Texas Senate Democratic Caucus Sends Letter-It's A Start

The Texas Senate Democratic Caucus wrote a letter to the U.S. Justice Department about the violent and anti-democratic actions of Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton. It does a good job detailing Paxton's wrong conduct. Here is the letter. 

Here is a Texas Tribune article on the letter.

From the article-

"A group of Democratic state lawmakers on Friday asked the U.S. Justice Department to investigate potential violations of federal law and civil and voting rights related to Texas state leaders’ recent voter roll purge, raids of Latinos’ homes in connection to alleged election fraud, probing of voter registration organizations and ongoing scrutiny of groups that work with migrants....“Collectively, these actions have a disproportionate impact on Latinos and other communities of color, which is sowing fear and will suppress voting,” twelve Texas senators wrote in the letter. “We urge the DOJ to investigate Texas … and to take all necessary action to protect the fundamental rights of all Texans and ensure all citizens’ freedom to vote is unencumbered.”

It is fine the letter was sent. They've got to do something. But it's also so that many of these Senators have been in public office for many years & have won office in a succession of low-turnout elections. How can more of the same produce different results?       

Last year Democratic State Rep. John Bryant of Dallas talked about the need for a more aggressive approach by Democrats in the Texas Legislature.  It would be great to see Democrats in the Texas House and Senate actively campaigning against Republicans, working to increase turnout even if not in a difficult race themselves and in general acting with urgency as we face an authoritarian threat in Texas and the nation.

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