Texas’ Abbott says Dems who ‘fled’ state over elections bill will be arrested upon return

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https://www.foxnews.com/politics/texas- ... pon-return



Texas’ Abbott says Dems who ‘fled’ state over elections bill will be arrested upon return



Gov. Greg Abbott, the Texas Republican, criticized state Democrats who fled to Washington, D.C., in an effort to deprive the Legislature of a quorum, thus the ability to vote on the GOP's sweeping elections overhaul bill.
Gov Abbott defended the bill and say the missing lawmakers will be arrested upon their return to the state. He said members of the Texas House of Reps who are still in the state can call for the arrests of their colleagues who do not show up to vote. The one caveat is the arrest has to be made in the state.

Once they step back into the state they will be arrested and brought back to the Capitol and we will be conducting business. Are they allowed to continue “serving” once convicted ?




This is great. Now let’s hope the Reps will do this. No one wants to have their colleague arrested , politicians have to work together.


Republicans argue the contentious bill would provide greater election security, while Democrats charge it would suppress voter turnout of minorities.

The exodus was the second time that Democratic lawmakers have staged a walkout on the voting overhaul, a measure of their fierce opposition to proposals they say will make it harder for young people, people of color and people with disabilities to vote.

But like last month’s effort, there remains no clear path for Democrats to permanently block the voting measures, or a list of other contentious GOP-backed proposals up for debate.


We have special sessions that last 30 days," Abbott said. "And the governor calls them, and I will continue calling special session after special session because over time it is going to continue until they step up to vote."

As they arrived in Washington Monday evening, the lawmakers said they would not be swayed.

"We are determined to kill this bill," said state Rep. Chris Turner, who said he and his colleagues were prepared to run out the clock on a special session that ends early next month.





All this integrity is just killing me. Instead of
Just voting they run. They don’t want to be called out on the vote but it’s ok to leave......


“The Dems gesture would perhaps be laudable if they were doing it for the voters... but they are doing this for themselves. They want every possibility of illegal voting to still be possible because that's the only way they can win. Limiting the vote to valid voters would mean Dems would lose across the board.”