Can you imagine any investigation in which the suspect isn't once questioned and when his attorney asks to bring testimony to investigators, he's turned away? I
I voted against the impeachment of Ken Paxton.
The unprecedented abuse of power that is happening in the Texas House should concern every Texan.
I won't stop fighting to end this madness.
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I am deeply concerned by the lack of transparency in the process by which the House General Investigating Committee has pursued an impeachment against
@KenPaxtonTX
. The House has been given less than 48 hours to deliberate over these matters and has been mostly in the dark as to
Speaker
@DadePhelan
just sided with Democrats on codifying DACA, an unconstitutional, Obama-era executive order, into Texas law. I’m tired of seeing so many of my fellow elected Republicans self-sabotage every opportunity to limit illegal immigration.
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ICYMI: I asked questions of the Chairman of the General Investigating Committee. The fact is that those in the Texas House who voted to impeach the Attorney General did so without questioning any witnesses, without evidence, and with less than 48 hours to consider the issue. It's
Last week, I wrote a letter demanding transparency for taxpayers from Speaker
@DadePhelan
and Chairman Murr in regards to the cost to taxpayers of the sham impeachment of Attorney General
@KenPaxtonTX
. Today, we are still waiting on those numbers.
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Today,
@DadePhelan
was more tyrannical than Joe Straus ever was.
I won't stop fighting for the conservative values that Texans demand and that Speaker Phelan is obstructing. Texans, and our chamber deserve better.
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Today, I was proud to file HR 16, a resolution extending a full apology to Attorney General
@KenPaxtonTX
from the
@TexasHouse
for its political weaponization of the impeachment process. We must never repeat such grievous errors. I look forward to this resolution being voted on
I’m proud to endorse President
@realDonaldTrump
in the 2024 Republican Primary. He will secure the border, restore our foreign policy and economy, and put America and Americans first.
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#AmericaFirst
Thank you to each and every House member, both Democrat and Republican, who reached out to me to apologize for
@DadePhelan
’s actions yesterday. Your support is appreciated and I agree that the time is coming for new leadership in the House.
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Dade Phelan had the Sergeant at Arms remove our Attorney General
@KenPaxtonTX
from House Chambers. Paxton is the one who will defend the laws we pass and Dade’s doubling down on his failed impeachment madness.
#TexLege
Since
@DadePhelan
prohibited me from making parliamentary inquiries in view of the public last week, I sent a letter to him this morning requesting answers to the questions I didn’t get to ask on Thursday.
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To give you an idea of how things are going in the Public Health Committee, one "doctor" just testified that a man can have a baby...
She also couldn't answer the question, "What is a woman?"
We have a constitutional duty to show up for work in the Texas House. Taxpayers foot the bill for our per diem whether we show up or not. The Texas House needs new leadership.
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By insisting that I ask questions at the dais rather than on the back mic,
@DadePhelan
isn’t keeping me from speaking, he’s keeping you from hearing what’s said. The Austin Establishment is terrified of the well-informed voter.
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#freetony
Mr. Neidert is no longer employed by my office as his employment was terminated earlier this summer. This is a disgusting comment. Had he made it while employed by my office, his employment would have been immediately terminated for it.
I’m hearing that the pub ed funding/school choice bill is going to be killed by liberal Republicans and Democrats. And,
@DadePhelan
is not advocating for this bill with Republicans.
Texans can’t continue to shoulder an ever-increasing tax burden for the blowout spending in HB
I along with
@NateSchatzline
@brianeharrison
and
@Toth_4_Texas
have been notified that there will be a vote to expel us from the Republican caucus for endorsing grass roots champions against Republican incumbents and refusing to accept the status quo. Our statement to the
Come and Take It! Texas WILL protect Texas and America in the absence of the Biden administration! He, and every democrat own the human trafficking of women and children, phentanyl deaths and terrorism streaming across our border!
