"Thankfully and I say this as a Democrat. That we have a Republican governor and a Republican majority that has reigned that in"
"Every step where we defunded the police the state came back and passed a law that penalized cities that defunded their police"
Austin and Travis County had record breaking homicides two years in a row after defunding their police. The lifelong Dem voter in this documentary admits that the only thing that keeps Austin from becoming Portland, San Francisco, or Seattle is that Texas has a Republican state government.
Also because of HB17 (passed in 2023), Travis County Soros DA Jose Garza is facing a removal trial after a judge accepted the removal petition. The judge also appointed a Republican county attorney to prosecute the case against Garza.