{"id":35365,"date":"2020-04-27T22:53:48","date_gmt":"2020-04-28T02:53:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nationalcenter.org\/?p=35365"},"modified":"2020-05-14T22:13:41","modified_gmt":"2020-05-15T02:13:41","slug":"is-texas-freedom-the-secret-ingredient-for-economic-recovery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationalcenter.org\/ncppr\/2020\/04\/27\/is-texas-freedom-the-secret-ingredient-for-economic-recovery\/","title":{"rendered":"Is Texas Freedom the Secret Ingredient for Economic Recovery?"},"content":{"rendered":"
When former Trump Administration official Sebastian Gorka asked Project 21<\/a><\/strong> Co-Chairman Horace Cooper<\/a><\/strong> for a \u201cteachable moment\u201d from the coronavirus shutdown, Horace noted:<\/p>\n One big takeaway is that our Constitution is intended, was created and designed, to endure and to cover all situations. There is not a COVID-19 exemption created \u2013 though some governors think so.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n And Horace, who spent the Easter holiday with his family in Texas, could explain the differences he experienced in how Texas Governor Greg Abbott has handled the shutdown in contrast to other, more heavy-handed governors.<\/p>\n On Gorka\u2019s \u201cAmerica First\u201d podcast on the Salem Radio Network, Horace noted<\/a><\/strong> the Texas shutdown order \u201cexplicitly excepted the exercise of constitutional rights\u201d:<\/p>\n So you haven\u2019t seen any of the restrictions on firearm usage. You haven\u2019t seen any restrictions on churches. Or even \u2013 what if people just wanted to exercise their right to protest? Under Governor Abbott\u2019s order, those things are just as essential as our Founders intended them to be.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n