And there were even more! Local elections matter!

6.) Pflugerville school district elected anti-censorship candidates won all three contested races. In Plano, all candidates opposed to book bans won their races, establishing a clear anti-book banning majority.

5.) In Keller ISD, all three open board seats went to trustees who defeated candidates aligned with incumbent book ban supporters, which flipped control of the Board

4. Three Mansfield ISD board members were voted out by parents and citizens after supporting and voting for sweeping book bans targeting LGBTQIA+ themes and “gender fluidity." The Mansfield, TX voters delivered these board members their FAFO moment.

3.) Tammy Nakamura got the boot in Grapevine-Colleyville after voting for restrictions on books, classroom discussions, and LGBTQIA+ students themselves. She also voted for policies addressing pronoun use and the teaching of race and gender topics. Enjoy retirement, Tammy.

2. Katy voters removed Board prez Victor Perez, who instituted book bans and transgender "notification" policies in which teachers had to report to parents if a student was transgender. Removed 100s of LGBTQIA+ books. And is now out of a job.

1.) Fort Bend voters removed Rick Garcia, who voted for one of the state's most restrictive book policies, along w/Cheryl Buford, acolyte of the board member who built the policy and supporter of book bans.

imagine getting a message as clarion clear and ear-splittingly loud as the one they received last Tuesday, and then doing this.

hahahahahahahahaha

[breathes]

hahahahahahahahahaha

[breathes]

hahahahahahahahahahaha

Silver lining is that if there are any holdout Dem voters who wanted to give establishment politicians a chance, they've now viewed the greatest advertisement for a transformation of the Democratic Party.

if @shaheen.senate.gov accepts promises from the GOP, she isn't fit for her job.

Guaranteed by whom? @shaheen.senate.gov is misrepresenting this. There is absolutely nothing binding the GOP to hold this vote. This is a betrayal to all the Americans whose lives have been substantially impacted by the shutdown but who still urged you to fight for them. Retire.

I'm tired of being pitched "branding." We elected these individuals to zealously represent us. We showed last week that we are enraged. We need to purge the Democrat ranks of people like @kaine.senate.gov and @hassan.senate.gov.

"Shame on you?" This speech is utterly disqualifying. A coward who couldn't meet the moment.

If you're a US Senator and you believe anything your GOP colleagues tell you, then you are too gullible to represent the interests of Americans

can you bet on a certainty?

an unmistakable message was sent last Tuesday: we are enraged. they are sending an unmistakable message to us: they aren't.

honestly, legacy leadership in the party probably think the election results form last week give them enough social capital to survive this.

they're wrong.

Cui bono? What have you gained, personally, in this act of cowardice? Because the American people have gained nothing and the Republicans have given nothing.

There will never be a vote, and you know it.