Is Trump's influence waning in Texas? Election audit bill ignored during special session

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Is Trump's influence waning in Texas? Election audit bill ignored during special session
Karen Townsend Oct 20, 2021 10:01 PM ET


The third special session of the Texas Legislature ended Tuesday night. A bill promoted by former President Trump was not added to the special session’s agenda by Governor Abbott and the Texas House of Representatives did not bring it up for a vote. The Texas Senate voted on it and passed the bill that allows party officials to request election audits of their county’s 2020 election results and set up a process for future audits. Is Trump’s influence in Texas, where he won in 2020 by six points, showing signs of waning?

Maybe. Texans don’t like to be told how to manage their business by outsiders, even a popular former president who is calling for a move that would cost millions of taxpayer dollars. Remember, after the 2020 election the secretary of state declared the election “smooth and secure.” Audits of the two largest Republican counties and two largest Democrat counties are underway. Last month Trump began pressing for an election audit in Texas. Hours later, the audits of those four counties were announced. At the time Trump was asking Governor Abbott to add an audit bill to the special session agenda (the governor sets the agenda.)

    The Secretary of State’s office announced late Thursday that “a full and comprehensive forensic audit” is underway in Dallas, Harris, Tarrant and Collin counties. Democrat Joe Biden won in three of the counties, while Trump carried Collin County. It is not clear what the review will cost or who is carrying it out.

    Earlier on Thursday, Trump requested that Gov. Greg Abbott add a 2020 election audit to the current special session agenda. Without offering any evidence, he wrote that “Texans know voting fraud occurred in some of their counties.”

    “Let’s get to the bottom of the 2020 Presidential Election Scam!” Trump wrote in an open letter to Abbott, who has yet to publicly respond.

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[skeeter]

if I'm reading this correctly it is the governor who decided not to add the audit provision to the bill. How does the writer go from that to ascribing it to Texans not liking to be told by outsiders what to do and their concern about the cost of election audits.

BTW the fact that Trump is pressing for more comprehensive audits in a state he won in a walk speaks to the objective being more secure elections nationwide.

[EdinVA]

If I understand, these special sessions are only for 30 days and I am sure with all the border crap going on the 30 day plate is already full.
Looks to me like just another backhanded attempt to sling mud at Trump