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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Yeah, maybe able to well get it six twenty one
hour time here on Houston's Morning News. All right, So
the Texas House evidently is not done with redistricting now
they want to redistrict themselves. Doctor Bobby Everley for Bencounting
GOP chair checks in, So, how does this morning, good morning?
How does it work as far as Texas rules on
redistricting the Texas House and the Texas Senate.
Speaker 2 (00:24):
Well, there is a letter put to out by about
thirty one House members asking the governor to put this
issue in special session.
Speaker 3 (00:32):
It's not there now. They're hoping to get it. But
what it.
Speaker 2 (00:36):
Really does is continues the effort, at least thematically, on
why congressional districts were redrawn because so many of them
were drawn on the race jerry mandered.
Speaker 3 (00:49):
We need to fix that.
Speaker 2 (00:51):
And so these House members, Texas House members said, Hey,
if we're doing it to get us some seats in
the US House, let's do it with the Texas House.
Speaker 3 (01:01):
And I'm all for this because.
Speaker 4 (01:03):
The way that you see our caucus working or quote
not working, it's time to get some other people in there,
I think, and this would be a good step in
that direction.
Speaker 1 (01:15):
All right, So would we end up with more seats
or just different boundaries?
Speaker 3 (01:20):
Different boundaries?
Speaker 2 (01:21):
Okay, I believe that the one and the thirty one
actually are traditional, they've been there. That's the number of
psalms and proverbs in the Bible, is how that was
originally establishing. So those numbers aren't going to change, okay,
but redraw those lines and get us some more Republicans.
Speaker 1 (01:42):
Well, but what kind of Republicans are we going to get?
Will that have anything to do with the way those
lungs are being drawn? We have a rhino problem here
in Texas we have, well.
Speaker 2 (01:51):
Exactly, and so that's why all of this that I'm saying,
you know sounds good on the surface, Hey, let's do that,
but could it become a reality. And in the process,
you've got to get Republicans on board and the caucus,
and too many times you've seen a small number of
them side with the Democrats, and that's your governing or
(02:12):
working majority. That's not how it should be in a
Republican dominated state where we control everything supposedly, So getting
those lines to actually get some good conservatives in there
would be a challenge. But we can't hope to do
that unless we can make this first step or the alternative,
(02:33):
of course, is getting the voters out there to really
pay attention.
Speaker 3 (02:37):
To what's going on each session and vote some new
people in.
Speaker 1 (02:41):
Well, unfortunately, we don't seem to have a whole lot
of luck with getting people to pay attention to politics,
do we. It just got Yeah, it gets to be
too depressing after a while. I think for your average
Texan who's just trying to live their life and put
food on the table and you know, take the kids
to school, they don't have a lot of time to
worry about this stuff. So at the end of the day,
if you can somehow manage to pull this off, do
(03:04):
the Democrats? I mean, if you convince the Republicans to
vote in favor of doing this, then did the Democrats
take off and run away again?
Speaker 3 (03:13):
You know what I think they do. I think they
take off and run again. And and just so okay,
So now it goes back to the GOP Caucus. They
just had their.
Speaker 2 (03:22):
Meeting and they voted that hey, we're not going to
strip them of chairmanships.
Speaker 3 (03:26):
We're not going to punish them for what they just did.
Speaker 2 (03:29):
Right now, they came up with a set of rules
to make some changes to punish them.
Speaker 3 (03:34):
In the future, but you know, they just did it.
And I mean you.
Speaker 2 (03:39):
Had Democrats put on the redistricting committee like jeen Wu
and he took off and there's no penalties. So I
don't have a lot of confidence that they'll get that
done considering the Democrats just led, you know, to places
like Jerrymander to Illinois and they faced no penalties. So
I I bet they take off again if we try that.
Speaker 3 (04:02):
Well.
Speaker 1 (04:02):
And that's a perfect example of why the rhino problem
still exists, is that you know, those are the people
responsible for not punishing these Democrats, right, Yeah.
Speaker 2 (04:11):
This easily be settled, easily be stopped. The Democrats could
be there in Austin being voted down because we are
the majority. But nope, that doesn't happen because we empower them.
We empower them with these vice chairmanships, we give them
extra money, and then when they just leave the state
(04:31):
and stop all business, we do nothing about it.
