| birth_place = Webster, Texas, U.S.| death_date = | death_place = Republican Party (United States)>RepublicanUniversity of Houston-Downtown (Bachelor of Arts>BA)South Texas College of Law (JD)| occupation = Lawyer| spouse = | children = 5| parents = | residence = Deer Park, Texas, U.S.| religion = weblink}}}}Briscoe Cain (born December 9, 1984)WEB,weblink Rep. Briscoe Cain, txdirectory.com, November 1, 2017, is an American attorney and Republican member of the Texas House of Representatives for District 128.

Early life and education

Briscoe grew up in Deer Park, Texas, a suburb of Houston located in Harris County. At Deer Park High School, he was on the varsity cheerleading squad.NEWS, Deer Park cheerleaders chosen, prepare for upcoming season,weblink 6 November 2020, Houston Chronicle, 27 May 2002, He earned a bachelor's degree from the University of Houston-Downtown and a J.D. from South Texas College of Law.WEB,weblink Meet Briscoe Cain, briscoecain.com, January 19, 2018,

Political career

In December 2015, Cain successfully defended the religious rights of Beaumont police officers when the city banned them from having Bible study during lunch breaks.NEWS, Scott, Brandon, City changes stance on BPD officers Bible study,weblink August 31, 2017, Beaumont Enterprise, December 19, 2015, In 2016, Cain obtained via a FOIA request invoices sent by a California bioscience company to four Texas medical schools. From these invoices he claimed the Texas schools were using tax dollars to purchase aborted fetal tissue, since Planned Parenthood was known to give fetuses to the California company. In a statement, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center El Paso said that it strictly followed federal and state guidelines.NEWS, Curtis, Genevieve, Local medical school accused of purchasing fetal tissue from abortions,weblink August 31, 2017, CBS 4 News, January 29, 2016, Cain is the Texas legal counsel to Operation Rescue.WEB, Pro Life heroes Indicted by Harris County Grand Jury,weblink January 26, 2016, Briscoe Cain for State Representative, December 28, 2017,

