Call To Action Zoom Tomorrow

Senator Brandon Creighton

We announced last week that our legislative Call to Action Zooms were going to be moving to weekly, so I hope you have updated your calendar and plan to join us tomorrow! We have a fabulous line-up of Representatives and Senators to give you unprecedented access to Texas Capitol news. This Friday, March 10th, our headline speaker is going to be Sen. Brandon Creighton, the Chairman of the Texas Senate Education Committee. Sen. Creighton has been a leader on education reform for years. He is a recognized expert and we are incredibly fortunate to hear from him. Education has been a priority for many of us, so this is really an amazing opportunity.

We'll also be getting legislative reports from Sen. Bryan Hughes, Rep. Jacey Jetton and Rep. Stephanie Klick. No where else can you hear from so many insiders! I look forward to joining everyone tomorrow!

Call To Action

88th Texas Legislature Zoom Series

Friday, March 10th

7:00 a.m. CST

Election Integrity Network

National Working Groups (NWG)

Zoom Trainings

NWG is comprised of individuals, grassroots advocates and organizational representatives from around the country, focused on specific topics to ensure greater transparency and accuracy in our elections. NWG calls include guest presentations by national and state subject matter experts, an exchange of research and collateral materials, and interactive participation of attendees.

Below are the different topics, dates, and links for trainings. These trainings are not hosted by the RNC, but feel free to share all information with others.

Citizens Research Project

The Citizen’s Research Project focuses on investigating third-party influences in our elections, educating grassroots advocates on the power these organizations hold, and how to identify them in local election offices.

Frequency: Tuesdays at 6 PM EST.

Moderator: Ned Jones, Deputy Director, EIN.

Legislative

The Legislative Working Group is a resource for individuals to identify election integrity laws and statutes with both a negative or positive impact on election procedures in their states in order to advance pro-election integrity provisions.

Frequency: Wednesdays at 2 PM EST.

Moderator: Kathy Harms, Tennessee Election Integrity Coalition

Voter Rolls

The Voter Rolls group is working to ensure voter registration lists are consistently and accurately updated in accordance with state and federal law to prevent ballot exploitation and an opportunity for fraud. It also addresses privacy protections of voter rolls.

Frequency: Wednesdays at 4 PM EST.

Moderator: Cleta Mitchell, EIN Founder

Vote-By-Mail & USPS

This working group’s objective is to shed light on vulnerabilities in the vote-by-mail system, the absentee ballot voter verification process, and to address the significant deficiencies in the USPS system where potential fraud mishandling of ballots can occur.

Frequency: 1st & 3rd Tuesdays at 4 PM EST.

Moderator: Ned Jones, EIN Deputy Director

Vulnerable Voters

This working group addresses all classifications of vulnerable voters including seniors, military, homeless, non-military UOCAVA voters, voters with disabilities and college students. Topics cover statutory and procedural issues as well as training for community interaction with these groups.

Frequency: 2nd & 4th Tuesdays at 4 PM EST.

Moderator: Kerri Toloczko, EIN National Networks Director

Stop Ranked Choice Voting

“Rigged” Choice Voting is an emerging threat to the integrity of our local, state and federal elections and diminishes the political voices of American voters. This working group focuses on educating individuals on the specifics of this dangerous election procedure change and how to effectively message against it.

Frequency: 1st & 3rd Thursdays at 4 PM EST.

Moderators: Melody Clarke, EIN Deputy Director and Kerri Toloczko, EIN National Networks Director

Voting Technology & Election Systems

This working group examines the mechanics of all technology (including machines) involved in our elections to better understand vulnerabilities and develop solutions that can be replicated in each state.

Frequency: 2nd & 4th Thursdays at 4 PM EST.

Moderator: Jim Womack, North Carolina Election Integrity Team

Introduction to Election Integrity Coalitions & Infrastructure

This introductory “newbie” class educates new coalition members and leaders on the Election Integrity Network and infrastructure. It includes an introduction to Election Integrity Network, defines election integrity terms, and instructs on creating, managing and growing a local or state coalition and interacting with external stakeholders.

Frequency: 2nd & 4th Thursdays at 4 PM EST.

Moderator: Kerri Toloczko, EIN National Networks Director

*The full RNC Pundit Prep will be posted on my website.

For more information, please click here.

