Texas Scorecard by Brandon Waltens August 29, 2019
“I did not sign onto the original August 23rd letter requesting an in-person meeting to elect the new vice chairman, but I fully expected their request to be granted.â€After State Rep. Stephanie Klick (R–Fort Worth) denied members a meeting of the Texas House Republican Caucus, which she chairs, State Rep. Tony Tinderholt (R–Arlington) is asking her to reconsider the decision.
On Friday of last week, 30 members of the Texas House Republican Caucus wrote a letter calling for a meeting to fill a vacancy in the caucus leadership. State Rep. Dustin Burrows (R–Lubbock) was recently forced to resign his position as caucus chair in light of his role in an ongoing scandal, in which House Speaker Dennis Bonnen made a quid pro quo offer of media credentials to Empower Texans CEO Michael Quinn Sullivan in exchange for political targeting of certain Republican members.
Klick, who formerly served as the vice chair, took over after Burrows’ departure, leaving her former post vacated.
However, despite the large group of Republican lawmakers demanding an in-person meeting to conduct the election, Klick denied the request in a letter to members on Monday, instead stating that the election would be held electronically.
Additionally, Klick cited that the party’s current bylaws do not require a meeting to be held within seven days of receiving a letter, it is only required that the meeting is scheduled. Thus, she “scheduled†the meeting of members for October 18, when the caucus is scheduled to hold their annual retreat.
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