co-sponsored the SAVE America Act<\/a>, which would force Texans to present passports or birth certificates that match their current surnames. Texas voters deserve better than scorched-earth partisan politics that divide our country and paralyze effective governance.<\/p>\n– Malcolm Jacobson, The Woodlands<\/p>\n
Real fraud<\/p>\n
I am sick and tired of hearing about voter fraud. There isn\u2019t any to speak of, and what has been found was not perpetrated by people in the country illegally. Donald Trump has consistently claimed that there\u2019s rampant fraud. Please show us your evidence, Mr. President. You can\u2019t, because there is none, but people still believe him.<\/p>\n
Please wake up to what this man is doing to our country.<\/p>\n
– Zelda L Blalock, North Richland Hills<\/p>\n
Death penalty<\/p>\n
Texas is nearing its 600th execution since the death penalty was reinstated, with three already this year and three more scheduled. It should give us pause to know that four of the offenders are not white.<\/p>\n
Legislators and district attorneys should step up, lock up the worst of the worst criminals and end the senseless barbaric practice of the state killing in our name.<\/p>\n
– Bob Michael, Grapevine<\/p>\n
What reason?<\/p>\n
For more than 80 years, nuclear deterrence has kept the world safe from nuclear war, largely because of the power of the U.S. military, skilled diplomacy and moral leadership. Even hostile nations have understood the risks of nuclear engagement.<\/p>\n
In just a few weeks, the United States\u2019 war on Iran has cost billions, displaced millions and killed thousands of civilians, according to United Nations and Iranian officials. U.S. military stockpiles are degraded, energy prices are rising and the Iranian people are suffering increased repression.<\/p>\n
The Iranian regime and military have been set back, but the country still has much enriched uranium and an even stronger incentive to develop nuclear weapons. It is difficult to understand the need for or benefits of this war.<\/p>\n
– Karen Myers, Fort Worth<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Voters deserve better than scorched-earth partisan politics that divide our country. Getty Images Not for us In 35…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":225713,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[2315,145,43212,79107,74718,3309,77538,13164,27,29,28,11433],"class_list":["post-225712","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-texas","tag-death-penalty","tag-donald-trump","tag-execution","tag-filibuster","tag-iran-war","tag-john-cornyn","tag-save-america-act","tag-senate","tag-texas","tag-texas-headlines","tag-texas-news","tag-voter-fraud"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/225712","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=225712"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/225712\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/225713"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=225712"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=225712"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=225712"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}