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Kate Rogers has filed a federal lawsuit against Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick and others. Credit: Courtesy \/ Katie Rogers<\/p>\nKate Rogers has filed a federal lawsuit against Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick and others. Credit: Courtesy \/ Katie Rogers<\/p>\n
Kate Rogers, whom right-wing officials pushed out of her leadership position at the Alamo Trust, has sued Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick, Land Commissioner Dawn Buckingham and others, saying they laid siege to her First Amendment rights.<\/p>\n
Rogers filed a lawsuit Monday in San Antonio federal court demanding that she be reinstated as president of the Alamo Trust, which oversees the historic battle site. She also seeks unspecified damages from Patrick, Buckingham and the organization\u2019s board. <\/p>\n
The suit alleges Patrick and Buckingham violated her constitutionally protected free-speech rights by pressuring the Alamo Trust board to remove her over a 2023 grad-school dissertation she wrote in which she discussed the importance of conveying the history of indigenous people at the Alamo. <\/p>\n
Rogers, who served in her position for four years, further alleges the Alamo Trust and the Remember the Alamo Foundation, another defendant named in the suit, retaliated against her by stripping her of her severance pay for being quoted in a recent Texas Monthly article.<\/p>\n
The piece in question examined a right-wing backlash against the Alamo\u2019s leadership after the historical site posted an October social media message in celebration of Indigenous People\u2019s Day. Rogers resigned on Oct. 23.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe fighters at the Alamo courageously held off Santa Anna\u2019s troops for thirteen days. But Lieutenant Governor Patrick and Commissioner Buckingham only needed eleven days to lay siege to the First Amendment,\u201d the suit maintains.<\/p>\n
An Alamo Trust spokesperson declined comment on the suit, saying the organization wouldn\u2019t discuss pending litigation. Neither Patrick nor Buckingham was available for immediate comment. <\/p>\n
In addition to the Republican officials Patrick and Buckingham and the two Alamo-affiliated organizations, the suit individually names Alamo Trust Board Chair Welcome Wilson Jr. and Hope Andrade, a former Texas secretary of state who took over Rogers\u2019 role, as defendants. <\/p>\n
The suit argues that Patrick personally pressured Rogers to resign, even though he \u201cdid not, and cannot, cite any example\u201d of how the personal views she expressed in her academic dissertation hindered her job performance or the obligations under her state contract. <\/p>\n
When Rogers wouldn\u2019t commit to resigning on a phone call with Patrick, the lieutenant governor allegedly asked Rogers, \u201cAre you going to say I called you?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cBecause Rogers was not willing to keep Lieutenant Governor Patrick\u2019s call a secret, Lieutenant Governor Patrick said, \u2018Then I need to end the call,’\u201d according to the suit. <\/p>\n
Patrick, one of the Texas Republican Party\u2019s most zealous culture warriors, demanded Rogers be fired in October over the dissertation she composed while completing her doctoral degree in education. <\/p>\n
Days earlier, Buckingham targeted the Alamo leadership in a tweet blasting its social media post recognizing Indigenous People\u2019s Day. \u201cWoke has no place at the Alamo,\u201d Buckingham replied, adding, \u201cWe will be holding those responsible accountable and will be implementing a new process to ensure my office has oversight.\u201d<\/p>\n
In the court filing, Rogers maintains that both Patrick and Buckingham tried to micromanage the Alamo\u2019s restoration project and that she had to mediate a \u201cpower struggle\u201d between the pair. <\/p>\n
The suit further argues that Patrick admitted in an opinion piece published by the Express-News after Rogers\u2019s ouster that her scholarly writing simply reflected \u201cher personal view.\u201d In the same op-ed the lieutenant governor extolled the Alamo as an important symbol for the \u201cfight for liberty and independence.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThe Alamo cannot \u2018remain a symbol of liberty and freedom for\u2019 Texas if Lieutenant Governor Patrick and Commissioner Buckingham use the Alamo to suppress the personal speech of anyone who disagrees with them,\u201d the petition states. \u201cOtherwise, we need to change \u2018Remember The Alamo\u2019 to \u2018Remember The Alamo But Don\u2019t Say Anything About It That Upsets Texas Officials.’\u201d<\/p>\n
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