The Texan Podcast - Daily Rundown - December 13, 2024

Starting point is 00:00:00 Howdy folks, today is Friday, December 13th, and you're listening to the Texans Daily Rundown. I'm the Texans Assistant Editor Rob Lausches, and here is the rundown of today's news in Texas politics. First up, Chairman Dustin Burroughs spoke with the Texans Senior Reporter Brad Johnson on Friday about his candidacy for Texas House Speaker, a chaotic weekend in the race, and his policy hopes for the 89th legislative session in 2025. Last weekend, Burroughs declared he had the votes to be Speaker next year, while State Representative David Cook won the Republican caucus nomination after a walkout by Burroughs and his allies. Since then, it's been a wildly

Starting point is 00:00:46 vacillating contest. Visit the Texan.news for a transcription of the interview. Next, Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick said in a conversation with Fox News host Laura Ingram that Texas will begin to make plans to purchase materials for the southern border wall and give them to President-elect Donald Trump. Patrick said, quote, I got a billion dollars in my pocket to do it. I will go in and buy it all. Patrick concluded by calling President Joe Biden a traitor who is attempting to sabotage the upcoming Trump administration. Quote, it is disgraceful, it is disgusting, and he will go down as the worst, most despicable president in the history of this country because no one has done more to damage and hurt American citizens.

Starting point is 00:01:30 Patrick's commentary on how border wall materials are being put up for sale comes after reporting from the Daily Wire, who gained exclusive video of a U.S. Customs and Border Patrol agent removing border wall sections and loading them onto trucks. The Biden administration has been selling border wall materials as far back as August 2023. Patrick later said that he has spoken with Governor Greg Abbott about purchasing the auctioned-off border wall material, and the Texas Facilities Commission indicated that, quote, the material for sale was mostly junk, with most panels covered in concrete and rust. Patrick said that if there are any panels that make economic sense up for sale, then he will buy them and give them to Trump. In other news, Texas is suing New York-based

Starting point is 00:02:15 Dr. Margaret Daly Carpenter for allegedly providing abortion-inducing drugs to Texas women through a telehealth platform, in violation of both the state's abortion and medicine laws, following life-threatening complications experienced by one of her patients. Carpenter, a practicing physician in New Paltz, New York, is the co-medical director and founder of the Abortion Coalition for Telemedicine, or ACT, which per its website is, quote, focused on working directly with clinicians to launch shielded practices so more patients can legally receive interstate telemedicine abortion care. The lawsuit alleges that Carpenter provided two abortion-inducing drugs or prescriptions

Starting point is 00:02:57 to a 20-year-old pregnant resident of Collin County, who experienced severe bleeding and had to be taken to the hospital. Carpenter is licensed to practice medicine in New York, but not in Texas, as noted in the lawsuit. Last but not least, President-elect Donald Trump has weighed in on a controversial issue he hopes to tackle in his second administration. He wrote on his Truth Social platform on Friday, quote, The Republican Party will use its best efforts to eliminate daylight saving time, which has a small but strong constituency, but shouldn't. Daylight saving time is inconvenient and very costly to our nation. Thanks for listening. To support The Texan, please be

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The Texan Podcast - Daily Rundown - December 13, 2024

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