Is Good Houston City Council Has Woman Majority, But The Republicans Should Renounce Authoritarianism

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​My Houston City Council District Councilmember, Abbie Kamin from District C, sent out the picture you see above of nine of the ten women on Houston City Council. Councilwoman Kamin sent the picture to note Women's History Month. 

Houston City Council has 16 members. It is good that a majority of Council are women. 

It's also so three of those women are Republicans, and to my knowledge have been silent about:

* Republican Governor Greg Abbott saying he'd shoot migrants if he didn't think he'd be prosecuted by the Biden Justice Department.

* Republican Party boss Donald Trump saying he intends to suspend civil liberties and launch mass round-ups and deportations of migrants.

The three Republicans are District H Mary Nan Huffman in the front row on the right, At-Large #3 Twila Carter in the center of the front row & District A Amy Peck sitting to the left of Councilwoman Carter.  Councilmember Kamin is between Ms. Huffman and Ms. Carter. 

This same silence is true of the three Republican men on Houston City Council. I've written it is a mistake to normalize At-large #1 Councilmember Julian Ramirez even if he seems rational at times.

The other two Republican men are At-Large #2 Willie Davis and District E Fred Flickinger.  

Our freedom is on the line. The Republican Party is extremist and authoritarian. People have an obligation to speak up. Houston City Councilmembers have the ability to influence the actions of police and have a platform in the media. They have power.

Bipartisanship is essential to a functioning democracy. But we have no obligation to work with people who would take our rights and our futures. 

Until the six Republicans on Houston City Council speak clearly for democracy, take them for the threats to the safety of our families and democracy that their allegiance to the Republican Party establishes them to be. 

It is really so much to ask people to acknowledge shooting migrants is wrong & that Donald Trump should not be President?   

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