Peaceful protest is central to free speech; violence is never acceptable, and I forcefully condemn it. However, Donald Trump’s deployment of active duty service members within our country’s borders – without a request from that state’s governor - is unprecedented and alarming.
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Veronica Escobar
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Veronica Escobar
U.S. RepresentativeDemocratTexas District 16
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And since proclaiming on Saturday that ‘there will be troops everywhere,’ he’s making it clear he won’t stop with Los Angeles.
Five months into his administration, Donald Trump is working to create a police state in the United States of America. Donald Trump’s escalation of tensions through the deployment of our military against Americans in Los Angeles should terrify everyone.
I'm grateful the State of Texas invested so much time and energy to find that 0.0003% of ballots cast in the 2024 election are *potential* non-citizens.
Republicans lie and purposely mislead Americans, regardless of facts or receipts.
www.texastribune.org/2025/06/05/t...
Let's also not forget how many of the “pro-law-and-order” Republicans were silent when Trump pardoned violent Confederate-flag-waving insurrectionists who stormed the U.S. Capitol and assaulted law enforcement officers.
"The scene... turned violent AFTER federal immigration authorities used flash-bang grenades and pepper spray on people protesting…"
Seems to be a convenient fact many of my Republican colleagues are leaving out in their statements of support for "law and order."
Our country was founded on the Constitution - which happens to care enough about freedom of religion that it’s in the very first amendment.
Not only is this racist, it dishonors the “founding document" you referenced.
The facade of going after "hardened criminals" falls through after just a little research.
Trump and Stephen Miller aren't going after gangs, they're raiding birthday parties.
www.texastribune.org/2025/06/04/t...
From patting each other on the back and chanting "USA USA USA!" at 7 in the morning after passing their budget, to pathetic admissions they didn't read their bill.
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/03/u...
“[The analysis] shows that the House-passed legislation would lead to nearly 11 million people going uninsured, with more than 7.8 million of those individuals getting kicked off of Medicaid and millions more losing coverage through the ACA marketplace."
www.politico.com/news/2025/06...
This isn’t immigration enforcement. These are police-state tactics that target people who did it “the right way,” not “criminals” or “gang members.”
This is fascism and has nothing to do with law-and-order.
elpasomatters.org/2025/06/03/i...
Republicans were so eager to cut your healthcare and give billionaires the biggest tax cut in American history that they didn't even fully read the devastating budget bill they passed in the middle of the night.
America, these are the people in charge.
Russell Vought had no shame or second thoughts about lying to the American people about this bill.
It's because they know it's unpopular and they're hoping Americans are not informed.
Don't let them win.
The Center for American Progress identified nearly 200 rural hospitals that were kept open by Medicaid funding.
If the Republican budget bill is signed into law, they could all close down.
www.americanprogress.org/article/medi...
Don't just take my word for it.
Even Republicans like Senator Josh Hawley have acknowledged all of this already.
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/12/o...
It WILL hurt Americans who rely on Medicaid for healthcare.
It WILL hurt Americans who work at hospitals that shut down.
It WILL hurt Americans in rural communities that'll no longer have access to healthcare.
Which brings us to his final point: 5. "No one will lose coverage."
When your whole argument is that the cuts are only to prevent "fraud, waste, and abuse" and "kick undocumented migrants off Medicaid," but the data doesn't support it, who will it hurt?
4. "There's undocumented immigrants on Medicaid."
This could be its own thread, but for now, let's be clear: undocumented immigrants are already not allowed to be on Medicaid.
www.kff.org/racial-equit...
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552 total votes
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| Date | Bill | Question | Position | Party Maj | Align? | Result |
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| 2025-01-03 | — | Election of the Speaker | NOT_VOTING | — | — | Johnson (LA) |
| 2025-01-03 | — | Call by States | PRESENT | — | — | Passed |
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