Yesterday, Texas Democrats abandoned their state representative duties and boarded private jets without masking to travel to Washington D.C. in search of “refugee” They fled the state to prevent Republicans from passing a new voter integrity bill and obtaining quorum.
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My Democratic colleagues and I are leaving the state to break quorum and kill the Texas voter suppression bill.
— James Talarico (@jamestalarico) July 12, 2021
We’re flying to DC to demand Congress pass the For The People Act and save our democracy.
Good trouble. #txlege pic.twitter.com/gvDi8zcyey
ON PLANE TO DC: Texas Democratic lawmakers are leaving state to break quorum to stop Republican voting bill. Veteran Capitol observers say this is unchartered territory. Photo from Democrat on the plane. https://t.co/YOuOMb0A2m pic.twitter.com/abWoARvFIC
— ScottGordonNBC5 (@ScottGordonNBC5) July 12, 2021
This bizarre behavior is being mocked widely.
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Hard to imagine a more delusional group of people – thinking that lying about these bills, hopping on a chartered flight, sipping beer, and skipping work is “sacrifice.”
— Dan Crenshaw (@DanCrenshawTX) July 13, 2021
You guys are pathetic. Totally pathetic. https://t.co/bdvKavOr1J
Nice photo. Meanwhile non-politicians, aka regular citizens, are subjected to masking between “sips and bites” with a ban on flying for non-compliance. https://t.co/bku00cYPUN pic.twitter.com/EXjrv0iAQS
— Katie Pavlich (@KatiePavlich) July 12, 2021
Texas Governor Greg Abbott threatens the legislators with arrest for refusing to report to work.
