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Related: About this forumLawmakers upset at being turned away at Governor’s Mansion
Lawmakers angrily lashed out Thursday at DPS chief Steve McCraw over security policy at the Governors Mansion after several were turned away when they tried to get into a reception with their legislative ID cards.
Is this not enough to get into the Governors Mansion? an irritated state Rep. Sylvester Turner, D-Houston, asked McCraw, director of the Texas Department of Public Safety, as he held up his DPS-issued badge. Its good enough for us to get into the Capitol.
Turner made the remarks at a House Appropriations Committee meeting on Thursday.
Turner, chairman of a Texas Black Legislative Caucus conference that visited the white-brick mansion on Monday, said he was stopped at the mansion gate and required to undergo a background check before he was allowed inside. Other black House members complained they were subjected to the same treatment.
Rep. Helen Giddings, D-Dallas, said she was offended and left. Turner said state Rep. Harold Dutton, D-Houston, also turned away.
State Rep. Dawnna Dukes, D-Austin, said she used her Texas legislative badge to get into the White House when she visited Washington. But at the mansion, the same badge was not good enough, she said.
More at http://www.statesman.com/news/news/lawmakers-upset-at-being-trurned-away-at-governors/nWdDB/ .
[font color=green]I forgot that we aren't at N*****head![/font]
DollarBillHines
(1,922 posts)I am trying to find a pattern, here.
What a juvenile fucking stunt.
Paladin
(28,264 posts)This will show up on one of DU's main threads, and the Texas-haters will have a field day......
hobbit709
(41,694 posts)Ash_F
(5,861 posts)"McCraw said he approved the policy, which requires criminal background checks on everyone himself included entering the mansion, except for Gov. Rick Perry and First Lady Anita Perry."
Oh really? Why didn't they just do a check on all congressmen beforehand and be done with it. Bet a lot of R's wouldn't be able to get in then.