Texas Standard For February 8, 2019
The confirmation of a Republican governor secretary of state nominee should be a slam dunk in the Republican led Texas Senate, right? Not this time. David Whitley is facing an uphill battle to be confirmed as secretary of state, after questioning the citizenship of almost 100 thousand Texas voters, we’ll hear the latest. And: Sen. John Cornyn is set for easy reelection in 2020. Wanna Bet-o? Cornyn himself not taking any chances after seeing what happened in 2018. All that and so much more today on the Texas Standard:
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Host David Brown interviews a guest in the studio.
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