Electoral history

In the 2016 Republican runoff election, Cain defeated seven-term incumbent Wayne Smith by 23 votes. In the 2016 general election, Cain defeated Libertarian candidate Ken Lowder.NEWS,weblink Texas 128th District State House Results: Briscoe Cain Wins, December 13, 2016, The New York Times, January 12, 2017, NEWS,weblink District 128's new rep ready for duty, Hollis, Matt, January 8, 2017, January 12, 2017, The Baytown Sun, NEWS,weblink Challenger's Win Over Rep. Wayne Smith Stands After Recount, Svitek, Patrick, June 3, 2016, The Texas Tribune, January 12, 2017, Cain ran unopposed in the Republican primary election held on March 6, 2018. On July 5, 2017, Terry Sain of Baytown, Texas announced that he would be running against Cain in the 2018 Republican primary.NEWS,weblink Baytown council member to take on Cain, Matt, Hollis, July 6, 2017, December 13, 2017, The Baytown Sun, Baytown City Councilman Terry Sain launched his campaign Wednesday for the Texas House District 128 seat held by Briscoe Cain. Sain is a 20-year resident of Baytown but has lived in the area since 1975., However, just before the December 11, 2017, deadline to file for a place on the primary ballot, Sain announced that he was no longer going to challenge Cain. Citing the difficulties of running a campaign as a reason he dropped out of the race, Sain told The Baytown Sun that running in the campaign "wasn't quite as easy of a road as I thought it was going to be."NEWS,weblink Former Baytown councilman drops state House bid, Matt, Hollis, December 12, 2017, December 13, 2017, The Baytown Sun, But on Monday, Sain explained that running in the campaign "wasn't quite as easy of a road as I thought it was going to be.", In the November 6, 2018, general election Cain ran unopposed.NEWS,weblink See the results of the Texas 2018 midterm election here, November 6, 2018, The Texas Tribune, December 1, 2018, On November 18, 2019, Robert Hoskins of Baytown, Texas announced he would be running against Cain in the 2020 Republican primary.NEWS, Fleming, Mark, Councilman launches state House bid,weblink 14 February 2020, The Baytown Sun, 19 November 2019, On Monday, Republican Robert Hoskins announced his candidacy for State Representative District 128, the seat currently held by Briscoe Cain., Hoskins, considered a moderate Republican, is a member of the Baytown City Council and a former member of the Goose Creek Consolidated Independent School District board of trustees.NEWS, Scherer, Jasper, Cain backed by GOP House colleagues while challenger wins support of local officials,weblink 14 February 2020, Houston Chronicle, 12 February 2020, Councilman Robert Hoskins, who is running as a moderate alternative to the incumbent lawmaker with the backing of nearly every mayor in the east Harris County district, NEWS, Scherer, Jasper, Cain backed by GOP House colleagues while challenger wins support of local officials,weblink 14 February 2020, Houston Chronicle, 12 February 2020, The race between Cain and Hoskins was considered to be one of the more high-profile primary contests during the 2020 Texas Republican primary.NEWS, Pollock, Cassandra, Two Texas House Republicans facing fierce competition in their bids for reelection,weblink 9 March 2020, Channel 2 KPRC-TV, 3 March 2020, Other House incumbents, of course, also faced legitimate primary challenges â€” and in two of the more high-profile contests, Republican members â€” Jared Patterson of Frisco and Briscoe Cain of Deer Park â€” had commanding leads over their opponents., On March 3, 2020, Cain defeated Hoskins in the Republican primary election, when Cain received 11,752 votes (79.32 percent) to Hoskins' 3,064 votes (20.68 percent).NEWS, Pollock, Cassandra, Three Texas House members are heading for runoffs,weblink 9 March 2020, The Texas Tribune, 3 March 2020, And in two of the more high-profile contests, Republican members Jared Patterson of Frisco and Briscoe Cain of Deer Park won their races handily Tuesday night., NEWS, Texas primary 2020 results: Watch live updates here,weblink 9 March 2020, The Texas Tribune, 3 March 2020, Cain defeated Democrat Mary Williams in the 2020 general election for District 128 representative.NEWS, Editorial: Mary Williams,weblink 7 May 2021, Ballotpedia, 3 November 2020, Cain ran unopposed in the Republican primary election held on March 1, 2022.NEWS,weblink 2022 Texas Election Results, March 1, 2022, The Austin American-Statesman, April 30, 2024, In the November 8, 2022, general election Cain defeated Democrat Chuck Crews with 70.5 percent of the vote. NEWS,weblink 2022 Texas Election Results, November 8, 2022, USA Today, April 30, 2024,

