Texas lawmakers' phone lines jammed with complaints about Trump

WASHINGTON — When Christin Davis, an acting instructor in Austin, decided to contact her senators for the first time, she was excited and nervous. She wrote out a script for her message, opposing President Donald Trump's executive order banning Syrian refugees, on a note card so she wouldn't make any mistakes.

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Trump's foray into cost negotiations with the F-35 fighter jet program has left many residents in the Fort Worth portion of Rep. Marc Veasey's district on edge, as the planes are produced at a nearby Lockheed Martin assembly plant. That, along with Trump's federal hiring freeze, has elevated politics to the center of conversation in the Democrat's district.

"Anywhere I go in Dallas-Fort Worth when I'm back home, politics is absolutely the topic as soon as you walk into the room," Veasey said. "You'd think the Cowboys didn't have a 13-3 season because so many people are interested in what's going on here."