Texas State Representative Brian Harrison, a former Trump administration official, spearheaded a nine-month grassroots campaign that forced the resignation of Texas A&M University President Mark Welsh, a leftist Obama-era appointee accused of fostering DEI and transgender indoctrination on taxpayer dollars.
Harrison blasts Governor Greg Abbott and other Republican leaders as “gutless wimps” for superficial actions like expelling students while ignoring systemic rot in Texas universities, demanding a special legislative session to defund all woke programs, fire indoctrinators, and restore conservative values.
He credits MAGA patriots’ social media pressure for the victory, urging immediate action to prevent Texas from funding ideologies that led to tragedies like Charlie Kirk’s assassination, positioning the state as key to saving America from progressive cancer.
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TEXAS REP. BRIAN HARRISON (R): Public universities are using Texas tax dollars to push DEI and transgender curricula. Expelling one student won’t fix an entire system that trains minds. Audit the courses, cut the funding, and hold regents accountable.@brianeharrison pic.twitter.com/wBWiCNzoJU
— Bannon’s WarRoom (@Bannons_WarRoom) September 19, 2025
Harrison thanks the WarRoom posse for their calls and emails, crediting them directly for Welsh’s ouster. He directs viewers to his Twitter (@BrianEHarrison) for updates, emphasizing that grassroots amplification covers more than all Texas media combined. Bannon reinforces the message: “We need a special session. We need to defund it. Fire them all.”
Here is what happened:
In the Friday WarRoom interview, Steve Bannon hails Harrison as a hero for securing a “big scalp” in Texas, emphasizing how grassroots MAGA forces saved the Republic by targeting institutional corruption.
Harrison recounts starting the fight alone nine months ago, calling for Welsh’s firing when no other Republicans joined him. He describes Welsh as a “leftist progressive transgender indoctrinator” running a cherished institution like Texas A&M, his alma mater, into the ground with woke policies.
Despite advice from Austin insiders to handle it quietly through “proper channels,” Harrison went public via social media and media outlets, amplifying the issue until it went viral.
The turning point came after videos surfaced of students mocking Charlie Kirk, with one incident at Texas Tech drawing the attention of Abbott.
However, Harrison dismisses Abbott’s focus on expelling individual students as a distraction, arguing that it’s the professors, presidents, and boards that perpetuate the indoctrination that need to be targeted.
He reveals shocking details: every public university in Texas offers DEI and transgender programs, with some like Texas State providing full undergraduate minors in LGBT studies. Taxpayers, he says, are funding their own children’s brainwashing, weaponizing hard-earned money against family values.
Harrison ties this to broader national issues, noting his shock upon entering Texas politics to find Democrats—many masquerading as Republicans—running the show, making the state government the “biggest funder of DEI and woke leftist transgender indoctrination in America.” He criticizes Abbott, Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick, and legislative leaders for appointing progressives and blocking bills to defund these programs, calling for genuine Republican leadership that matches the 30 million Texans who vote conservative.
Bannon presses on the roots of transgender ideology resistance, linking it to Kirk’s assassination as an act of “trans violence.” Harrison explains that it’s embedded in taxpayer-funded education, which boils the blood of patriots who see their money subsidizing destructive ideas. He slams the “uniparty” establishment for decades of control, urging a “MAGA revolution” to oust these weak-kneed Rhinos.
For next steps, Harrison calls on the audience to demand that Abbott convene a special session to defund universities and agencies promoting indoctrination. He insists Abbott fire all remaining leftist chancellors and presidents immediately, now that their cover is blown. Legislative leaders must stop defeating anti-DEI bills and pass real reforms, not “fake bills” that authorize more indoctrination.
Harrison concludes that saving Texas means saving the country, with every viewer playing a role in preserving liberty for future generations. This segment underscores Bannon’s maximalist strategy: urgent, irreversible action to seize institutions from progressives.
Harrison’s victory exemplifies how lone warriors, backed by populist pressure, can dismantle embedded evil. Still, he warns it’s just the start—Texas must lead the anti-woke fight or risk subsidizing the very ideologies destroying Western civilization.
The interview highlights the hypocrisy of Republican leaders who talk tough on Fox News but fail to act without grassroots prodding, positioning Harrison as a model for nationwide purges of DEI in education.
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