Voting record and interest group ratings

Since being elected in 2016, Cain has consistently ranked as one of the most conservative members of the Texas House.NEWS, Farzan, Antonia Noori, Epstein, Kayla, 'My AR is ready for you,' Texas Republican lawmaker tells Beto O'Rourke over mandatory buybacks,weblink 16 January 2020, Washington Post, 13 September 2019, First elected to the Texas legislature in 2016, Cain was ranked the most conservative lawmaker in the state's House of Representatives the following year . . ., NEWS, Sherer, Jasper, In Harris County, Democratic incumbents draw far more primary challengers than Republicans,weblink 16 January 2020, Houston Chronicle, 14 January 2020, Still, that primary has not attracted a significant amount of attention, perhaps because Cain â€” by some measures the most conservative Texas House member . . ., NEWS, Taylor, McKenzie, Did Your Representative Become More Liberal or Conservative this Session? Here's a List,weblink 16 January 2020, The Texan, 6 June 2019, For the second session in a row, Jones ranked Rep. Briscoe Cain (R-Deer Park) as the most conservative member of the House., NEWS, Wermund, Benjamin, Zelinski, Andrea, Texas Republican lawmaker to Beto O'Rourke: 'My AR is ready for you',weblink 16 January 2020, Houston Chronicle, 13 September 2019, Cain ranks as the most conservative member of the Texas House . . ., NEWS, Hogue, Andy, Stuck In Line At The DMV? Texas's Most-Conservative Legislator To Helm Committee To Reduce Wait Times,weblink 16 January 2020, The Hayride, 20 December 2019, Cain has the distinction of being the most conservative House member . . ., NEWS, Kampis, Johnny, Critics say Texas universities don't protect free speech,weblink 16 January 2020, Texas Monitor, 21 May 2018, Cain, among the most conservative members of the Legislature . . ., January 16, 2020,weblink dead, The annual analysis of Texas legislators' voting records by Rice University's James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy found Cain to be the most conservative member of the Texas House in 2017,NEWS, Jones, Mark P., The 2017 Texas House, from left to right,weblink August 31, 2017, TribTalk, The Texas Tribune, June 29, 2017, and 2019,NEWS, Jones, Mark, The 2019 Texas House, from right to left,weblink June 20, 2019, TribTalk, Texas Tribune, June 4, 2019, and the second-most conservative in 2023 (after Jared Patterson).Mark P. Jones, Analysis: The 2023 Texas House, from right to left, Texas Tribune (June 20, 2023).Cain was named one of "The Worst Legislators of 2017" by Texas Monthly, describing him as "uninformed and ignorant" and stating "When we asked Capitol insiders for Worst list suggestions, [Briscoe Cain], almost universally, was the first one mentioned".NEWS,weblink The Best and Worst Legislators 2017, June 20, 2017, Texas Monthly, March 21, 2018, en-US, When we asked Capitol insiders for Worst list suggestions, his name, almost universally, was the first one mentioned. During one floor debate, when a fellow legislator fell ill with a serious intestinal ailment, Cain objected to the usual procedure of granting the lawmaker an excused absence and called for a record vote. He was the only no vote. But one particular moment, during the budget debate on the House floor, best exemplifies Cain's uninformed and belligerent performance this session., Cain was named Recipient of Operation Rescue's 2021 Pro-Life Person of the Year Malachi Award for his work on the Texas Heartbeat Act.WEB,weblink State Rep. Briscoe Cain Named Recipient of Operation Rescue's 2021 Pro-Life Person of the Year Malachi Award for His Work on the Texas Heartbeat Act, December 16, 2021,

Committee assignments

88th Legislative SessionWEB, 88th Legislature Regular Session - Committee Assignments - Rep. Briscoe Cain,weblink Texas Legislature Online, October 24, 2023, Committee Assignments,
- Chairman, Agriculture & Livestock
- Insurance
87th Legislative SessionWEB, 87th Legislature Regular Session - Committee Assignments - Rep. Briscoe Cain,weblink Texas Legislature Online, June 22, 2021, Committee Assignments,
- Chairman, Elections
- Business & Industry
86th Legislative SessionWEB, 86th Legislature Regular Session - Committee Assignments - Rep. Briscoe Cain,weblink Texas Legislature Online, March 12, 2019, Committee Assignments, WEB,weblink Briscoe Cain, Texas Representative: Email and phone. Salary, biographical details and latest news,
- Chairman, Select Committee on Driver's License Issuance & Renewal
- Elections
- International Relations & Economic Development
- Resolutions Calendars
85th Legislative SessionWEB, 85th Legislature Regular Session - Committee Assignments - Rep. Briscoe Cain,weblink Texas Legislature Online, March 12, 2019, Committee Assignments,
- Defense & Veterans' Affairs
- Juvenile Justice & Family Issues

