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The Trump effect: Are Texas Democrats now following Tea Party blueprint?
FORT WORTH -- Jill Fox admits it: she tuned out of politics for a while.
Barack Obama was in the White House and she agreed with much of what the Democrat did while he was there. But that all changed when Republican Donald Trump won the race to replace Obama as president.
Fox — who was stunned that Hillary Clinton didn’t win — said she felt an immediate need to do something.
She started attending local meetings for Democrats, volunteering with groups such as Planned Parenthood and getting involved with the Texas Legal Access Fund. And she joined in last month’s Women’s March.
Read more here: http://www.star-telegram.com/news/politics-government/state-politics/article133488939.html
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