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Charlotte Observer
DALLAS - Melissa Thrailkill witnessed Republicans in Texas win the messaging battle — and elections — for years by using immigration as a unifying issue for the party's base.
She said it's now time for Democrats to unify around a single issue that evokes strong emotion and turnout in midterm elections.
And in Texas that issue is voter ID.
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Thrailkill and fellow Democratic precinct chairwoman Rebecca Carter were on hand for a "coffee with your congressman" event with Fort Worth Democratic Rep. Marc Veasey on Friday morning in Dallas.
Rep. Brendan Boyle thinks all the Republicans who are telling him privately that the new White House is "absolutely crazy, and that [Donald] Trump doesn't know what he's doing" should be ashamed of themselves for not saying it publicly.
Rep. Marc Veasey says "there's high-profile Republicans that you talk to on the House floor, in committee, and if you even bring up the president's name, they just roll their eyes."
Ft Worth Star
As President Donald Trump continues to call for a national investigation into voter fraud, there's sharp disagreement in Texas on whether it's a widespread problem at all.
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Conversely, U.S. Rep. Marc Veasey, D-Fort Worth, called on Trump to ask the GOP to help restore the Voting Rights Act of 1965.
Ft Worth Star
Recent recognition of Tarrant County's national standing as a Republican stronghold offers an interesting opportunity for Democrats. Since local voters have demonstrated their...
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Ft Worth Star
Recent recognition of Tarrant County's national standing as a Republican stronghold offers an interesting opportunity for Democrats. Since local voters have demonstrated their...
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Ft Worth Star
Recent recognition of Tarrant County's national standing as a Republican stronghold offers an interesting opportunity for Democrats. Since local voters have demonstrated their...
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Ft Worth Star
Recent recognition of Tarrant County's national standing as a Republican stronghold offers an interesting opportunity for Democrats. Since local voters have demonstrated their...
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Washington, D.C. – Congressman Marc Veasey released the following statement after President Trump made baseless claims of voter fraud in the 2016 general election:
"When the President of the United States falsely claims that the elections are ‘rigged' and ‘voter fraud occurred by the millions' but then fails to be responsible and produce an ounce of evidence to prove his claims, he undermines the basic faith Americans have in our democratic system.
Washington, D.C. – Congressman Marc Veasey, TX-33, co-chair of the Congressional Voting Rights Caucus, introduced H.R. 6494, the Postage Free Ballot Act, that will make mail-in absentee ballots free of charge for voters nationwide. Three years after the Supreme Court tasked Congress to update the 1965 Voting Rights Act, Rep. Veasey remains committed to making voting as accessible as possible for the American public.
Washington, D.C. – Just weeks away from one of the most important general elections of our time, Congressman Marc Veasey introduced two pieces of legislation, a resolution Expressing the Support for the Passage of the Voting Rights Advancement Act of 2015 and the All Ballots Count Act of 2016, to preserve the right to vote and to dismantle barriers that prevent some Americans from participating in our nation’s democracy.