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TexasTowelie

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Tue Jan 26, 2021, 01:08 AM Jan 2021

Rep. Roger Williams, a TCU trustee, faces faculty vote over objection to Biden's win

FORT WORTH -- The TCU Faculty Senate will consider a resolution calling for the removal of Rep. Roger Williams from the university’s Board of Trustees after he voted against the certification of President Joe Biden’s Electoral College votes.

Williams objected to certifying the electoral votes of Arizona and Pennsylvania, and that undermines TCU’s mission “to educate individuals to think and act as ethical leaders and responsible citizens in the global community,” according to the Faculty Senate resolution.

The Senate will discuss and vote on the resolution on Feb. 4. If passed, the Senate will call for the Board of Trustees to remove Williams for “conduct which causes notorious or public scandal or would tend to bring public disrespect, contempt or ridicule to the University.”

Only the board has the power to remove one of its members.

Williams, a Republican, told the Star-Telegram he has no plans to step down. He said he was surprised to see members of the TCU community call for his removal from the TCU board, on which he has served since 2002. His congressional district stretches from southern Tarrant County to Austin.

Read more: https://www.star-telegram.com/article248743955.html

I'm surprised that someone can remain on the Board of Trustees, even at a private university, for nearly two decades. It's time for TCU to change the guard.

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Rep. Roger Williams, a TCU trustee, faces faculty vote over objection to Biden's win (Original Post) TexasTowelie Jan 2021 OP
He needs to go but they will just replace him with another MAGAt just like him. flying_wahini Jan 2021 #1
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