This week, the Republican controlled state senate in Austin passed Senate Bill 7 which seeks to enhance election security and integrity.
The bill establishes a system that would track mail-in ballots and it would also allow poll watchers to record some activity.
The bill prompted American Airlines to go full virtue signaling mode by announcing they “are strongly opposed to this bill and others like it.”
Apparently the airlines now believes they are a leftist political action committee, adding “any legislation dealing with how elections are conducted must ensure ballot integrity and security while making it easier to vote, not harder.At American, we believe we should break down barriers to diversity, equity and inclusion in our society – not create them.”
Texas Lt. Governor Dan Patrick responded to Americans Airlines disinformation campaign, saying that a representative from the company called him and admitted that the CEO didn’t even read the bill.
Lt. Gov. Patrick said in a statement:
“As Lt. Governor of Texas, I am stunned that American Airlines would put out a statement saying ‘we are strongly opposed to this bill’ [SB 7] just minutes after their government relations representative called my office and admitted that neither he nor the American Airlines CEO had actually read the legislation.
We heard these same outcries claiming voter suppression in 2011 when Texas passed the photo voter ID bill. In fact, just the opposite occurred. Voter turnout in Texas soared from 7,993,851 in 2012 to 11,144,040 in 2020, a 39 percent increase. Gubernatorial election voter turnout has increased by 76 percent since photo voter ID was passed.
Texans are fed up with corporations that don’t share our values trying to dictate public policy. The majority of Texans support maintaining the integrity of our elections, which is why I made it a priority this legislative session.Senate Bill 7 includes comprehensive reforms that will ensure voting in Texas is consistent statewide and secure.
By the way, this is the same American Airlines that in 2017 led the fight to try to force us to allow boys to play girls sports in Texas and take away their scholarships. They are probably still fighting for that today and it is likely they have not read Senate Bill 29 either.”
The czar is talking about Georgia's voter integrity law, but it also applies to Texas.