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CurtEastPoint

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1. He seems... nice. I hope he does his surgeries while sober.

Reply to TexasTowelie (Original post)

Thu Feb 9, 2023, 09:26 AM

Feb 2023

Schwertner was named one of the "Worst Legislators" in Texas by Texas Monthly magazine in 2015 and 2017 calling him “mean-spirited and insecure” and citing an incident where he "silenced an abortion rights witness by slamming his gavel down so hard that it broke the glass tabletop of his desk."

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He seems... nice. I hope he does his surgeries while sober. CurtEastPoint Feb 2023 #1

You might want to bookmark this thread. TexasTowelie Feb 2023 #2

Senator Schwertner can afford a first-rate defense attorney. Paladin Feb 2023 #3