The morning of the Texas House vote on school vouchers Wednesday included, among other last-minute maneuvering, a phone call from President Donald Trump.
“It’s one of the most important votes you’ve ever taken,” Trump told the House GOP caucus in a meeting that Governor Greg Abbott had called.
Standing around Abbott, House Republicans listened as Trump rambled on about Texans, freedom, families, and how he would return education policy back to the states. He then promised to back them if they voted for school vouchers: “I’ll be endorsing you. … Everybody that I endorsed, every single person that I endorsed in the state won.”