Political positions

Abortion

Cain is ardently anti-abortion and authored an early version of Texas's six-week abortion ban, also known as the Texas Heartbeat Act.WEB, Texas Legislature Online â€“ 86 History for HB 1500,weblink Texas Legislature, February 9, 2019, February 9, 2019,weblink live, Cain has also targeted abortion funds in Texas and threatened them with criminal prosecution for their violations of Texas's preâ€“Roe v. Wade abortion statutes.WEB, Littlefield, Amy, April 5, 2022, Mastermind of the Texas 'Heartbeat' Statute Has a Radical Mission to Reshape American Law,weblink June 18, 2022, Reveal, WEB,weblink Abortion funds under fire and could face strict new laws during 2023 session, Matt, Roy, May 10, 2022, June 15, 2022, news4sanantonio.com, On March 18, 2022, Cain sent cease-and-desist letters to every abortion fund in Texas, demanding that they immediately stop paying for abortions performed in Texas or face criminal prosecution.WEB,weblink Briscoe, Cain, March 18, 2022, State Representative Briscoe Cain Sends Cease-And-Desist Letters to Abortion Funds in Texas, June 15, 2022, twitter.com, Abortion funds in Texas have refused to halt their activities in response to Cain's letter, and Cain has promised to introduce legislation that will ensure that Texas abortion funds and their donors are prosecuted for each abortion that they have assisted or paid for in the state of Texas.WEB,weblink Abortion nonprofits say Texas state Rep. Briscoe Cain defamed them in "cease-and-desist" letter, Eleanor, Klibanoff, March 29, 2022, June 15, 2022, texastribune.com,

COVID-19 pandemic

During the COVID-19 pandemic, Cain defied Governor Greg Abbott's closure of businesses by getting a haircut.WEB, Goldenstein, Taylor, 2020-05-05, Texas Republican lawmakers Briscoe Cain and Steve Toth get haircuts, defying Abbott's order,weblink 2020-11-02, HoustonChronicle.com, en-US,

Immigration

Cain is an outspoken supporter of the enforcement of immigration laws (particularly in relation to the U.S-Mexico border).WEB,weblink Two Texas lawmakers call for $2.5B in state funds for border wall, February 12, 2019, His campaign website states that he believes "that increased border security is critical for increasing job opportunities for Americans and decreasing crime and taxes on Texas families".WEB,weblink Issues, briscoecain.com, September 28, 2020,

Christianity

Briscoe, a non-denominational Christian, cited his faith as his biggest source of inspiration in life as part of a 2017 interview with UHD News.WEB,weblink Gators in the Capitol: Briscoe Cain and Mary Ann Perez, news.uhd.edu, September 28, 2020, Cain has additionally gone on record to state, "Yes I mix religion and politics."TWEET, BriscoeCain, 387391722520444928, 7 October 2013, Yes I mix religion and politics., He has pledged as part of his 2020 campaign platform to protect the "guarantee of religious liberty", as well as "ensure that traditional Christian values are restored and strengthened."

Voting rights

Briscoe Cain assisted President Trump's attempts to overturn the election results of 2020 United States presidential election following his re-election loss by using baseless claims of voter fraud.WEB, Ura, Alexa, Republican who helped Trump campaign challenge Joe Biden's win will lead election work in Texas House,weblink The Texas Tribune, en, 2021-02-04, In February 2021, Republican Texas House Speaker Dade Phelan appointed Cain as the chair of the Texas House Elections Committee. The following bills that Cain co-sponsored were accused by Democrats and Voting and Civil Rights groups as restricting voting access.Multiple sources:

