Pamphlets about trans resources mailed to NTX children

It is now two days into early voting here in Texas, and thousands of people are getting pamphlets in the mail with information on transgender resources for students. Resources listed in the pamphlet link to a transgender rights group here in Texas, but that group says it has nothing to do with the pamphlets. Efforts to find out who is really behind them have yielded more questions than answers. Fox 4's Amelia Jones joins us now with more on what she discovered today, Amelia. Heather, Steve, we received numerous emails and comments about the mailers. Many people confused where they came from and why. Many North Texans have reported receiving this pamphlet from an organization called Texas Transgender Student Union. It's addressed to so-called students of the household, like the Bracken family in Waxahachie. I did actually open it because I was like, that's interesting. They're usually addressed to my husband or myself, so let's see what's the message for our kids. The pamphlet gives information on transgender resources. Madeleine Bracken immediately knew the messaging wasn't for her kids, but for the adults in the house. I am upset about it because it feels like they're weaponizing my feelings as a parent. That they're using my children as a way to anger me to the polls, whether it's for or against either party. Some have also received text messages. The flyer and messages use information and link to the Transgender Education Network of Texas. But that organization put out a statement saying in part, quote, these text messages and mailers were not authored, approved, or distributed by TENT and are not affiliated with our organization. So where did they come from? Online public records show Texas Transgender Student Union registered as a limited liability company in Wyoming just last month. The address is this small building in Sheridan, Wyoming, linked to hundreds of shell companies. The names of the actual filers are not public, and the return address on the envelope isn't valid. All of this comes at a time when Republicans have been attacking Democratic candidates on transgender issues. Vinny Minchillo is a Republican consultant who works on political advertisements. This is clearly some sort of a political gamesmanship. You know, I think really somebody trying to be a little too cute, send this out to conservatives or Republican voters and try to get them fired up to boost turnout. The flyers aren't just going to Republican voters, and they're not going only to families with children. Minchillo suggests the effort isn't cheap. This falls into the category of stunts for me, which is not a thing I would really want to spend money on. But it's also common in competitive statewide elections, something Texas hasn't really seen in quite a while. Well, look, there has been already just in the Senate race, we're closing in on 400, 500 million dollars spent. And literally, there's no more TV time to buy. So people are looking for any way to get their message out. And stunts like the mystery mailers could be more common leading up to November 3rd. It's a weird world living inside a competitive general election tornado, but things like this is kind of what happens. The Transgender Education Network of Texas has locked its website and only directs to that statement that reaffirms the organization has nothing to do with the mailers that have been sent out over the past few days. It also told other media outlets that members of the organization have been getting violent threats.