San Antonio Standard

Lloyd Doggett, a long-serving member of the U.S. Congress representing Texas' 37th district, made several statements on April 7, 2025, reflecting his critical views on various political issues. Doggett, with a background in Texas politics and a strong academic foundation from the University of Texas at Austin, commented on international, domestic, and economic matters through a series of posts.

In a post dated April 7, 2025, Doggett remarked on the geopolitical alignments and anti-democratic tendencies among certain political leaders, stating, "Fitting that Netanyahu would depart from visiting Viktor Orban in Hungary to meet with Trump in Washington – an all-around world tour of wanna be authoritarians of a kind resisting any form of accountability. All three are consulting the same 'attack democracy' playbook to muzzle".

Later that day, Doggett addressed the challenges faced by undergraduate parents in the U.S., linking education and childcare policies. He highlighted the significant number of student parents and the potential impact of his proposed legislation by stating, "Over 3 million undergraduate students in the US are also parents—nearly 1 in 5 students. Access to affordable childcare can be the difference for them to complete a degree program or not. My bill makes Pell Grants entirely tax-free and expands eligibility to cover childcare".

In another post on the same day, Doggett critiqued economic outcomes under the Trump administration, emphasizing the shifts in wealth and business dynamics. He expressed this sentiment in the post: "Trump and his Republican 'brain trust' are creating new millionaires and small businesses—unfortunately, they were originally billionaires and large businesses prior to his election. Red states and blue, we are all 'tariff-ied'".