🚨 DEMS HELP KARI 🚨
The Arizona Democrat Party sent out a press release attacking
@KariLake
for standing with Governor
@GregAbbott_TX
& his fight against the Biden Regime
They have a saying in Texas:
COME AND TAKE IT
Texas MUST defend themselves!
Well… COME AND TAKE IT! 💪
Texas Republicans are already having serious conversations about who the next parliamentarian will be. We all know the parliamentarians are done. The speaker is done. His top cardinals are done. Cardinals from the Dennis Bonnen & Dade Phelan team are scared. Reform is here!
The cards were purposefully stacked against republicans as usual. We do it to ourselves. We control when bills move, what day they hit the floor and what happens while on the floor. Don’t let one Republican member tell you we ran out of time or we “almost” got that priority
The bill to ban employer COVID vaccine mandates has just passed the Texas House! Thank you to my colleague,
@brianeharrison
for being the most vocal and long-standing champion on this issue and for pointing out the shortcomings of this bill.
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Today, I raised a point of order against HB 4419, a bill that would give taxpayer dollars to yet another film and television subsidies fund. I will never understand how Republicans think this stuff is an appropriate use of tax dollars, particularly since the film industry hates
Regardless of who you or I support for President, the deep state is real. They are real in Washington and in Austin.
They will jail their political opponents, and silence their opposition.
We won’t let them win.
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ALERT: Dade Phelan’s leadership team is placing another pro LGBTQ+ resolution in this week’s resolution packet (HR 85).
I will be voting against the entire packet. We should not celebrate the Left.
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The Texas House is killing SB 147, which would keep the Chinese from purchasing our farm land.
China wants the power to sit on our food supply.
They are our adversary.
The Senate passed a ban. The Texas House is sitting on it while passing Democrat bills every day.
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I will not stop fighting for Texas kids until the barbaric practice of sexual transitioning of minors by radical doctors, therapists and parents is completely abolished in our state.
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Yesterday, I had a couple of questions for my colleague, Craig Goldman, as to why the Texas House is taking so much time off instead of getting to work for the people of Texas. He and the Speaker are sending a strong message to all Republican freshman that this session, you need
A majority of Texas House Republicans agree to enacting the first two promises in the
#ContractWithTexas
: 1) no Democrat support for Speaker, and 2) no Democrat committee chairs.
It is now clear that
@DadePhelan
cannot get to the speakership through the Caucus Rules.
We will
Today, I was joined by
@Toth_4_Texas
and
@NateSchatzline
in calling on Speaker
@DadePhelan
and Chairman Andrew Murr to provide full accountability to the public regarding the cost to taxpayers of the baseless investigation and prosecution of
@KenPaxtonTX
. Taxpayers deserve
I'm tired of DEI being forced on Texans and today I was joined by dozens of my colleagues in opposing a late night deal cut with Democrats last week. Though our efforts failed today, we are hoping Sen Creighton and the TX Senate take this bill to conference and fix these
Today, I submitted a suggestion to amend the portion of the
@TXGOPCaucus
bylaws which governs the nomination of the Speaker within the Caucus. My suggested amendment reads as follows:
“A member who has solicited or claimed the support of any legislator who is a member of the
A licensed psychologist in Texas just admitted to me that she will use one of the loopholes in HB 1686 to continue transitioning children in Texas. We have to make sure that Texas children are no longer mutilated or victimized.
Today, I was joined by Representatives
@Toth_4_Texas
,
@NateSchatzline
, and
@brianeharrison
in calling on
@DadePhelan
and Chairman Murr to finally release documents related to the House’s impeachment of AG Paxton.
Texas law requires that if Speaker Phelan and Chairman Murr want
On his one-way conference call today,
@GovAbbott
thanked legislators for our input in his statewide mask mandate. This is odd since Republican legislators can’t even get a meeting or call with him. We need a special session now so legislators can pass laws, not Abbott.
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Speaker
@DadePhelan
is openly ignoring House rules to provide cover for legislators who aren’t showing up for work. Liberal Republican “leadership” in the House is killing party priorities and wasting taxpayer dollars.
