The Texas GOP named border enforcement its top legislative priority and called on Texas to defy the federal government if necessary to protect Texans.
Texas Republicans announced its top eight priorities on June 7, following its May convention, which is held every two years to shape the party’s platform. Delegates approved a total of seven resolutions and 252 planks, which passed with an average vote of 95 percent, according to a Texas GOP news release.
Securing elections was ranked second behind the border. Stopping the sexualization of children rounded out the top three priorities.
Other priorities were: no Democratic chair appointments, banning taxpayer-funded lobbying, securing the electric grid, banning the sale of property to China, Iran, North Korea, Russia, and their proxies, and ending federal overreach such as mandatory kill switches in vehicles and medical freedom for Texans surrounding vaccines….