| | '''Sylvester Turner''', the mayor of [[Houston]], [[Texas]], is a liberal Democrat mayor who wants to defund the Houston Police Department, just like other Democrat mayors.<ref>https://www.texastribune.org/2020/06/19/houston-police-sylvester-turner/</ref> He is strongly and unequivocally pro-abortion.<ref>https://www.chron.com/local/texas-politics/texas-legislature/article/Turner-big-city-mayors-want-House-to-block-11723354.php</ref> Sylvester Turner's wife, Cheryl Turner, is currently in prison, for stealing like $143,000.<ref>https://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/article/Ex-assistant-district-attorney-gets-prison-in-1858620.php</ref> His home has 17 floors, despite the high poverty in Houston.<ref>https://www.houstonchronicle.com/business/economy/article/newly-poor-neighborhoods-houston-analysis-poverty-15246552.php</ref> | | '''Sylvester Turner''', the mayor of [[Houston]], [[Texas]], is a liberal Democrat mayor who wants to defund the Houston Police Department, just like other Democrat mayors.<ref>https://www.texastribune.org/2020/06/19/houston-police-sylvester-turner/</ref> He is strongly and unequivocally pro-abortion.<ref>https://www.chron.com/local/texas-politics/texas-legislature/article/Turner-big-city-mayors-want-House-to-block-11723354.php</ref> Sylvester Turner's wife, Cheryl Turner, is currently in prison, for stealing like $143,000.<ref>https://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/article/Ex-assistant-district-attorney-gets-prison-in-1858620.php</ref> His home has 17 floors, despite the high poverty in Houston.<ref>https://www.houstonchronicle.com/business/economy/article/newly-poor-neighborhoods-houston-analysis-poverty-15246552.php</ref> |
| | + | When President Trump closed the Chinese consulate in Houston, Sylvester Turner defended China in a gingerly way, calling it "Houston's third-largest trading partner", and "China helped protect Houstonians during the COVID-19 pandemic"<ref>https://www.houstonpress.com/news/turner-talks-chinese-consulate-and-covid-19-in-city-update-11484464</ref>. |
| − | "Thank you, Sylvester Turner, Mayor of Houston, for denouncing the hostile anti-immigrant rhetoric of Donald J. Trump and his fascist campaign" | + | "Thank you, Sylvester Turner, Mayor of Houston, for denouncing the hostile anti-immigrant rhetoric of Donald J. Trump and his fascist campaign", |