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🚨Today is the 4th bi-partisan quorum break in the
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House in less than 2 weeks.
Speaker Phelan told members not to come, broke House rules, and IGNORED this request to do a roll call.
We still have a wide open border and no school choice.
Texans deserve better.
I am proud to author HB 4754, the Texas Millstone Act to protect Texas kids and young adults from “doctors” who are willing to mutilate and mislead them for profit.
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Vote to expel me and you too can be primaried and not return next session like Rogers and over a dozen others! Voters and grassroots are tired of you voting for someone who appoints democrat chairs! You are tone deaf to the voters! You are silly to keep wading into these
@reptinderholt
@brianeharrison
@NateSchatzline
@Toth_4_Texas
Tony you signed:
“In a collective effort to … reform the Texas House, we will only vote for … speaker pursuant to the Platform and the Caucus By-Laws who will only appoint Republicans as cmmtee chairs.”
But it seems you’ve been flagrantly breaking the bylaws. What gives?
“I’m done with voting for leadership who directly or indirectly kill conservative priorities and, on January 10th, my Republican colleagues in the Texas House will have a chance to join me.”
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If you don't show up for work and you provoke violence as a professor or staff member at a Texas state funded college, lose your job and tenure. We, the legislature can ensure this becomes law in Texas!
Statement from
@TexasAaup
on protests today and plans for tomorrow at
@UTAustin
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“No business as usual tomorrow. No classes. No grading. No work. No assignments. Gather at the main mall in front of UT Tower at 12:15pm as planned with TSEU.”
See full statement below
Contract With Texas! We look forward to ending the uni-party in the Texas House. Ask your legislator to sign on! We welcome every Texas House Member to sign. Let’s do what voters have asked!
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#ContractWithTexas
It’s sad to see politicians attack the
@TexasGOP
, which did more to advance GOP policy than I’ve ever seen in any session.
Our State Party is a model for the nation, and that is why liberal Republicans are attacking them.
I, for one, am grateful for the grassroots.
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Thank you to all of the courageous TX House members who realized one year ago today that the impeachment of the most effective attorney general in the country was a SHAM perpetrated by our own speaker Dade Phelan in partnership with democrats and few republicans!
One year ago today, Dade Phelan and the Austin establishment thought they could overturn an election and remove their Attorney General from office.
Fitting that tomorrow, the vote of his constituents will now finally remove him from office.
Hey
@JaceyJetton
, you’ve been telling people that you didn’t vote to give taxpayer money to facilities who are socially transitioning kids.
Let's clear all this up in your backyard on February 15th.
You get 10 minutes to tell your story. I get the same.
You game?
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Thank you to the thousands of grassroots Texans who rallied around our campaign. I remain dedicated to fighting for them and HD 94. This session, I will fight harder than ever to deliver conservative wins. To the grassroots I say, we are not defeated. We’re just getting started.
“If we want to make Texas an even darker shade of red, we must follow the example of our friends in Florida who said ‘no’ to going along to get along and ‘yes’ to a bold and unapologetic conservatism that delivers real results.”
Tonight, I objected to the postponement of SB 2424 from the back mic. This is a border security bill that Republicans just killed in the house with a procedural move. I yelled my objection to the postponement and the speaker refused to turn the mic on, shook his head, and gaveled
Today, we’re voting on the House budget. I’m concerned that we’re not providing enough property tax relief with only about a third of our surplus being given back to taxpayers in the form of new relief.
I will be voting in favor of conservative amendments to the budget and
Liberal House leadership owns this. It was never about taxpayers or transparency. It was about using the House’s processes for political gain.
The House needs new leadership that won’t aid Democrats in taking cheap (or very expensive) shots at conservative fighters like
BREAKING: Taxpayer cost of impeaching Attorney General Ken Paxton tops $4.3M,
@PhilJankowski
reports.
Tops the $3.3M proposed in a whistleblower settlement that triggered the impeachment effort, obviously.
