Vlad Davidiuk - Political Consultant Joins Houston's Morning News

Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
All right, so Dustin Burroughs has been elected the speaker
of the Texas House. That is not who Abraham George
and the Texas GOP said they wanted to get the job.
They wanted to cook. So what happened? Lada Vidio joins
this political consultant. At the end of the day, the
Texas GOLP did not get what they wanted. What does

(00:21):
that tell us about Republican politics here in Texas right now?

Speaker 2 (00:24):
Bled, Well, it's deeply troubling. This is you know, going
back to two thousand and nine, Republican back candidates get
defeated with substantial Democrats support. Because you know, several Republicans
peel off for reasons that you know are varied, but
typically come down to they want to share of their power.

(00:45):
It's it's a continuation of a pattern. And these backroom deals,
these by partisan compromises, quote unquote, are betrayal of the
grassroots of Republican voters and conservative principles.

Speaker 1 (00:57):
And I'm gonna say it's interesting for me, interesting for
me to see some of the reaction though I know,
you know who Jonathan Signs is. He's with Texas Family Values.
He's a very conservative guy. He made it sound like
he's excited that Dustin Burrows got the job.

Speaker 2 (01:12):
Well, look, I think a lot of Textans are concerned,
are questioning whether Burroughs, who is elected by Democrats, who
owes Democrats his position, can effectively champion conservative priorities. But
I think what Jonathan Sids and some others have brought
to light is this really highlights the dark side of

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the deal making. For too long, these deals were being
made in secret, and really nobody knew why these people,
why certain people were becoming Speaker of the House. This
election at this time threw it into sharp relief and
put a bright light on it. So it's exciting because
people are going to see the direct connection between what

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Burrows delivers and how he got into office, and it
could signal the end of the acceptance of these back
room sweetheart deals that allow Democrats to pick and choose
who gets to be a Speaker even though they're in
the majority minority.

Speaker 1 (02:10):
Yeah, you're right about that. It's going to be very
interesting to hear. On one hand, he is the date
feeling disciple, and on the other hand, he is supposedly
in favor of school choice and plans to carry the
water on that. But we'll find out soon enough if
he's actually going to do that, won't.

Speaker 2 (02:24):
We Well, you know, he faces an opportunity. He can
prove his commitment to Republican values with the critical conservative
legislation school choice like you mentioned, banning takes pair of
funded lobbing, bail reform, inte election and C secrity. But
we're going to see how far the Democrats allow him
to go, because at the end of the day, he
has some favors he has to repay, and we'll see

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how far he's willing to move.

Speaker 1 (02:47):
All right, sir, good to talk. He's always thank you
glad to Vidi, political consultant