Texas Democrats leave state to try to stop GOP voting bill

[NewsVine_Mariyam]

Bunch of drama queens. Also, no masks on the plane!?!? None of us get to live by those rules

It's a private jet and I thought the lockdown was over.

 

[C_Clayton_Jones]

Texas Democrats leave state to try to stop GOP voting bill

Very good.

At least they’re trying to do something to defend the right to vote.

 

[SweetSue92]

Bunch of drama queens. Also, no masks on the plane!?!? None of us get to live by those rules

It's a private jet and I thought the lockdown was over.

Well if it's a private jet I guess that's a different matter, to be fair.

The lockdown is most definitely not over in airports or on airplanes. It's the only place I still have to wear a mask.

 

[Darkwind]

The bill does NOT prevent anyone who has a legal right to vote from doing so.

Full stop.

 

[Mac-7]

Their masks are slipping. Fascists.

I’ll remember that when your democrats abolish the filibuster rule in the US senate with your hearty approval

 

[Aletheia4u]

These are racist acts. They know good and well that Blacks cannot afford Real ID or a vaccine passport. That they are trying to put blacks back in chains to stay in their homes.

"Digest Of Jim-Crow Laws Affecting Passengers in Interstate Travel"

historymatters.gmu.edu

 

[protectionist]

News reports showed happy Democrat members of the Texas legislature laughing and joking, on a private charted jet, designed to take them out of the state, to thwart a vote on election integrity, by stopping a quorum. When they come back they're going to be arrested, and will be doing jail time. Maybe the news media will show us the before and after pictures. Should be an interesting contrast.

Amazing how these legislators turned criminals, can so lightly and flippantly think they can use election fraud to get themselves re-elected, as if the fraud-riddled 2020 election outrages, should now be thought of as normal. Nothing could be farther from the truth. This important vote on election integrity is going to happen, and the laws that need to be passed are going to be.

One of the Democrat legislators flying out of the state, state Rep. Trey Martinez Fischer said “We’ve left our jobs, we’ve left our families, we’ve left our homes. Because there is nothing more important than voting rights in America.” What he really means is >> there is nothing more important TO DEMOCRATS, than ILLEGAL voting rights FOR ILLEGAL ALIENS, In America.”

Here is a quote from Texas governor Greg Abbot, from KVUE, 2 hours ago>>

"There is something the governor can do. First of all, I’ll tell you what the House of Representatives can do. What the speaker can do is issue a call to have these members arrested. In addition to that, however, I can and I will continue to call a special session after special session after special session all the way up until election next year. And so if these people want to be hanging out wherever they’re hanging out on this taxpayer-paid junket, they’re going to have to be prepared to do it for well over a year. As soon as they come back in the state of Texas, they will be arrested, they will be cabined inside the Texas Capitol until they get their job done. "

UPDATE: Gov. Abbott Says Dem Lawmakers Who Fled Texas 'Will Be Arrested' Upon Return - Headline USA

UPDATE Tues. 7/13/21 9:00 AM from an interview with Gov. Greg Abbott by KVUE: There is something the governor can do. First of all, I’ll tell you what the House of Representatives can do. What the speaker can do is issue a call to have these members arrested. In addition to that, however, I can […]

headlineusa.com

 

[Moonglow]

And exactly what shall they be arrested for?

 

[Vrenn]

News reports showed happy Democrat members of the Texas legislature laughing and joking, on a private charted jet, designed to take them out of the state, to thwart a vote on election integrity, by stopping a quorum. When they come back they're going to be arrested, and will be doing jail time. Maybe the news media will show us the before and after pictures. Should be an interesting contrast.

Amazing how these legislators turned criminals, can so lightly and flippantly think they can use election fraud to get themselves re-elected, as if the fraud-riddled 2020 election outrages, should now be thought of as normal. Nothing could be farther from the truth. This important vote on election integrity is going to happen, and the laws that need to be passed are going to be.

One of the Democrat legislators flying out of the state, state Rep. Trey Martinez Fischer said “We’ve left our jobs, we’ve left our families, we’ve left our homes. Because there is nothing more important than voting rights in America.” What he really means is >> there is nothing more important TO DEMOCRATS, than ILLEGAL voting rights FOR ILLEGAL ALIENS, In America.”

