Texas Democratic Party: Moving Texas Forward

This afternoon, the Dallas County Court of Appeals ruled against the Texas Democratic Party in our petition to remove Brian Birdwell from the ballot due to ineligibility.  Texas Democratic Party spokeswoman Kirsten Gray issued the following statement:

“The Texas Democratic Party believes in following the law and maintains that Brian Birdwell is ineligible to serve. Rather than dealing with the overwhelming evidence making that point clear, the Court made an overtly political decision using technicalities and loopholes to avoid ruling that a Republican officeholder is ineligible.  Neither the Court nor the Republican Party of Texas argued in support of Birdwell’s eligibility, which remains in question.

“Today’s decision is about politics and not the law, and confirms that in Texas, cynical Republican politics controls every branch of government that has been corrupted by complete Republican control.”