Redistricting Fight: Texas State Rep. Briscoe Cain Joins the Show

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🗓️ 7 August 2025

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The Rich Zeoli Show- Hour 4: 6:05pm- State Rep. Briscoe Cain—Texas House of Representative from the 128th District & Chairman of the Texas Freedom Caucus—joins The Rich Zeoli Show to discuss Texas House Democrats fleeing the state to avoid voting on redistricting. Rep. Cain has filed HB 257 to vacate the seat of any legislator who skips seven straight legislative days without an excused absence. He explains: “If you abandon your job, you don’t deserve the title.” 6:20pm- During a recent interview, Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard was asked about UFOs. Has she seen anything proving the existence of aliens??? 6:40pm- REPLAY: Russell Vought—Director of the Office of Management & Budget—joins The Rich Zeoli Show to discuss “200 Days of Winning” with the Trump Administration. What are the Trump Administration’s most underappreciated accomplishments so far? Director Vought explains: securing the U.S. Southern border & preventing entrenched bureaucrats from slowing President Donald Trump’s agenda.

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0:00.0	The Rich Zioly Show podcast is sponsored by Mike Vaneria Jr. with Osparity Private Wealth.
0:05.4	Hi, I'm Mike Vaneria Jr., wealth management specialists. Make your retirement dreams a reality by creating your retirement plan today.
0:11.7	Call me at 856-252-0107.
0:15.8	It's a pleasure to welcome the show. Representative Briscoe Kane, a member of the Texas House of Representatives,
0:22.1	the 128th District, and chairman of the Texas Freedom Caucus.
0:28.6	Briscoe Kane on X at Briscoe Kaine.
0:31.7	Thanks so much for joining us here, Mr. Chairman.
0:34.6	I appreciate you making time to call in.
0:38.3	Let's go, man.
0:39.8	So tell me, you dropped the bill.
0:41.8	You said these Democrats, you don't show up for work after seven days vacate their seats.
0:46.6	They're out.
0:47.0	They're done.
0:48.5	Yeah, that's the idea.
0:49.8	In fact, the piece of legislation is about more than just quorum breaking.
0:53.0	It means literally, if you have seven unexcrued, I have an employer, I think they're safe to assume that you're no
0:59.7	longer interested in employment or that you've abandoned your job. And that's exactly what we're
1:04.1	trying to do right now as well, with what the governor's doing, and our attorney general are doing
1:07.7	as well, and their suits to the Texas Supreme Court, seeking some of these seats to be declared vacant.
1:13.2	The problem is taxes, like three other states, there's four of us, that have a two business.
1:18.1	We have 150 members of the House, so we need 100.
1:20.3	We've got 88 Republicans.
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