Texas Democratic Party's Bold Clean Energy Plan Reflects Texan Values

A New Era: Texans Back Clean Energy Over Fossil Fuels.

https://www.lonestarleft.com/p/texas-democratic-partys-bold-clean



I’ve followed author and journalist Chris Tomlinson for some time. His book, Forget the Alamo: The Rise and Fall of an American Myth, is a must-read for all Texans. Today, Tomlinson published a column in the Houston Chron titled, “Texans will remember 2024 Democratic convention for drag artist, greater spending, less fossil fuels.”

He got many things wrong in his daily column, like nowhere did Texas Democrats call for greater spending. Tomlinson equated the Democrats’ position on teacher pay raises to higher spending and taxes, which would only be true if we kept the Republicans’ funding mechanisms in place. On the contrary, we know that Republican school funding mechanisms lead to higher property taxes and underfunded schools, so when Democrats finally take control, they will fund it adequately in a way that will lower property taxes.

Not to get into the weeds too much over Tomlinson’s column, but his assertion in his column, then later in a video on Twitter, was that the Texas Democrats’ positions would frighten away the moderate and independent voter. While I’m not going to refute every point Tomlinson made, I want to bring attention to his talking points about “less fossil fuels.”

For the record, I still like Chris Tomlinson. He’s still a great reporter, but his take on the Texas Democratic Party platform was off-base.

An estimated 72% of Texas adults think global warming is happening.