Texas GOP BANISHES China Land Grab (w/ Briscoe Cain) | TBNS 1068
Texas just drew a line in the dirt.
Not a press release. Not a "strongly worded" tweet. Legislation aimed at keeping China and foreign adversaries from buying American soil.
State Rep. Briscoe Cain sat down on The Brian Nichols Show and made the case like a guy who still remembers the refinery floor — because he came from it. No consultant perfume. No "pragmatism" that always somehow means surrender.
If you're tired of losing gracefully while adversaries buy the ranch, this episode is the blueprint.
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From Refinery Worker to State House
Briscoe didn't start as a brand.
Dad life with five boys. Campaign trail that doesn't pause for nap schedules. A path from working-class Texas to the House — and now a run aimed at the new Texas 9th District.
That biography matters because the land fight isn't abstract for people who actually live next to the dirt. When foreign adversarial capital shows up with a checkbook, "global market efficiency" is a think-tank lullaby. Locals hear something else: strategic footholds, price pressure, and a country too polite to say no.
Cain's posture: say no. Codify it. Enforce it.
The Pragmatism Trap
Here's where a lot of Republicans get soft.
"Be pragmatic." "Take half a loaf." "Don't make waves."
Briscoe flipped it. Pragmatism, as practiced by the establishment, is often just a sales word for managing decline. You don't defeat a socialist agenda by negotiating the
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