Hello Fort Worth and welcome to another episode of the Fort Worth Freedom Review.

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 My name is Anthony Sosa and today we have Amber O’Dell, Thomas Moore and  Christie Beamer here to discuss the local response to the attempted insurrection at the U.S. Capital this past Wednesday-on January 6th 2021. I will start us off discussing Senators Cruz and Cornyn’s response as well as the  TX US House Republican response. Thomas will delve into the US House Democrats response. Christie brings it closer to home with the mayor and City Council responses and Amber will discuss the State House/ Senate and Governor’s office response. 

All of the resources used for this episode will be provided below in the show notes. 

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147 Republican lawmakers still objected to the election results after the Capitol attack: https://www.vox.com/2021/1/6/22218058/republicans-objections-election-results 

Texas politicians united in pleading for calm as Trump supporters stormed the U.S. Capitol: https://www.texastribune.org/2021/01/06/texas-trump-capitol/ 

Texas closes its Capitol building following chaos in Washington, D.C. https://www.texastribune.org/2021/01/06/texas-state-capitol-building/ 

Julián and Joaquin Castro call on Ted Cruz to resign after he objected to Joe Biden's victory just before pro-Trump rioters breached Congress https://www.texastribune.org/2021/01/06/ted-cruz-trump-capitol/ 

After riot at the U.S. Capitol, Ted Cruz gets fierce blowback for his role in sowing doubts about Joe Biden’s victory https://www.texastribune.org/2021/01/07/ted-cruz-riot-capitol/ 

Some Texas Republicans decried Capitol insurrection — but didn’t connect the violence to their own rhetoric https://www.texastribune.org/2021/01/06/capitol-storm-texas-republicans-congress/ 

Democratic, Republican politicians from Fort Worth area denounce riots at US Capitol https://www.star-telegram.com/news/politics-government/article248318540.html 

Analysis: Trump’s rage ignites mob assault on democracy https://www.star-telegram.com/article248334530.html 

George W. Bush speaks out, rips 'reckless behavior of some political leaders' after Capitol mayhem https://www.foxnews.com/politics/george-w-bush-rips-reckless-behavior-political-leaders-capitol 

Umberto Eco Ur-Fasicm  

https://www.nybooks.com/articles/1995/06/22/ur-fascism/ 

https://interglacial.com/pub/text/Umberto_Eco_-_Eternal_Fascism.html  

Ted Cruz defends effort to secure pandemic relief for oil and gas companies, including one run by major donors

https://www.dallasnews.com/news/politics/2020/12/28/ted-cruz-defends-effort-to-secure-pandemic-relief-for-oil-and-gas-companies-including-one-run-by-major-donors/