October 27, 2017      2:39 PM

TMF mulls House run, slams Freedom Caucus for proposal to change speaker election process

"It is also clear that he (Matt Schaefer) is missing a few pages of the Texas Constitution and I would be pleased to give him a tutorial," said Trey Martinez-Fischer

Former Representative from San Antonio and Democratic firebrand Trey Martinez-Fischer on Friday said he’s thinking about running once again for a Texas House seat. In doing so, he slammed members of the Freedom Caucus, specifically Rep. Matt Schaefer, R-Tyler, for proposing that the members of the House GOP Caucus select a candidate for speaker before the full body votes on the issue in 2019.

“I am convinced that Texans need an effective voice to counter extreme views and ill-conceived policies,” Martinez-Fischer said. “If Matt Schaefer and the Tea Party Caucus think they can elect a Speaker by changing the rules, it’s clear to me that Matt Schaefer doesn’t know the rules,” he said.

“It is also clear that he is missing a few pages of the Texas Constitution and I would be pleased to give him a tutorial,” said the longtime guru of Texas House rules.

“Electing a Speaker is a right not a rule,” Martinez-Fischer said. “Whenever extremists like Schaefer have messed with our citizen’s rights, they have found themselves, repeatedly, on the losing end of litigation in court.  I am happy to take the entire Freedom Caucus there, if they wish.”

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