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Kelly Hancock: “The governor specifically drew up his proclamation in a way…”

Featuring: Kelly Hancock, Republican | State Senator, Texas, District 9

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Texas Values Report October 22 2021 State Senator Kelly Hancock.

Published | Video Starts at 03:20

And one way to make sure that never happens again is to make it permanent, if you will, in our Constitution that government shouldn't be shutting churches down. Absolutely, Jonathan. It's so important. And we know that The governor specifically drew up his proclamation in a way that allowed churches to continue [operating during the pandemic]. But then we had some local officials try to preempt that, and they actually tried to go too far and shut down religious worship. And so it's not just about gathering together. (03:20–03:28)

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Asserts that the governor's proclamation allowed churches to remain open during the pandemic.

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