Not that dollars and cents alone were at issue.
My hope is that
@KenPaxtonTX
and
@GovAbbott
investigate and hold the Texas Medical Board TMB accountable for their abuse of a medical professional who saved lives! She isn’t the only one that the TMB abused and threatened! What a disgraceful time for the TMB!
@MdBreathe
Dr Bowden has been the victim of the reckless actions of the Texas Medical Board.
The TMB violated the basic tenets of her due process rights.
Why?
Because she dared to use FDA approved, Ivermectin and saved 6,000 lives in the process.
@GovAbbott
and
@KenPaxtonTX
, we need
I said EARLY in session that nobody could say we ran out of time to pass Texans’ priority legislation. We had plenty of time and chose to waste it. Hate to say I told you so.
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Today, I respectfully voted “no” on extended leaves of the Texas house, once again. We have many bills that will hopefully get referred this week- an action that can get taken immediately on the Governor’s emergency items.
I'd hire the guy that wouldn’t vote to impeach the attorney general with no evidence & no witnesses being sworn in under oath.
@olcott4texas
is endorsed by TRUMP & has a lot more accomplishments than you do. Your graphic is a joke.
Vote for Mike Olcott!
I still think putting Democrats in charge of border security is a bad idea and Republican legislators should stop voluntarily giving power to our opponents.
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Democrats are for Open Borders. They're for Amnesty.
And yet over 50 Texas House Republicans voted to protect Democrats' spots on a Border Security Advisory Council.
Insane. Watch the full debate here.
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Not everything in the Texas House's budget is bad. But, as Texans struggle with record inflation, we owe them less spending and more property tax relief than what they're getting in this bill.
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I am currently attending the
@CarrollISD
board meeting. They recently dropped the horrific leftist organization
@tasbnews
and are currently considering a much better, educational and parent led program.
I am proud of
@Carrollisd
and hope other districts continue to follow
The people of Texas continue to choose Republican leadership at the state level. They deserve to get what they voted for. We must pass ALL of the
@TexasGOP
legislative priorities this session.
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I GLADLY challenge
@RogersForTexas
to a debate (duel as he called it). Let's debate why he votes with democrats more than he does with conservative republicans, and why he voted to impeach
@KenPaxtonTX
as well as why he voted against school choice with democrats and against his
Rep.
@RogersForTexas
told Ag Commissioner
@millerfortexas
that he’s “an embarrassment to agriculture and the State of Texas” and to "kiss my ass!"; Miller said “there's no telling what he will do once I start campaigning against him”
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Proud to stand today with the new chairman of the
@TexasGOP
,
@abrahamgeorge
! Congrats on your win and I look forward to building our party and fighting for our legislative priorities together!
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An important lesson for voters: Yesterday, we filed bills and passed them on the same day. This is what happens when leadership wants something done.
So why did so many Republican bills die?
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When conservative bills die this session don’t let a single State Rep tell you “we ran out of time.” Every committee in the Texas House could be organizing this week, but instead many members are going home.
Many of my Republican colleagues are ready to pass strong, conservative legislation coming over from the Senate. Unfortunately, these bills are being slow-walked while Democrat bills take priority.
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Last week, I reached out to the House General Investigating Committee requesting an investigation into the conduct of one of our members. I look forward to hearing their response.
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I am proud of what the four of us were able to accomplish with the help of many other elected Republicans. I wouldn't change any of it because what we all did will make the Texas House more productive for Republicans!
But you failed to protect children when you voted to kill my amendment to keep taxpayer money from funding gender mutilation of innocent children otherwise known as child abuse!
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@morgan4texas
Protecting Texas farms and ranches ensures Texans have access to safe and high-quality food. I'm proud to work with the Texas Farm Bureau and to have earned the AGFUND endorsement in this election. Together, we will keep working to ensure Texas food is on Texas plates.
