Houston icon 'Mattress Mack' McIngvale delivered strong words about the deeply flawed midterm elections.
aimed at Harris County Attorney Christian Menefee's ongoing refusal to turn over public election records involving machine malfunction, ballot shortages, and delays in the tabulation.
McInvgvale was speaking in support of SB 1579, Senator Paul Bettencourt's legislation proposing strict new sanctions against government officials suppressing the release of public records. "They have stonewalled things over and over, obviously expecting people like myself to simply give up asking," said Ramsey of his own pursuit of Harris County election records.Despite a host of Election Day irregularities and an ongoing criminal investigation, Harris County commissioners have voted to certify the midterm results. FOX 26 political reporter Greg Groogan was at Tuesday's meeting, where we heard plenty of protests.
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