FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Dec. 8, 2025
CONTACT: Nicole Hill, press@texasaft.org
Statement from Texas AFT President Zeph Capo on the announcement of a “partnership” between Gov. Greg Abbott, Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick, and Turning Point USA to launch chapters of the organization on every Texas high school campus:
“Do you know what I’d like to see on every high school campus in Texas? Water fountains without lead in them. Qualified, certified teachers in every classroom. Gun safety measures that would make sure our kids came home at the end of the day.
Instead, the governor and lieutenant governor are directing their resources and the entire state apparatus to put their fingers on the scale for one organization while fighting tooth and nail to keep others off campus. It’s beyond the pale.
If the leaders of this state spent half as much time solving problems as they do inventing new problems to be solved, Texas would be the best-run state in the union.”