Here is a quote from Texas governor Greg Abbot, from KVUE, 2 hours ago>>

"There is something the governor can do. First of all, I’ll tell you what the House of Representatives can do. What the speaker can do is issue a call to have these members arrested. In addition to that, however, I can and I will continue to call a special session after special session after special session all the way up until election next year. And so if these people want to be hanging out wherever they’re hanging out on this taxpayer-paid junket, they’re going to have to be prepared to do it for well over a year. As soon as they come back in the state of Texas, they will be arrested, they will be cabined inside the Texas Capitol until they get their job done. "

UPDATE: Gov. Abbott Says Dem Lawmakers Who Fled Texas 'Will Be Arrested' Upon Return - Headline USA

Wow, did someone crap in this Fascists Oatmeal again?

 

[Bootney Lee Farnsworth]

And exactly what shall they be arrested for?

It's Texas Constitutional Law. Law makers can be arrested for not attending special sessions.

 

[Vrenn]

And exactly what shall they be arrested for?

Not kissing the Orange Blobbs Ring properly enough.
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[Polishprince]

And exactly what shall they be arrested for?

Obstruction of the Legislature

Its officially a High Crime, at least according to Congress which has impeached politicians for it.

 

[Flash]

"Nothing is more important to the Democrats than institutionalizing voter fraud".

 

[Vrenn]

And exactly what shall they be arrested for?

It's Texas Constitutional Law. Law makers can be arrested for not attending special sessions.

And you don't see a problem with this?

 

[Bootney Lee Farnsworth]

Texas Constitution, Article 3:

Sec. 10. QUORUM; ADJOURNMENTS FROM DAY TO DAY; COMPELLING ATTENDANCE. Two-thirds of each House shall constitute a quorum to do business, but a smaller number may adjourn from day to day, and compel the attendance of absent members, in such manner and under such penalties as each House may provide.

 

[Moonglow]

And exactly what shall they be arrested for?

It's Texas Constitutional Law. Law makers can be arrested for not attending special sessions.

The Governor can't call for their arrest he has zero authority to do as such only the speaker of the House can, yet, that doesn't mean the speaker will.

 

[Vrenn]

And exactly what shall they be arrested for?

Obstruction of the Legislature

Its officially a High Crime, at least according to Congress which has impeached politicians for it.

And who makes this determination?

 

[task0778]

Apparently, being a state legislator who flees the state so there can’t be a vote on election reform legislation makes you a savior of democracy. You’d think, the last thing liberals would want to see is state legislators thwarting the will of the people. "For the People Act", remember? But for democrats, not if the will of the people voted for the other party.


Once, the left understood that such shenanigans were hardly pro-democracy. When Oregon Republicans pulled a similar stunt in 2020, Vox headlined an article: “Oregon Republicans are subverting democracy by running away. Again.” In the commentary, author David Roberts lamented, “It is an extraordinary escalation of anti-democratic behavior from the right, gone almost completely unnoticed by the national political media.”

But now, Texas Democrats—unlike the Oregon Republicans—are on the “Right Side of History.”


According to The Texas Tribune, the oh-so-controversial election bills would nix 24-hour early voting, but require more time for early voting.

The Tribune also reported that both the state House and Senate versions of the bills “prohibit local election officials from sending unsolicited applications to request a mail-in ballot” and “bills would set new ID requirements so voters must provide their driver’s license number, or if they don’t have one, the last four digits of their Social Security number on applications for [vote-by-mail and returned] ballots.”

That’s hardly despotic legislation that would make it impossible to vote. In fact, Texas is beating some blue states on voting access. Heritage Action for America notes that “Texas offers 2 weeks of in-person early voting, more than New York or New Jersey. If the proposed reforms pass, Texas would have longer early-voting hours than in Maryland and New Mexico.

THIS is voter suppression?

What this really is is political bullshit on the part of the democrats.

Leftists' Applause for Texas Democrats' Flight Shows Hypocrisy on Democracy

Liberal lawmakers are being praised as heroes for fleeing Texas to prevent election reform from being passed.

www.dailysignal.com

 

[bodecea]

And exactly what shall they be arrested for?

Being mean to the Texas GOP effort?

 

[Bootney Lee Farnsworth]

And exactly what shall they be arrested for?

It's Texas Constitutional Law. Law makers can be arrested for not attending special sessions.

And you don't see a problem with this?

And you don't see a problem with the entire process being stopped because of quorum rules?

Why even have a legislature?

In fact, I wish the FedGov would adopt the same rules and NEVER get anything passed ever again. That would be glorious.