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This past week, Republican members of the Texas House of Representatives voted with the liberal teacher unions and the Democrats they support to gut House Bill 1 by stripping the Governor’s key legislative initiative, the Education Savings Accounts [ESA] provision, from the bill.

ESAs are designed to empower parents with greater control over their children’s education. Governor Abbott has specifically called the legislature into multiple special sessions for the primary purpose of passing ESAs.

Governor Abbott is aligned with the voting public in Texas. Poll after poll indicate that Texans overwhelmingly support giving parents a greater say over the education of their children.

More importantly, from a political perspective, 88% of Republican primary voters voted for Proposition 9 in last year’s primary. The ballot language was very straightforward and read as follows:

“Texas parents and guardians should have the right to select schools, whether public or private, for their children, and the funding should follow the student.”

Last year, 88% of primary voters agreed that Texas parents should have this option.

These are the same folks who elected each of these 21 rebels, who instead voted with the teacher unions who endorsed or contributed to most of their campaigns.

While holding hands with these woke unions, these 21 Republicans effectively provided a middle finger to not only a popular governor, but the very people who turned out to elect them in their primaries last year.

To them, it was more important to protect the status quo, and the woke left, than to support their governor, the party platform, and the will of the very voters who elected them.

Let’s take a look at some of the specifics for each of these House members who sided with the Democrats:

Rep. Steve Allison represents a conservative district in San Antonio. Last year, 87% of his primary voters supported Proposition 9.

Rep. Ernest Bailes represents a conservative district in east Texas, where 87% of his primary voters supported Prop. 9 last year.

Rep. Keith Bell represents a district just east of Dallas, where 85% of his voters supported Prop. 9 last year.

Rep. DeWayne Burns represents a conservative district just south of Fort Worth, where a whopping 89% of his voters supported Prop. 9 last year.

Rep. Travis Clardy represents Nacogdoches and surrounding east Texas areas, where 77% of his voters supported Prop. 9 last year.

Rep. Drew Darby represents San Angelo, Big Spring and surrounding west Texas. 86% of his voters supported Prop. 9 last year.

Rep. Jay Dean represents an east Texas district including Longview, where a whopping 88% of his voters supported Prop. 9 last year.

Rep. Charlie Geren represents part of Fort Worth in Tarrant County, where 87% of his voters supported Prop. 9 last year.

Rep. Justin Holland represents a district just north east of Dallas including Rockwall. 85% of his voters supported Prop. 9 last year.

Rep. Kyle Kacal represents a central Texas district including College Station, and 85% of his voters supported Prop. 9 last year.

Rep. Ken King represents a very conservative panhandle district, where 82% of his primary voters supported Prop. 9 last year.

Rep. John Kuempel represents a south-central Texas district including Seguin, where a whopping 88% of his voters supported Prop. 9 last year.

Rep. Stan Lambert represents Abilene and surrounding areas, where 84% of his voters supported Prop. 9 last year.

Rep. Andrew Murr represents a south-central district including Junction, where 86% of his voters supported Prop. 9 last year.

Rep. Four Price represents a panhandle district including part of Amarillo, and 84% of his conservative constituents supported Prop. 9 last year.

Rep. John Raney represents a central Texas district including College Station, where 81% of his voters supported Prop. 9 last year.

Rep. Glenn Rogers represents a rural district west of Ft. Worth, which he narrowly won last cycle, where 86% of his voters supported Prop. 9.

Rep. Hugh Shine represents a conservative district in Temple, where a whopping 89% of his voters supported Prop. 9 last year.

Rep. Reggie Smith represents a north Texas district including Sherman, where almost three-quarters, 73%, of his voters supported Prop. 9 last year.

Rep. Ed Thompson represents a district just south of Houston, where 86% of his voters supported Prop. 9 last year.

Rep. Gary Van Deaver is a former school superintendent who represents far northeast Texas including Texarkana, where 83% of his conservative voters supported Prop. 9 last year.

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