WEB, Ura, Alexa, Texas GOP's voting restrictions bill could be rewritten behind closed doors after final House passage,weblink The Texas Tribune, en, 2021-05-07, But both the original SB 7 and the original provisions of HB 6 were opposed by civil rights groups who raised the prospect that the legislation violates federal safeguards for voters of color. Republicans' efforts to further restrict voting in the state come as their presidential margins of victory continue to thin and Democrats drive up their votes in diverse urban centers and growing suburban communities.,
WEB, Ura, Alexa, Texas Republicans begin pursuing new voting restrictions as they work to protect their hold on power,weblink The Texas Tribune, en, 2021-03-22, Senate Bill 7 is part of a broader package of proposals to constrain local initiatives widening voter access in urban areas, made up largely by people of color, that favor Democrats.,
WEB, New GOP-led voting restrictions move forward in Texas,weblink CBS News/AP, 1 April 2021, The bill is one of two major voting packages in Texas that mirrors a nationwide campaign by Republicans after former President Donald Trump made false claims about election fraud. Voting rights groups say the measures would disproportionately impact racial and ethnic minority voters.,
WEB, Wines, Michael, Texas lawmakers advance a bill that would make voting more difficult, drawing comparisons to Georgia.,weblink The New York Times, 2021-04-01, Critics of the Senate bill said most of its provisions were less about making voting secure than about making it harder, particularly for urban voters and minority voters, two groups that tend to vote for Democrats.,
WEB, BarragÃ¡n, James, In overnight vote, Texas Senate passes bill that would make it harder to vote,weblink Dallas Morning News, en, 2021-04-01, [President of the Texas Civil Rights Project] said many of the bill's provisions would disproportionately affect voters of color. The extended voting hours in Harris County, for example, were mostly used by voters of color. Fifty-six percent of voters who cast ballots in late night hours were Black, Hispanic or Asian, according to the Texas Civil Rights Project.,
WEB, Coronado, Acacia, EXPLAINER: How Texas Republicans aim to make voting harder,weblink Associated Press, 2021-05-30, Advocates say the changes would disproportionately affect minorities and people with disabilities.,
NEWS, Gardner, Amy, How the new Texas voting bill would create hurdles for voters of color,weblink Washington Post, en, 2021-05-30, While Senate Bill 7 would have wide-ranging effects on voters across the state, it includes specific language that critics say would disproportionately affect people of color â€” particularly those who live in under-resourced and urban communities.,
WEB, Jasper Scherer, Zach Despart, GOP bills target Harris County's efforts to expand voting. Here's how that played out in the 2020 election,weblink Houston Chronicle, 1 May 2021, Voting rights experts say the bills â€” which include measures that would apply only to the state's most populous counties, all of which are predominantly nonwhite â€” would discriminate against voters of color.,
WEB, Nick Corasaniti, Republicans Target Voter Access in Texas Cities, but Not Rural Areas,weblink New York Times, 24 April 2021, The Republican focus on diverse urban areas, voting activists say, evokes the state's history of racially discriminatory voting laws â€” including poll taxes and "white primary" laws during the Jim Crow era â€” that essentially excluded Black voters from the electoral process. Most of Harris County's early voters were white, according to a study by the Texas Civil Rights Project, a nonprofit group. But the majority of those who used drive-through or 24-hour voting â€” the early voting methods the Republican bills would prohibit â€” were people of color, the group found.,
WEB, Paul J. Weber, Houston's expanded voting becomes target of GOP restrictions,weblink 15 April 2021, The effort is one of the clearest examples of how the GOP's nationwide campaign to tighten voting laws can target Democrats, even as they insist the measures are not partisan. With Americans increasingly sorted into liberal urban areas and conservative rural ones, geography can be an effective proxy for partisanship. Proposals tailored to cities or that take population into account are bound to have a greater impact on Democratic voters.; The county exemplifies the GOP's slipping grip on fast-changing Texas. In 2004, former President George W. Bush, who is from Texas, easily won Harris County and Republicans ran every major countywide office. But recent years have been routs for Democrats, whose wins now extend down the ballot to local judicial races., Cain defended the proposed restrictions as necessary to maintain the "purity of the ballot box".WEB, Montgomery, Dave, Corasaniti, Nick, Exchange Over 'Purity' of Vote Puts Texas G.O.P. Firebrand in Spotlight,weblink The New York Times, 2021-05-12, NEWS, Knowles, Hannah, A Texas bill drew ire for saying it would preserve 'purity of the ballot box.' Here's the phrase's history.,weblink Washington Post, 29 May 2021, 9 May 2021, The word "purity" has a long and racist legacy in the South, historians said. "Purity of the ballot box" is more obscure â€” several scholars said they were not aware of it being used for discrimination, and it was enshrined in the Texas Constitution of 1876, which did not bar Black people from voting. To others, though, it conjures century-old justifications for excluding Black voters and rules that have disproportionately kept minorities from casting ballots., After some business in Texas opposed the legislation, Cain proposed financial penalties to any business protesting the new proposed voter restrictions.NEWS, Gardner, Amy, Texas Republicans finalize bill that would enact stiff new voting rules that made it easier to overturn election results,weblink Washington Post, 29 May 2021, Cain, the chief House sponsor of one of the voting bills this year, proposed financial penalties against entities that publicly threaten "any adverse action against this state" in protest of election legislation., NEWS, Gardner, Amy, As the voting-rights fight moves to Texas, defiant Republicans test the resolve of corporations that oppose restrictions,weblink Washington Post, 22 April 2021, And on Wednesday, state Rep. Briscoe Cain (R), the chief sponsor of one of the voting bills, proposed financial penalties against entities that publicly threaten "any adverse action against this state" in protest against election legislation.,

