Yvonne Laymance

I’m not special, but my children and grandchildren are! I love to travel, but work most of the time.

[Brian Harrison @brianeharrison]

🚨 I call on Gov. Abbott to IMMEDIATELY convene a special session to REIN IN EXECUTIVE EMERGENCY POWERS… before Gina Hinojosa is sworn in!

Republicans lost last night, but Democrats were not sworn in.

We still have total power in Texas, and we must act like it by using the remaining ten weeks to restore separation of powers and limit the emergency powers that Governor-Elect Hinojosa is set to inherit, which would allow her to destroy liberty in Texas by executive fiat.

I’ve warned since I was first elected that NO governor, Republican or Democrat, should have unchecked emergency powers!

Now that Texas has elected a Democrat Governor, the urgency is undeniable… and inaction is intolerable.

Without action, Governor Hinojosa will inherit the powers of a DICTATOR.

Due to the absurd (and almost certainly unconstitutional) Texas emergency powers laws, Gov. Hinojosa will literally have the power to modify laws, ignore laws, or create and enforce laws – including criminal laws – on a whim!

Today is a day for ACTION, and bold leadership.

The Texas Legislature must immediately pass, and Governor Abbott must sign, legislation like HB911, which I filed in 2022 and warned at the time, that “Never ending emergency powers are antithetical to representative government and render people powerless. Legislative bodies allowing a single executive branch official to both write and enforce laws is the biggest threat to our constitutional system of divided government and should be opposed irrespective of which political party runs the executive branch.”

My legislation would protect liberty from executive fiat by, among other things, taking the following actions:

1. Prohibit the Governor from suspending or modifying statutes

2. Sunset emergency orders in 30 days if the legislature does not ratify the order

3. Prohibit the governor from reissuing emergency orders that expired or the legislature rejected

4. Require emergency orders to be narrowly tailored

5. Subject emergency orders to expedited judicial review

We have TEN WEEKS LEFT to protect Texas from near total Democrat rule.

I encourage every elected Republican in Texas to join my demand for Gov. Abbott to call a special session.

The future of liberty in America is literally on the line in Texas, and Texans deserve leadership that acts accordingly.

@GregAbbott_TX

[Eric Daugherty @EricLDaugh]

🚨 BREAKING: Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis sounds the alarm that the Republican Party loses national viability if Texas truly falls to the Democrats

"If you go over the whole generation, no one holds a candle on the Republican side to the Lone Star State. And yet, not only did they lose a very highly publicized U.S. Senate race, they lost everything. The Governor, Attorney General, all the other statewide."

"They lost four Republican Supreme Court justices on the Texas Supreme Court. They may even lose the Texas legislature or one house or even both. Let's just be clear!"

"That is going to hurt. Not just for the next two years. That's something that can reverberate for the next decade or more."

"And if the Republican Party doesn't have Texas as an anchor, then we are not going to be viable nationally going forward."

Genuinely terrifying to imagine. We need to re-take Texas, or America is lost!

[JD Vance @JDVance]

One of the things the data analysts on our side obsessed over was "composition"—whether the electorate looked close enough to 2024 for Republicans to win. And despite polls that showed a Democrat blowout, the data kept on telling us the same story: in some states turnout was merely OK, in other states it was downright amazing, and in no state was it catastrophic. There was a genuine sense of optimism on our team: our people were showing up.

So, I asked the smartest data guy I know, does that mean we're going to shock the world? "No," he told me. "We might do better than the polls suggest. But the data is telling us that a lot of Trump/Vance 2024 voters are pissed and planning to vote for the other guys. Our voters are turning out, but they may not vote for us."

Well, that looks prophetic now. Our voters did show up. In Florida, for example, the electorate was 9 points more Republican than Democrat, just a couple points worse than 2024. Undoubtedly there were places we could have done better on turnout. But the main problem is not turnout. The main problem is that many people who voted for Trump/Vance in 2024 voted for Democrats in 2026.

There will be a lot of infighting and arguing over what happened and why that is. One of the pollsters I really respect told me that our economic messaging wasn’t sharp enough down the stretch. I’m sure that’s true.

But the real reason we lost is obvious to almost everyone.

Another pollster—one of the smartest people I know in politics, told me yesterday we’d lose the generic ballot by 13 points. I felt negative going into Tuesday, but even I was shocked by this. In his polling, he saw that a lot of Trump 2024 voters were angry and planning to vote for Democrats. He asked those voters who had abandoned us what would cause them to come back on our team. The top four answers, accounting for nearly all of the responses were:

1) End the war
2) Focus on cost of living/inflation
3) Put America First
4) Change our relationship to Israel

Our voters showed up. And the above four reasons are why many of them voted for Democrats. This is according to a pollster who nailed the results. While many spent Monday attacking Rachel Campos Duffy for calling for a diplomatic resolution to the conflict, it turns out her political advice was sound. (She’s also a great person.)

In the next few months, there's going to be a lot of gaslighting. Expect to hear any number of establishment politicians say the solution to our woes is amnesty. I'm open to the idea that we should change enforcement—by focusing more on businesses that hire illegal labor, for instance. But anyone pushing amnesty is lying to you.

The reason we lost is the war. The president himself said so last night.

