1 00:00:00,080 --> 00:00:02,480 Well, around it around, here we go again and again. 2 00:00:02,480 --> 00:00:05,440 Texas lawmakers returned to the state capitol this morning to 3 00:00:05,440 --> 00:00:07,120 talk school choice. 4 00:00:07,120 --> 00:00:09,440 A House Committee has passed a bill that will send 5 00:00:09,440 --> 00:00:11,920 taxpayer money to school voucher programs. 6 00:00:11,920 --> 00:00:14,320 Governor Greg Abbott says he expects the House to pass 7 00:00:14,320 --> 00:00:16,320 the bill, but No, the House will not pass that 8 00:00:16,320 --> 00:00:16,640 bill. 9 00:00:16,640 --> 00:00:18,320 We've been down Litstward before. 10 00:00:18,320 --> 00:00:20,160 We've been down this sort of the regular session where 11 00:00:20,160 --> 00:00:20,880 it got struck down. 12 00:00:20,880 --> 00:00:22,640 We've been down this road with a special session where 13 00:00:22,640 --> 00:00:23,600 it's got struck down. 14 00:00:23,600 --> 00:00:25,200 Now we're doing this again. 15 00:00:25,200 --> 00:00:27,280 No, this is not going to pass. 16 00:00:27,280 --> 00:00:30,400 If no compromise is reached on school choice, he says 17 00:00:30,400 --> 00:00:33,920 he will call lawmakers back to Austin for what would 18 00:00:33,920 --> 00:00:36,320 be a fifth special session. 19 00:00:36,320 --> 00:00:37,440 Oh, this is just desperate. 20 00:00:37,440 --> 00:00:38,960 You know, you can try this over and over again, 21 00:00:38,960 --> 00:00:40,160 but it's never gonna pass. 22 00:00:40,160 --> 00:00:41,920 Look, this is the type of thing where he's starting 23 00:00:41,920 --> 00:00:44,240 to annoy his own party because none of these guys 24 00:00:44,240 --> 00:00:45,680 in Austin want to be there right now. 25 00:00:45,680 --> 00:00:47,600 They want to be campaigning for their primaries that are 26 00:00:47,680 --> 00:00:48,320 about to come up. 27 00:00:48,320 --> 00:00:50,400 So Governor Abbott's is gonna keep doing this over and 28 00:00:50,400 --> 00:00:52,000 over again, and I think I know what his next 29 00:00:52,000 --> 00:00:52,720 move is gonna be. 30 00:00:52,720 --> 00:00:55,600 He's gonna say that, oh look, I Greg Abbott have 31 00:00:55,600 --> 00:00:58,960 tried so hard because I have put forward multiple special 32 00:00:58,960 --> 00:01:00,640 sessions for this, and it has failed. 33 00:01:00,640 --> 00:01:01,840 He's gonna blame the Democrats. 34 00:01:01,840 --> 00:01:04,960 Now, mind you, remember that the state house is dominated 35 00:01:04,960 --> 00:01:08,080 by Republicans, the state senate is dominated by Republicans. 36 00:01:08,080 --> 00:01:09,040 There's no way. 37 00:01:09,040 --> 00:01:11,120 There's no way you can claim that this is the 38 00:01:11,120 --> 00:01:12,400 fault of the Democrats. 39 00:01:12,400 --> 00:01:15,120 This is a fault of both Democrats and rural Republicans 40 00:01:15,200 --> 00:01:19,360 because because rural Republicans understand that school choice will hurt 41 00:01:19,360 --> 00:01:20,480 them the most. 42 00:01:20,480 --> 00:01:22,960 But it's not gonna stop Abbott from continuing to do 43 00:01:22,960 --> 00:01:23,280 this. 44 00:01:23,280 --> 00:01:25,440 Just remember this whole thing is a facade. 45 00:01:25,440 --> 00:01:27,120 So no his next move is gonna be to blame 46 00:01:27,120 --> 00:01:29,760 the Democrats for this when really they are the ones 47 00:01:29,760 --> 00:01:30,480 in control. 48 00:01:30,480 --> 00:01:33,680 And this idea of the voucher program is just bad. 49 00:01:33,680 --> 00:01:35,680 It's just it's just a bad idea.