After the legislation had been implemented, mail-in ballots were rejected at record numbers for not filling out forms correctly as specified by the new regulations.NEWS, Texas counties reject unprecedented numbers of mail ballots ahead of March 1 primary under restrictive new law, en-US, Washington Post,weblink 2022-02-14, 0190-8286,

Other positions

Cain supports a ban on Democrats being given committee chairmanships as long as the Republicans hold the majority of seats in the Texas House.Johnson, Brad. The Back Mic: Legislators Opposed to Democratic Chairs Listed, Rep. Moody Quells DA Appointment Rumors, House Rules Discussed, The Texan, December 9, 2022.

Controversies

Texas Southern University protest

On October 10, 2017, protesters at Texas Southern University (TSU) prevented Cain from speaking at a Federalist Society event on campus.NEWS, Protesters at TSU prevent state representative's speech,weblink October 10, 2017, KHOU11news, October 10, 2017, Cain was invited by the president of TSU's Federalist Society student chapter to speak to students at the traditionally black university. He planned to talk about the Texas Legislature's most recent special session. During that session Cain proposed an amendment to a budget bill which would prevent the state of Texas from paying for sex reassignment surgery and hormone therapy for inmates in prison, and he voted in favor of a proposed "bathroom bill".NEWS,weblink House budget amendments seek to ignite controversial topics, The Texas Tribune, April 3, 2017, March 20, 2018, Protesters claimed that Cain "has ties to the Alt-Right and is anti-LGBT" and drowned out Cain's attempts to speak. They were removed; as Cain began to speak again the school's president ordered the protesters be brought back in and canceled the event, saying the Federalist Society chapter was an unregistered student group and the event was "unapproved".WEB, Protesters Force Cancellation Of Speech By State Representative At Federalist Society Event At Thurgood Marshall Law School,weblink Caron, Paul L., October 10, 2017, TaxProf Blog, December 29, 2017, The Federalist Society chapter president said that while the Society is a law school organization under the Student Bar Association, it was not registered with the main campus's student government association, but that he would register it if asked to. Dallas Morning News Cain said in a statement that the talk had been scheduled for months, and that he was "brought into a room in which the administration had specifically requested the talk occur. Then Black Lives Matter came in and bullied the administration into ending the event." James Douglas, the interim dean of TSU's Thurgood Marshall School of Law, said the event had been cleared with him and that he was investigating the incident. He said, "We have a process here in the law school, and they went through our process. The speaker had a First Amendment right to be heard by the students that invited him." A student who had helped organize the protest said that "[w]ith his First Amendment right to espouse hate comes our First Amendment right" to protest.NEWS,weblink 'Racist' vs. 'thuggish': Canceled GOP speech at Houston HBCU turns into war of words | Higher Education, Dallas News, March 20, 2018, Cain, a partner at a law firm where he practices First Amendment law, said he intended to sue the school and its president for infringing upon his First Amendment rights.WEB, At Law Schools, Rowdy Protests Provide Teachable Moments,weblink Morris, Angela, October 20, 2017, Connecticut Law Tribune, December 29, 2017,

