Texas Democrats are making it clear that President Trump, after stoking and inciting an insurrection at the U.S. Capitol, will face consequences. Yesterday, several Texas Democrats announced they were supportive of removing President Trump from office either through...
Politics
back to archiveAOC calls on Ted Cruz to resign — or face expulsion
New York Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez joined Texas Democrats this morning in calling for Sen. Ted Cruz to resign for his role in helping inspire a pro-Trump attack on the nation’s Capitol on Wednesday. “Sen. Cruz, you must accept responsibility for how...
Several Texas Democrats call for the removal of President Trump
In the aftermath of rioters breaching the Capitol, incited by the rhetoric of President Trump, several Texas Democrats are joining a chorus of calls for Vice President Pence and the U.S. Cabinet to invoke the 25th Amendment against the President. All the Democrats on...
Musings: Requiem for Patriotism
What were they thinking? Like many of you, I settled into a chair yesterday afternoon knowing that I was about to watch something that is ordinarily perfunctory and ceremonial perverted into political theater aimed at the lowest common denominator, but nothing could...
Democrats are taking over the US Senate. What the Georgia runoffs mean for Washington and Texas.
As a group of Republican elected officials work to execute their seditious strategy to steal the 2020 election when a joint session of Congress meets today to vote on certifying the electoral college vote, Republicans in Washington woke up with a difficult taste in...
Sheila Jackson Lee calls on Trump to rein in Proud Boys
Police and the National Guard in Washington D.C. are bracing for violence as pro-Trump and far-right protesters around the U.S. to gather in the nation’s capital to protest President-elect Joe Biden’s victory. In a series of tweets Monday, Rep. Sheila Jackson...
A number of Texas Republicans will object to congressional electoral certification
The congressional electoral certification of the presidential results is normally a staid proceeding, the last formality before the president-elect is officially inaugurated. This year, however, the event will be far more dramatic as a number of Texas Republicans have...
Paxton heads to Washington to back Trump — and escape problems at home
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton recently announced that he will be traveling to Washington D.C. next week to join a march with Trump supporters disputing the results of the presidential election. In a Sunday tweet, Paxton called on “all patriots” to join him...
Musings: Welcome to ‘21
Welcome to Musings, a new weekly Monday morning opinion column from Texas Signal that will ponder life’s big questions, or at least strive to make sense of the latest in Texas and national politics. The views expressed below belong to the author. Well, dear readers,...