Speaker 1 (04:34):
Yeah, all right, thank you, sir, appreciate it. That is
doctor Bobby Everley, Fort Bend County Geopchair at six twenty
six
Yeah, maybe able to well get it six twenty one
hour time here on Houston's Morning News. All right, So
the Texas House evidently is not done with redistricting now
they want to redistrict themselves. Doctor Bobby Everley for Bencounting
GOP chair checks in, So, how does this morning, good morning?
How does it work as far as Texas rules on
redistricting the Texas House and the Texas Senate.
Speaker 2 (00:24):
Well, there is a letter put to out by about
thirty one House members asking the governor to put this
issue in special session.
Speaker 3 (00:32):
It's not there now. They're hoping to get it. But
what it.
Speaker 2 (00:36):
Really does is continues the effort, at least thematically, on
why congressional districts were redrawn because so many of them
were drawn on the race jerry mandered.
Speaker 3 (00:49):
We need to fix that.
Speaker 2 (00:51):
And so these House members, Texas House members said, Hey,
if we're doing it to get us some seats in
the US House, let's do it with the Texas House.
Speaker 3 (01:01):
And I'm all for this because.
Speaker 4 (01:03):
The way that you see our caucus working or quote
not working, it's time to get some other people in there,
I think, and this would be a good step in
that direction.
Speaker 1 (01:15):
All right, So would we end up with more seats
or just different boundaries?
Speaker 3 (01:20):
Different boundaries?
Speaker 2 (01:21):
Okay, I believe that the one and the thirty one
actually are traditional, they've been there. That's the number of
psalms and proverbs in the Bible, is how that was
originally establishing. So those numbers aren't going to change, okay,
but redraw those lines and get us some more Republicans.
Speaker 1 (01:42):
Well, but what kind of Republicans are we going to get?
Will that have anything to do with the way those
lungs are being drawn? We have a rhino problem here
in Texas we have, well.
Speaker 2 (01:51):
Exactly, and so that's why all of this that I'm saying,
you know sounds good on the surface, Hey, let's do that,
but could it become a reality. And in the process,
you've got to get Republicans on board and the caucus,
and too many times you've seen a small number of
them side with the Democrats, and that's your governing or
(02:12):
working majority. That's not how it should be in a
Republican dominated state where we control everything supposedly, So getting
those lines to actually get some good conservatives in there
would be a challenge. But we can't hope to do
that unless we can make this first step or the alternative,
(02:33):
of course, is getting the voters out there to really
pay attention.
Speaker 3 (02:37):
To what's going on each session and vote some new
people in.
Speaker 1 (02:41):
Well, unfortunately, we don't seem to have a whole lot
of luck with getting people to pay attention to politics,
do we. It just got Yeah, it gets to be
too depressing after a while. I think for your average
Texan who's just trying to live their life and put
food on the table and you know, take the kids
to school, they don't have a lot of time to
worry about this stuff. So at the end of the day,
if you can somehow manage to pull this off, do
(03:04):
the Democrats? I mean, if you convince the Republicans to
vote in favor of doing this, then did the Democrats
take off and run away again?
Speaker 3 (03:13):
You know what I think they do. I think they
take off and run again. And and just so okay,
So now it goes back to the GOP Caucus. They
just had their.
Speaker 2 (03:22):
Meeting and they voted that hey, we're not going to
strip them of chairmanships.
Speaker 3 (03:26):
We're not going to punish them for what they just did.
Speaker 2 (03:29):
Right now, they came up with a set of rules
to make some changes to punish them.
Speaker 3 (03:34):
In the future, but you know, they just did it.
And I mean you.
Speaker 2 (03:39):
Had Democrats put on the redistricting committee like jeen Wu
and he took off and there's no penalties. So I
don't have a lot of confidence that they'll get that
done considering the Democrats just led, you know, to places
like Jerrymander to Illinois and they faced no penalties. So
I I bet they take off again if we try that.
Speaker 3 (04:02):
Well.
Speaker 1 (04:02):
And that's a perfect example of why the rhino problem
still exists, is that you know, those are the people
responsible for not punishing these Democrats, right, Yeah.
Speaker 2 (04:11):
This easily be settled, easily be stopped. The Democrats could
be there in Austin being voted down because we are
the majority. But nope, that doesn't happen because we empower them.
We empower them with these vice chairmanships, we give them
extra money, and then when they just leave the state
(04:31):
and stop all business, we do nothing about it.
Speaker 1 (04:34):
Yeah, all right, thank you, sir, appreciate it. That is
doctor Bobby Everley, Fort Bend County Geopchair at six twenty
six
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