Stephen Hawking tweet

On March 14, 2018, Cain tweeted about the death of prominent physicist Stephen Hawking. In his tweet, he stated "Stephen Hawking now knows the truth about how the universe was actually made. My condolences to his family." The tweet was largely perceived to be insensitive and was criticized by legislators on both sides of the aisle.WEB,weblink Texas State Rep. Cain: 'Stephen Hawking now knows the truth about how the universe was actually made' - AOL News, March 15, 2018, Aol.com, March 20, 2018,

Texas Democratic Convention prank

On June 22, 2018, Cain and three other men snuck into the Texas Democratic Party's state convention being held at the Fort Worth Convention Center in Fort Worth, Texas, where Cain and three other men handed out 100 yard signs which read, "This home is a gun-free safe space" to convention attendees.NEWS, Kennedy, Bud, 'I think it's funny': Republican prankster booted from Texas Democratic convention,weblink 10 March 2020, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 22 June 2018, NEWS, Hancock, Jamie, Milburn, Forrest, Republicans prank Texas Democrats with 'gun-free safe space' signs at their convention,weblink 10 March 2020, The Dallas Morning News, 23 June 2018, Eventually, convention goers recognized who Cain was, and he and the others involved were forced to leave.NEWS, Zelinski, Andrea, Republicans prank, troll Democrats at state convention,weblink 10 March 2020, The Houston Chronicle, 23 June 2018, When asked about the stunt, Cain said he distributed the signs as "irony" and stated, "It's amazing how many people took one and thanked us. They said they would put it in front of their house. I think it's funny. Nobody should put this in front of their house."

Threats against Beto O'Rourke

In September 2019, Cain threatened Beto O'Rourke after O'Rourke called for gun control measures. Cain said, "My AR is ready for you Robert Francis [O'Rourke's first and middle name]."NEWS, Gstalter, Morgan, Twitter takes down Texas GOP lawmaker's AR tweet about O'Rourke,weblink September 13, 2019, The Hill, September 13, 2019, O'Rourke labeled the tweet a "death threat", and replied to Cain with a tweet reading, "Clearly, you shouldn't own an AR-15 â€” and neither should anyone else". Cain responded with a tweet, "You're a child Robert Francis."NEWS, Cobler, Nicole, After Twitter suspension, Briscoe Cain shares offending post again,weblink 10 March 2020, Austin American-Statesman, 31 January 2020, Twitter gave Cain 12 hours to remove the post. After he did not, the company removed Cain's "My AR is ready for you" tweet, saying it was against the site's policy against violent threats.NEWS, Abrahams, Tom, Texas lawmaker on 'AR' tweet to Beto: It was not a threat,weblink 10 March 2020, ABC 13, 14 September 2019, Cain was suspended from Twitter for 141 days.On January 31, 2020, the day the social media company lifted its suspension of Cain's Twitter account, Cain tweeted a screenshot of the interaction between him and O'Rourke writing, "But seriously @twitter, y'all banned me for this."

Personal life

Cain is married with five children, all boys and all named for Texas counties.WEB, Power Players: Rep. Briscoe Cain,weblink 6 March 2021, He is a nondenominational Christian.On April 25, 2019, during a Texas House session to recognize Autism Awareness Month, he stated that he has been diagnosed with Asperger syndrome, and struggles maintaining eye contact as a result.NEWS, McGaughy, Lauren, Texas lawmaker reveals he has Asperger's during Autism Awareness Month speech,weblink 14 September 2019, Dallas Morning News, April 25, 2019, He serves with the rank of captain in the Texas State Guard.NEWS,weblink State lawmakers on the front lines of Harvey response, Fikac, Peggy, September 10, 2017, San Antonio Express-News, January 19, 2018,

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