Here’s a look back at the 2019 Texas Tribune Festival through the eyes of Tribune photographers.
The 2019 Texas Tribune Festival
During the 2019 Texas Tribune Festival in downtown Austin, 2020 presidential candidates, policymakers, media superstars, best-selling authors and everyday citizens in the trenches will join with thousands of Texans to discuss big-picture solutions to the most pressing policy issues facing our state and our nation. Here’s a look at the Tribune’s coverage of the three-day event.
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Watch Nancy Pelosi speak at The Texas Tribune Festival
Nancy Pelosi, the speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, talks about making Congress work, a presidency without precedent, the coming elections and her vision for a better America.
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Nancy Pelosi to President Donald Trump: “You’ve come into my wheelhouse now”
“Let us be prayerful. Let us be solemn. Let us try not to make it further divisive,” Pelosi said at The Texas Tribune Festival. “But we cannot ignore our oath of office to defend the Constitution of the United States from all enemies foreign and domestic.”
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Democratic and Republican congressional campaign leaders spar over 2020, impeachment
National Republican Congressional Committee Chair Tom Emmer called the Democrats socialists; Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee Chair Cheri Bustos read from the transcript of Donald Trump’s phone call with the Ukrainian president in a heated Texas Tribune Festival panel.
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Texas Tribune 2019 Festival highlights: Impeachment, 2020 and more
It’s the third and final day of the annual political extravaganza. Here are some of the high points of the event.
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Briscoe Cain says his “My AR is ready for you” tweet benefited him, Beto O’Rourke
“It was good for both of us,” Cain said. “I trended [on Twitter]. I increased my name ID. It is what I believe. I don’t regret it at all.”
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Ted Cruz took issue with Trump’s call with Ukraine’s president, but he expected it to be worse
The U.S. senator spoke at the 2019 Texas Tribune Festival in an interview with MSNBC anchor Chris Hayes.
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Beto O’Rourke calls for Donald Trump’s resignation
The Democratic presidential candidate spoke at TribFest about his assault weapon buyback proposal, his presidential prospects and the Democrats’ impeachment push.
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Travis County judge apologizes for saying Gov. Greg Abbott “hates trees because one fell on him”
Abbott has been paralyzed from the waist down since 1984, when a tree crashed down on him while he was jogging.
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Anthony Scaramucci says he’s not running for president, and that Nancy Pelosi is a patriot
The former White House communications director said President Donald Trump should “stand down” in the 2020 election.