The Brief: Top Texas News for Nov. 29, 2012
The Big Conversation:
He hasn't even taken office yet, but one of Ted Cruz's first moves as Texas' senator-elect is already delighting conservatives.
Cruz announced on Wednesday that he had selected Chip Roy, who helped Gov. Rick Perry write his 2010 book Fed Up!, as his chief of staff.
Roy, an attorney, worked for U.S. Sen. John Cornyn before Perry tapped him in 2011 to serve as head of the State-Federal Relations Office. During his confirmation hearing for the position, as The Dallas Morning News notes, Roy said he would defend "liberty, state sovereignty and an end ...
Comments (3)
gypsy314 ne
I voted for Cruz and I hope he does not bend to democrats crying. I hope he gives Texans a heads up when the chaos happens for Texans to prepare Government coming to disarm Americans. We all know civil war is bound to happen if Obama has his way.
Michelle James
Oh please, gypsy314ne, your posts are always so ridiculous (and grammatically incorrect). There will not be a civil war. President Obama does not want to take your right to bear arms away. I do not believe that citizens need assault weapons, though. Please accept that we're in the 21st century. Slavery is gone, women can vote, and everyone deserves equal rights and the right to marry whomever they choose. Now play nice, please, and quit trying to be so devisive.
Samdavis
We're coming for your guns first gypsy. Next is forcing you into a gay marriage so you have to have an abortion. Those black helicopters you see circling your rented mobile home are from the UN.