![]() ![]() I will continue to fight for Louisville in Washington for another 15 months, and then, I will retire from Congress. It's been an incredible journey since my first campaign in 2006 until now. John Yarmuth (D-KY), who chairs the House Budget Committee, announced yesterday that he won’t be running for reelection. Kentucky’s Only Democrat In Congress Announces Retirement “I promised Texans I would get rid of that website and I kept that promise,” he said. ![]() Huffines gleefully took credit for the website’s removal.Lo and behold, the agency’s entire Texas Youth Connection website (not just the page for LGBTQ+ youth) got taken down.The communications director then emailed the agency’s web and creative services director telling him that “we may need to take that page down, or somehow revise content.”.Records obtained by the Houston Chronicle show that the agency’s media relations director emailed the agency’s communications director less than 15 minutes after Huffines posted the tweet, warning him that the video “is starting to blow up on Twitter.”.Huffines accused the agency (and Abbott?) of “promoting transgender sexual policies to Texas youth.” That apparently had agency staffers scrambling to reassure the public that no, the Texas government does not look out for young transgender people.Greg Abbott’s (R) primary challengers, stirred up outrage over it on Twitter in August. The Texas Department of Family and Protective Services took down its web page that provided a suicide hotline and other resources for LGBTQ+ youth after Don Huffines, one of Texas Gov. Texas Cuts LGBTQ+ Youth Suicide Hotline Under Political Pressure ![]()
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