Hey guys, welcome to relatable happy Wednesday. I am super super excited for today's episode. I am interviewing none other than my dad.

We are going to talk Texas politics. He has been very involved in Texas politics for a long time. Used to be a state representative in Texas.

And we're going to talk about some of the drama that's happening with Texas state Democrats fleeing to DC because they are trying to advocate their responsibility and get the support.

And we're going to talk about what's actually in the voting integrity bill. What's in the federal voting bill, HR one, he's going to clarify a lot of things for us.

And then he is going to answer some of the questions that you guys sent me. He's going to answer questions about how we can involve in our communities, how we can involve in politics.

And then he should run for office how we make that decision. And then he's going to answer quite a few personal and parenting questions about growing up in his household, his in my mom's household and what they were like his parents and then what I was like as a child and some advice that he has for you guys raising kids to be Christians who stand up for the values that you believe in.

And I'm super super excited for you to hear this interview without further ado. Here is my dad.

Dad, welcome to relatable. Thank you for finally joining us. I've been trying to get you on for so long. You've been putting me off putting me off. Put me off but you're finally here. So thank you.

You know, honored to be here no matter when it is. I'm glad to be here. You I think you've got a pretty good start on your own. You didn't need me to help you get going. Yes. And that is actually a joke for people who don't know he we have been talking about him coming on my podcast for a while.

A lot of you guys have been asking for him to come on my podcast for a while. And it is it is me that finally finally made it happen. So I'm very grateful that you're here.

We're going to talk politics first and then we're going to kind of get into personal and parenting and things like that. So I know I know you've been involved in Texas politics for a while.

Obviously used to be a Texas legislator. Tell me what you think in general about what's going on with the Texas Democrats fleeing to DC to basically avoid their responsibilities.

Just so people know this isn't the first time Texas Democrats have done this they did this in 2003 in the famous trip to Ardmore Oklahoma for the house and then to New Mexico for the Senate.

And they are doing making the same mistakes that they did in 2003. You know, people say history doesn't repeat itself, but actually it does. And what they've done is they they have broken

quorum. You have to have two thirds of the Texas House to be able to conduct business. And that's a hundred members. There's 150 total.

Two thirds would be a hundred members and 50 I think 57 58 Democrats got on two charter jets with no mask cases of beer all around and flew to DC to claim that they were trying to help out voters.

When it actually what they're doing by not voting on this deal will be suppressing votes in the future of this bill doesn't pass.

But they are acting like this is some big, you know, like civil rights move. I saw some tweet by a legislator saying that they're sacrificing so much because they're leaving their family.

They're leaving their constituents and they're going to DC. But it really just seems like more of a political stunt that's not really going to accomplish anything.

Is it going to accomplish anything? Oh, no, it may help them raise money for their campaign, you know, from the George Soros is of the world and people like that.

But it's not at the end of the day it will not accomplish anything because the way that special sessions work in Texas is that the governor is the only one that can call a special legislative session.

And they last up to 30 days, depending on how long it takes them to get the bills passed. And the governor's already on record.

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