Here are some of the week’s most notable quotes culled from news reports from across Texas, and beyond.
State Republican Executive Committee member Fred Henneke, speaking against a resolution to hold a statewide non-binding vote on Texas secession.
I’m not sending my grandson out with a 12-gauge shotgun to take on the 82nd Airborne.
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South Carolina Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham, responding to Donald Trump’s statement calling for the U.S. to ban all Muslims from entering the country.
You know how you make America great again? Tell Donald Trump to go to hell.
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Sen. Ted Cruz’s response to Donald Trump’s proposal to ban all Muslims from entering the country.
I disagree with that proposal. I like Donald Trump. A lot of our friends here have encouraged me to criticize and attack Donald Trump. I’m not interested in doing so.
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Messiah College history professor John Fea, arguing that politicians can’t support religious freedom and also call for the closing of mosques.
It is time to stop the hypocrisy.
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A plaintiff in a lawsuit challenging Texas’ latest attempt to eliminate Planned Parenthood from the Medicaid program.
With two small children at home, if I can’t see a doctor quickly, I may not be able to see one at all.
