It's gambling establishments in neighboring states, specifically Oklahoma (WinStar) trying to influence local lawmakers in Texas to ban card clubs.

There was also some shady stuff that went down a couple years ago in Houston shutting down poker clubs.

Unfortunately, the Texas card clubs appear to have no professional representation or political strategy in this regard. TCH appears to have a fly-by-night outfit called "Social Card Clubs of Texas". Their website appears to be defunct and no posts on their social media for three years. So no real entity nor representatives actively working to protect poker businesses or players.

Will probably take businesses being shut down for the owners to take it seriously and hire real professionals to take care of these problems.