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Texas Republican Brian Harrison urges Abbott to limit incoming governor’s powers

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Texas state Rep. Brian Harrison, a Republican, called on Gov. Greg Abbott on Wednesday to curb the powers of Democrat Gina Hinojosa before she is sworn in next year. He said about ten weeks remain before the change. According to Raw Story, Harrison wrote in a post on X that Abbott should convene a special session to curb emergency powers, which he called almost certainly unconstitutional, and urged passage of a bill he filed in 2022. Harrison said Republicans still hold total power in Texas and have ten weeks to act.

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  1. Brian Harrison, a Republican state representative, called on Gov. Greg Abbott to curb the powers of Gov.-elect Gina Hinojosa, a Democrat, before she is sworn in next year.

    Reported byFar Left1Center2See the outletsHide the outlets
    Far Left
    Raw Story
    Center
    The Hill, NewsNation

  2. Harrison said about ten weeks remain before Hinojosa takes office.

    Reported byFar Left1Center1See the outletsHide the outlets
    Far Left
    Raw Story
    Center
    The Hill

  3. Harrison urged Abbott to convene a special session and urged passage of HB911, a bill he filed in 2022 that would limit gubernatorial emergency powers.

    One outletRaw Story· Far Left

  4. Harrison wrote that Texas emergency powers laws are almost certainly unconstitutional and could let a governor modify or ignore laws, including criminal laws, on a whim.

    One outletRaw Story· Far Left

How each side tells it

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All three outlets report that Republican state Rep. Brian Harrison urged Gov. Greg Abbott to curb incoming Democratic Gov. Gina Hinojosa’s powers before she is sworn in. The center outlets describe the call neutrally, while the far-left Raw Story headlines it a lame-duck power grab.

  • the left

    1 outlet

    The Far Left headline quotes Harrison’s “We still have power!” and calls the move an emergency lame-duck power grab, putting the outlet’s judgement in the headline itself.

    'We still have power!' GOP lawmaker demands emergency lame-duck Delegitimizing label“power grab”Calling the proposal a power grab asserts an improper motive as fact, while the article only reports a call to curb emergency powers.More neutral: move to limit the governor’s emergency powersDisagree with this highlight?
    Raw StoryFar LeftAll left-leaning headlines

  • the center

    2 outlets

    Center headlines present the call neutrally as a Texas GOP or lawmaker push to limit Hinojosa’s power, with the Republican lawmaker named as the one acting.

    Texas GOP pushes to limit Hinojosa’s power before she takeover
    NewsNationCenterAll center headlines

  • the right

    No coverage yet

    No right-leaning outlet that Mantle follows has covered this story yet. That absence is part of the picture.

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    power grab

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  • Right

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In the outlets’ own words

  • Delegitimizing label

    power grabMore neutral: move to limit the governor’s emergency powers

    Calling the proposal a power grab asserts an improper motive as fact, while the article only reports a call to curb emergency powers.

    'We still have power!' GOP lawmaker demands emergency lame-duck power grab

    Used byRaw Story (Far Left)

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From the left

1 outlet

Leads with

  • Harrison’s claim of total power in Texas
  • Emergency powers he calls unconstitutional
  • Risk of Hinojosa inheriting dictatorial powers
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From the center

2 outlets

Leads with

  • Harrison’s call to curb the incoming governor’s power
  • Ten weeks before Hinojosa is sworn in
  • Abbott as the official who could act
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Who reported it when

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  • Left

    First to report

    Raw Story, Nov 4, 2:55 PM EST

  • Center

    3 hr 27 min later

    Its first report, Nov 4, 6:23 PM EST

  • Right

    No report yet

    From the outlets Mantle follows

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  1. Raw StoryFar LeftNov 4, 2:55 PM EST
  2. NewsNationCenterNov 4, 6:23 PM EST
  3. The HillCenterNov 4, 7:53 PM EST

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