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The Michael Berry Show

AM SHOW HR 1 | The Texas Republicans Are Weak

The Michael Berry Show

KTRH

News, Politics, Society & Culture

4.72.3K Ratings

🗓️ 22 May 2023

⏱️ 36 minutes

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because of the ability to whip the public into a fervor behind the agenda that they had But let's focus on the state house for a moment of these 150 state representatives across the vast expanse of the state of Texas about let's speak roughly here about 100 or Republican and 50 or Democrat

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which is why Republican, date, feeling is the speaker of the house. Now with that in mind, you would think that we could get anything past we wanted to and that's true.

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We can get anything past date, feeling once past and that also means that we can't get anything past that date, feeling past because the reps are not going to hold him accountable.

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Ramon, would you go to clip was not a number on it came this is Friday night in the house of representatives and this is the speaker of the house raising the question for many observers across the country, is he having a stroke? No.

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He's not having a stroke. He's drunk and anyone who watches the state legislature or who talks to people who are there every night will tell you that he's this drunk every night. This one just happened to be captured on the live stream.

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There's a fellow named burrows who's his number two and I asked, well, how did burrows let him go out in front of the microphone and lift the gavel so drunk he can't say his own name and there is speculation that, well, I don't know that.

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But let's just say there do not appear to be cooler and wiser heads in the room. This was your speaker of the house in the state of Texas a few nights ago as the legislature races to a finish and big issues remain to be solved.

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The speaker, I'll move adoption. Mr. Campbell, send them a member to settle the author is the objection to the opposite amendment and the chair has been adopted.

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The chair recognizes Mr. Johnson of Harris. Mr. Johnson of Harris to speak in opposition to the bill.

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The chair recognizes Mr. Johnson of Harris to speak in opposition to the bill.

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The video is ten times more damning and you know what?

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I'd care a whole lot less if Dave feeling was doing what we want done in the state government.

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You see our state legislature meets in a biennial legislative session every two years.

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They meet during the odd numbered years in the spring for 150 days.

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And during that 150 days there is much pomp and circumstance.

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And there is talk for the folk back home of what they're going to do.

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