It’s past time to reform the
@TexasHouse
. I’m one of a growing group of conservative legislators who have signed the
@ContractWithTX
advocating that we shift power away from the Speaker’s office and back to the People, where it belongs.
Part of that includes having a Speaker
I’m proud to have been a part of this look inside the Texas House. Every Texas Republican should watch this. The first step to fixing a problem is acknowledging it exists.
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“Until Dade Phelan is willing to end his alliance with some of the most liberal Democrats in the House, we cannot have a meaningful caucus vote that does what it was intended to do: decrease Democrat influence.”
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Thank you to the many voters who are at the Capitol today to voice their strong support of our party’s priorities and specifically a ban on Democrat committee chairs. The people of Texas are not backing down.
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“…until our sitting speaker will renounce the liberal Democrats who elevated him to power… we don’t actually have a Republican speaker dedicated to respecting our caucus rules...”
Dade Phelan cut a deal with democrats to say they wouldn't lose chairmanships if they fled (broke quorum) the state to stop voter integrity! Listen for yourself at 2:15 into this video!
This should ENRAGE house Republicans!
Vote for
@CoveyTX
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⚠️MAJOR TX NEWS:
In an unprecedented move notable Texas Democrats — including Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett— endorse the opponent of Incumbent Shawn Thierry. They’re backing Democrat Lauren Simmons.
Crockett outlines why in stories that have NEVER been told publicly 👇🏼
I am proud to endorse these 4 patriots in their races for Texas Supreme Court and Court of Criminal Appeals. We need true conservative fighters in positions of authority in our judicial system now more than ever.
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@GinaforTXJudge
@FinleyforJudge
Democrat Ann Johnson accurately explains the dynamics of the Austin Swamp. The only way to get your Republican legislator to do the right thing and act like a Republican is to apply political pressure through media and ultimately primary elections. Texans deserve better.
Ann Johnson loses it over the fact that Texas is moving to the right every year. Every session.
The grassroots continue to move us to the right. They aren't finished.
She says the quiet part out loud when saying her GOP colleagues do the least they can each session.
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Hundreds of people supporting Mitch Little at his campaign event last night! What a powerful message that sends!
@realmitchlittle
Vote for a true Conservative, Mitch Little!
We must stop the impeachment process from being weaponized. I will not let the Texas House off the hook for their unprecedented misuse of the process, and their rush to judgement based upon hearsay. The House voted without a fair and credible process and that should never happen
Thank you AG Paxton! This will definitely harm the caucus, not us!
@JaredLPatterson
seems to be pushing this the hardest for
@DadePhelan
! Jared cares more about Dade being his speaker and appointing democrat chairs than he does uniting the party and the caucus.
It amazes me how out of touch the Austin sellout class continues to remain.
@NateSchatzline
,
@brianeharrison
,
@reptinderholt
, &
@Toth_4_Texas
did their jobs—vote conservative, stood up for conservative principles, & fought to replace establishment hacks with conservatives in
My constituents told me to vote no on the $1.3 billion VW project ($400 million of which is taxpayer cash). But the swamp wants me to ignore those “back home.”
I’ll always listen to my constituents far more than lobbyists, big corps, other legislators, or unelected bureaucrats.
Still awaiting a response (since 1/17/24) from
@DadePhelan
and Chairman Murr of General Investigating Committee concerning the conduct of one of our own house members
@FrazierForTexas
.
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Last week, I reached out to the House General Investigating Committee requesting an investigation into the conduct of one of our members. I look forward to hearing their response.
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Where’s school choice? Where’s a firmed up grid? Where’s property tax relief? And the day before Title 42 expires & hb20 goes down, THIS is the priority of the
#TxLege
? Straight up pathetic.
#MakeTexasTexasAgain
Today, the House finally passes a property tax relief package. These bills will deliver noticeable short-term relief but will do nothing to set us on the path to property tax elimination and contain less relief than was contemplated during the regular session. 1/3
I’m on the House floor right now getting ready to fight for more property tax relief and more accountability in our appraisal system for you and your family.
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