O\u2019Hare was scheduled to speak about keeping Tarrant County red alongside District Attorney Phil Sorrells and county commissioner Manny Ramirez, who are also on the November ballot, but neither attended the meeting Monday. Throughout his remarks, O\u2019Hare urged the roughly 100 attendees to fight for Tarrant County, slammed Democrats on the ballot and criticized local media coverage of the commissioners court.\u00a0<\/p>\n
He touted his record of supporting cuts to the county tax rate, funding for law enforcement and honoring observances such as America\u2019s 250th anniversary. Meanwhile, he accused his opponent on the November ballot, Democratic commissioner Alisa Simmons, of not knowing how a budget or the no-new-revenue tax rate work.\u00a0<\/p>\n
O\u2019Hare accused Simmons of creating a \u201ccircus\u201d at commissioners court with activists and media serving as willing accomplices, and specifically criticized media coverage of him having speakers and attendees removed from public government meetings. Media coverage intentionally targets Republicans, he said, describing local journalists as \u201cDemocrat propaganda machines.\u201d Simmons\u2019 spokesperson did not immediately return a request for comment.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cThey can’t govern. They’re not going to keep you safer. They’re not going to cut your taxes,\u201d O\u2019Hare said of the Democrats. \u201cBut they have the media willing to go run, chase down these things that literally no one cares about, and try to turn something into something it isn’t.\u201d<\/p>\n
The meeting was briefly interrupted by two protestors who yelled out from the audience to criticize the reduction<\/a> in polling sites O\u2019Hare supported earlier this month. Other attendees quickly removed the demonstrators as O\u2019Hare said to \u201cpay them no attention,\u201d telling members of True Texas Project that he deals with similar outbursts at commissioners court meetings.\u00a0<\/p>\n O\u2019Hare urged True Texas Project members to \u201cgive everything you have\u201d to rally voters to support Republicans and maintain their control of the county.\u00a0<\/p>\n True Texas Project is partnering with the local GOP to host phone banking and text banking parties for several Republican candidates. CEO Julie McCarty told attendees Monday \u201cit is critical\u201d that the group continues rallying voters ahead of November, although they typically focus such efforts on the primaries.<\/p>\n \u201cWe work our butts off for the primary, and then we rest on the general. We can\u2019t do that this year,\u201d McCarty said.\u00a0<\/p>\n If Tarrant County stays red in November, O\u2019Hare said, he plans to host the \u201cbiggest Christmas party in the history of the world\u201d to celebrate with True Texas Project.\u00a0<\/p>\n Cecilia Lenzen is a government accountability reporter for the Fort Worth Report. Contact her at cecilia.lenzen@fortworthreport.org<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/fortworthreport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/3R6A0938-1024x677.jpg\")
Attendees remove a demonstrator during True Texas Project\u2019s monthly meeting Sept. 14, 2026, at the Texas Star Golf Course in Euless. (Elvis Martinez-Cartagena | Fort Worth Report)<\/p>\n