Women's History Month

“As the longest serving female Chair of either major national political parties, I am proud to celebrate and honor the remarkable women who have made indelible contributions to our Party and country. The Republican Party celebrates women this month and every month, and I look forward to electing even more Republican women up and down the ballot for cycles to come.” - RNC Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel

What you need to know:

• Under Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel’s leadership, Republican women made history this past midterm election, resulting in a new record for the number of Republican women serving in Congress.
• Katie Britt became the first woman elected to the U.S. Senate from Alabama and the youngest woman in the Senate.
• Lori Chavez-DeRemer became Oregon’s first Republican Latina to be elected to Congress.
• Anna Paulina Luna became Florida’s first Mexican American woman elected to Congress.
• Monica De La Cruz is the first Republican and first Latina elected to represent Texas’ 15 th Congressional district in the district’s 120-year history.
• Not only did Republican women make history in Congress, but they made history in state and local races across the United States.
• Sarah Huckabee Sanders was elected the first female Governor of Arkansas and Leslie Rutledge was elected the first female Lieutenant Governor of Arkansas.
• Iowa elected a Republican Attorney General, Brenna Bird, for the first time in over 40 years.
• Soo Hong is the first Asian American Republican woman elected to the Georgia State legislature.
• The Republican Party has a long history of championing women serving in elected office.
• Women and families have suffered the economic impacts of the failing Biden economy.
• Families have lost over $9,300 paying for the increased cost of living thanks to Bidenflation. 
• Luckily, Republicans are stepping up to combat Biden's reckless economic policies. 
• This week, House Republicans passed the REIN IN Inflation Act.
• While Democrat-led COVID lockdowns have disproportionately impacted women, Republicans are leading the “pro-parent, pro-family revolution” that has empowered parents and students and kept our classrooms open.
• This week Republicans re-introduced the Parents' Bill Of Rights Act to uphold their Commitment to America and protect students and families. 

The bottom line:

Republicans have and will continue to champion women and polices that will support them. The RNC looks forward to electing even more Republican women up and down the ballot for cycles to come.    

Every State Is A Border State

Thanks to Biden's Border Crisis, illicit drugs are flowing into our country at an alarming rate, making ever state a border state. 

What you need to know:

• This week, Rebecca Kiessling – a mother who lost her sons to fentanyl – told her heartbreaking story to the House Homeland Security Committee.
• Yesterday Biden laughed about it.
• This is no laughing matter as illicit drugs are flowing into the country at an alarming rate, with only 5 to 10% being intercepted as border officials struggle to contain the smuggling.
• 1,413 pounds of deadly fentanyl and 9,839 pounds of methamphetamine were seized at the southern border in January alone, with much more getting through.
• The amount of fentanyl seized in January is the equivalent of more than 320 million lethal doses. 
• Deadly rainbow fentanyl, which is designed by cartels to target children and teens, has been increasingly caught crossing the border and is now in at least 26 states.
• Agents have also recently seen a rise in "speckled" or tie-dye fentanyl.
• Six out of every 10 tablets analyzed by the DEA contains a lethal dose of fentanyl.
• Fentanyl is now the leading cause of death for Americans age 18 to 45, with the number killed by the drug up 94% since 2019.
• Of the record 107,000 fatal drug overdoses in 2021, two-thirds involved fentanyl; on average, one person in the U.S. now dies from a fentanyl overdose every seven minutes.
• According to Biden’s DEA Administrator Anne Milgram, cartels are “killing Americans with fentanyl at catastrophic and record rates like we have never seen before.”

The bottom line:

The Biden administration is hurting Americans daily by allowing the border to remain unsecure. He needs to get a handle on this crisis and support the border agents who are trying to fix his mess. 

What We Are Reading

• Washington Examiner, Rep. Richard Hudson: As Democrats Move Further To The Left, Republicans Are Trying To Bring Common Sense Back To Washington

• Fox News, Rep. Mike Collins: My Family Has Run Our Trucking Company For 30 Years. Buttigieg Is A Transportation Disaster And Must Resign



• Fox News, Rep. Steve Scalise & Rep. Randy Feenstra: This Is What Democrats' Soft-On-Crime Insanity Does To American Families

Thank you for allowing me to continue to serve you as your Texas Representative to the RNC! As always, feel free to reach out to me with any questions you might have at tad@toniannedashiell.com, or follow me on Facebook or Twitter at the links below. Thank you for being a strong Texas Republican, and together, let us work to Keep Texas RED!