Texas Democrats leave state to break quorum and stop GOP voting bill
By Steven Sarabia and FOX 7 Austin Digital Team
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Texas Democrats leave state to break quorum and stop GOP voting bill
The drastic move lays bare how Democrats are making America’s biggest red state their last stand against the GOP’s rush to enact new voting restrictions.
AUSTIN, Texas - Democrats in the Texas Legislature say that they have left the state in a second revolt against a GOP overhaul of election laws, creating another dramatic showdown over voting rights in America.
Texas House Democratic Caucus Chair Chris Turner, Mexican American Legislative Caucus Chair Rafael Anchía, Texas Legislative Black Caucus Chair Nicole Collier, Legislative Study Group Caucus Chair Garnet Coleman and Dean Senfronia Thompson released the following statement on the decision to break quorum:
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Gov. Abbott says 58 hypocrite Texas Democrat runaways WILL be arrested when they return to Austin after jetting to DC on $100K chartered private jets to stop vote on GOP s new state voting bills
Texas Democrats fled their state on private jets in order to prevent a series of new, restrictive voting bills from becoming law
At least 58 Democratic members of the state House of Representatives left Austin to fly to Washington D.C. on two private jets that cost $100,000 to charter
Greg Abbott, the governor of Texas, on Monday said the 58 will be arrested when they return to Texas
He said their behavior was un-Texan , accusing them of running from a fight and describing them as quitters
Alex Dominguez, Bobby Guerra, Eddie Lucio III and Armando Martinez
In an effort to once again stymie their Republican counterparts’ attempts to push through a polarizing voting bill in the state, nearly 60 Democrats in the Texas House of Representatives broke quorum Monday and headed for the U.S. Capitol. They had company with lawmakers from the Rio Grande Valley.
State Reps. Bobby Guerra, D-McAllen; Armando “Mando” Martinez, D-Weslaco; and Brownsville lawmakers Eddie Lucio III and Alex Dominguez joined the Democratic contingent in Washington to pressure Congress to pass the For the People Act and the John Lewis Voting Rights Act. These bills are aimed at protecting and expanding voting rights.