If you'd like to argue it was worth it, that losing the Senate for the next 6 years was worth it, then do so. Argue it was a worthwhile cost to pay. Agree or disagree, that's at least honest.

But everyone knows why we lost. And any honest conversation about where we go from here must start there.

I remain hopeful about our country. To the people who are pissed off and want to say, “I told you so”: you’re right, you did tell us so. Take that energy into electing Republicans who share your worldview. To the people who are just pissed at the results, you should be. Let’s take that anger and get back to the work of saving our country.

[Yvonne Laymance @YLaymance]

@bofrench I hope you are right.

[Yvonne Laymance @YLaymance]

@LrdMalev @ValentinaForUSA @GregAbbott_TX Mine went up

[Yvonne Laymance @YLaymance]

@DianaMarrone7 @viking_boer Oh my democrat sister doesn’t care about state taxes because she has no income!!!! She doesn’t care that it hurts me and my income.

[Yvonne Laymance @YLaymance]

@ElectionWiz But look what areas they are reporting. As far as I can tell it’s mostly the cities.

[Yvonne Laymance @YLaymance]

@BehizyTweets I noticed blue cities are getting reported first in other parts of the state.

[Lara Logan @laralogan]

If you are told there is a power outage, ask exactly where. Then call the power company to confirm. If you are told the scanner is lit working, ask for the serial number of the machine/s. In other words, be specific and detailed. Do not take no for an answer.

[CONSTITUTION X 🇺🇸 @ConstitustionX]

🚨 11TH HOUR CON JOB EXPOSED 🚨
James Talarico just got caught red-handed on Election Day.
After $573+ MILLION in ads in the most expensive Senate race in American history, this far-left extremist suddenly claims he wants to “work with Donald Trump” and “fulfill some of the promise of his political project.”
This is a complete TALLARICO CON.
He spent the entire campaign attacking Trump, the MAGA movement, and Texas values. Now, hours before the polls close, he’s desperately trying to sound like MAGA-lite because his internal numbers are tanking.
Texans see right through it.
He does NOT want to work with Trump.
He wants your vote. Then he’ll go right back to the same radical agenda he’s pushed for years.
Vote PAXTON.
Don’t let the con job win.

[Gunther Eagleman™ @GuntherEagleman]

🚨 TEXAS TURNOUT: Republican strategist Vinni says Democrats are turning out in Texas at HISTORIC numbers today.

His read is that James Talarico needs every Democrat in the state plus a few Republicans to win.

That's why the guy who ran left for months is suddenly talking bipartisanship on Election Day.

Texas Republicans, the polls are open until 7. 

Don't let Talarico steal a seat with your vote sitting at home.

Vote PAXTON.

[Attorney General Ken Paxton @KenPaxtonTX]

Please take note:

[DataRepublican (small r) @DataRepublican]

Made it to the finals! Please take a moment and cast your vote!

[James O'Keefe @JamesOKeefeIII]

CAST YOUR VOTE: There are seven finalists for Citizen Journalist of Year. The award will be given in person at Mar a Lago Gala November 12th.

The Judges are @nickshirleyy, @SharylAttkisson, David DeRosiers of @RCPolitics, and the @OKeefeMedia team.

The Nominees are:
- @MrAndyNgo
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[ThePersistence @ScottPresler]

Just received this from a voter in Michigan:

📍Wayne County, MI

[Texas GOP @TexasGOP]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
November 3, 2026
AUSTIN, TX – We have received reports that multiple counties have reported voters being sent away after checking in due to equipment malfunctions. The Texas Secretary of State has been notified, and the RPT and RNC are actively reviewing the situation.
Chairwoman D’rinda Randall issued the following statement:
"We want every Texas voter to know their rights and ensure that every legally cast ballot is properly secured and counted.
If you experience an issue, do not leave the polling location until you have personally deposited your ballot into the scanner or designated emergency ballot bin. Do not surrender your ballot to an election worker. Remain at the polling location and request assistance from the presiding election judge.
Every voter deserves confidence that their ballot is protected and properly handled.

[Gunther Eagleman™ @GuntherEagleman]

BREAKING: Voters in Fulton County, Georgia are reportedly getting fake text messages claiming their polling place changed. County officials say those texts did not come from them.

Someone is trying to keep people from voting.

Georgia, check your county's official site only.

[Bo French @bofrench]

Tarrant County, check the wait-time map before you leave work. Some vote centers have waits of two hours while others nearby are under 30 minutes. You can vote at any vote center in the county. Pick the short line. Just vote. https://t.co/QDI0Tih14A

[Steve 🇺🇸 @SteveLovesAmmo]

This is who pulled the fire alarms TWICE in Austin today.

Internet, you know what to do.

[RNC Election Integrity @RNCVoteProtect]

🚨 TEXAS VOTERS: ONCE YOU CHECK IN, DO NOT LEAVE UNTIL YOU HAVE CAST YOUR BALLOT.

The RNC identified reports in multiple counties of voters checking in, encountering issues when trying to vote, and then being told to come back later. This is NOT CORRECT.

We immediately escalated this to the Secretary of State, who is reinforcing the proper procedures with counties.

CHECKED IN? STAY UNTIL YOUR VOTE IS CAST. Report concerns ⬇️