The Texas Tech University System has purchased a historic 1938 home in Lubbock formerly owned by Bart Reagor to serve as the official residence for Chancellor Brandon Creighton.
𝗥𝗘𝗧𝗜𝗥𝗘𝗗 𝗠𝗔𝗥𝗜𝗡𝗘 𝗝𝗢𝗘𝗬 𝗝𝗢𝗡𝗘𝗦 𝗦𝗔𝗜𝗗 𝗪𝗛𝗔𝗧 𝟴𝟬% 𝗢𝗙 𝗔𝗠𝗘𝗥𝗜𝗖𝗔 𝗜𝗦 𝗧𝗛𝗜𝗡𝗞𝗜𝗡𝗚.
Joey Jones lost both legs serving this country in Afghanistan. He earned the right to say exactly this:
"If you ain't got what it takes to go get the right documentation to show that you're a citizen, if voting doesn't matter any more to you than that — I don't give a damn if you ever vote again, because I don't care what you have to say."
𝗛𝗲 𝗱𝗶𝗱𝗻'𝘁 𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗶𝘀𝗵 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲.
"And if that's mean or elitist or whatever, I really don't care. And if you're a politician and those are the people you're advocating for, I really hope you lose too."
Then he invoked JFK — not as a talking point but as a genuine challenge: don't ask what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country. And his answer is the simplest ask in the history of American civic life.
Find your birth certificate. Go get a free ID. Vote.
𝗧𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗶𝘀 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗱𝗼 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗿𝘆.
Joey Jones gave both of his legs so that the people of this country could remain free. The men and women who serve alongside him gave years of their lives, some gave everything. And the single ask in return — prove you are who you say you are before you participate in the most fundamental act of self-governance in a free society — is being blocked in the Senate for the fifth time by politicians who claim they are protecting the vulnerable.
They are not protecting the vulnerable. They are protecting the fraud. And Joey Jones — who knows better than most what this country costs and what it's worth — just said so directly.
80% of Americans agree. 80% of Black Americans agree. 77% of Hispanic Americans agree. Even 65% of Democrats agree. The CBS News poll this week made that undeniable.
Chuck Schumer called it evil legislation. Democrats have blocked it five times. Blue states sued to stop the removal of illegal aliens from their voter rolls.
𝗔𝗻𝗱 𝗮 𝗺𝗮𝗻 𝘄𝗵𝗼 𝗹𝗲𝗳𝘁 𝗯𝗼𝘁𝗵 𝗹𝗲𝗴𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗔𝗳𝗴𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗻 𝗶𝘀 𝗮𝘀𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘁𝗼 𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗱 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗯𝗶𝗿𝘁𝗵 𝗰𝗲𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗳𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗲.
Pass the SAVE America Act.