We saw this exact same strategy play out in Wisconsin circa 2011 when the Democrats in state legislature fled the state to avoid showing up to a legislative session. They left the state specifically to avoid state police arresting them and forcibly returning them to work. This is how Democrats operate.
In Texas the milk-carton Democrats do not have the numbers to block legislation; however, they can deny a legislative quorum by not showing up to work. The Democrats took buses to a private airport where they took private charter flights to Washington DC; all of their manipulative schemes paid for by Democrat activist groups. The cases of beer on the seats is a nice touch.
Meanwhile, Texas citizens are paying taxes to fund the salaries of officials who refuse to come to work.
Texas TRIBUNE – […] “We are now taking the fight to our nation’s Capitol,” the Democrats said in their statement. “We are living on borrowed time in Texas.”
The Democrats convened at a local plumbers union building and boarded a bus that transported them to a private airport terminal. They arrived at Austin-Bergstrom International Airport shortly after 2:30 p.m., driving straight onto the tarmac.
Lawmakers did not speak with the media before they left. Terminal staff kept reporters off the premises and on the street outside. By 3 p.m., several supporters of the legislators were gathered outside the terminal, holding signs that said, “Let my people vote,” and, “Thank you for fighting voter suppression.”
Even if Democratic lawmakers stay out of state for the next few weeks, the governor could continue to call 30-day sessions or add voting restrictions to the agenda when the Legislature takes on the redrawing of the state’s political maps later this summer. (read more)
They appear to be very proud of themselves.
Of course, Texas officials could play hardball, but they won’t.
The Texas AG could issue subpoenas post them to each office-holder for 72 hrs, then the state governor Greg Abbott could issue XO arrest warrants for non-compliance. It won’t happen because those running the state of Texas are purple, not red (it’s an open secret down there). Texas is not as conservative as people think; exactly the opposite is true… just review their conduct during COVID.
Texas is to Republican as Republican is to Mitch McConnell.
As I’ve said often…….when Texas is finally permanently voting Democrat via 3rd world immigration you can look puzzled and wonder what happened, as if Coulter wasn’t doing an accurate commentary on the matter for years and years.
She was doing nothing but promoting her next book, of which you must have several,
“Coulter wasn’t doing an accurate commentary on the matter for years and years.”
A Coulter was wayyyy out in front of the curve on immigration , and imo we conservatives owe her a huge debt of gratitude. Not sure why it’s a negative that she tried (and succeeded) to sell books? Fwiw, i loved her books.
Well Drudge was once opposed to the Dems too. Wake up brother, things have changed.
She promoted Jeff Sessions non stop even while he tanked the admin, she attacked Trump every day he worked on the wall and got Mexico to keep law breakers in that country while they waited for hearings and so forth.
Then she went all in pretending the steal didn’t happen.
Yet Skeletor still loves Mitt Romney which kinda says it all. Self serving Drudge-type RINO rific traitor.
Nonsense as fact is an interesting and not uncommon tactic.
-Sessions was appointed by PDJT, Coulter’s opinion was irrelevant.
-She attacked The Don because he took 2 years to even start the Wall, when it was THE major plank of every one of his election rallies. She opposed “hearings” for potential illegal border crossers.
-“pretending the steal didn’t happen”. She predicted it.
https://www.politico.com/story/2016/08/ann-coulter-trump-227449
-“still loves Mitt Romney”. Rubbish, she said he was the best of a bad lot in that election at that time.
Coulter isn’t anti Trump, she simply sees weakness where there was no need for weakness and is rather upset about it.
Falana, in all fairness old Jeff fooled everyone.
Particularly to the size of his brass. No one expected him to be that much of a coward.
Like finding out your newly purchased prize bull, is actually a steer, fitted with convincing “prosthetics”.
While I am not a fan, read some of her books and from what we know now, she was spot on.
The majority of Latinos gonna go with the convertive party. They don’t believe in abortion. They do are Right.
No masks, and generating a huge carbon footprint!!!!!
Intentional hypocrisy. The mode of operation of Communists.
InAZ: I agree. Their intent is to demoralize, degrade and humiliate. This trip to DC is an in-your-face provocation. No one will fall for it, because we know their game plan and their tactics.
They are flying in those private jets to The Forbidden City 2.0, aka District of Corruption, aka Dumpster of Criminality, to lend their support to the “For the People Act” .
I just ran “For the People Act” through the reverse-Orwellian translator and it came out “For the Tyrants Act.”
Allen West for Governor all the way. Git rid of Bush RINO Abbott. Just another spineless RINO.
I’m not a west fan – the other guy who would clean up the border in under 30 days sounds way more MAGA to me.
He does sound like the real deal, but don’t they all in the beginning.
Used to be, but West goes sideways sometimes. Not someone I would count on!
you should be his fan..
He’s all talk.
Greg Abbott is a fighter and a Great Governor for the incredible people of Texas. Governor Greg Abbott will continue to be a great leader for the Lone Star State, and has my Complete and Total Endorsement for re-election. He will never let you down!
-Donald J. Trump
I don’t think I could overcome that and I doubt West can either.
PDJT is an astute politician – he can switch support in a Nano second and so would millions of Texas voters.
PDJT obviously needs to build support now hence the early Abott and some other sketchy endorsements in people’s eyes- wake up and understand it’s waaaay bigger than any one statement or multiple statements if nothing else people should realize what RUSH and SUNDANCE teach – CONTEXT understand the context of statements and actions and wait till the necessary pieces come together (how far off is abott election?)
I for one don’t think that Greg Abott will win.
Sometimes you need to let the play develop and then analyze all the cards for better context
Go West Go !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I’m a Texan, and I don’t support the Trump endorsement.
No apologies. ?
Go West Go !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
It is even tougher to make predictions when using rigged vote counting machines.
Post after post there still seems to be so many who still disregard the power of rigged vote counting machines.
We can do better than Abbott. Trump said the same for Maoconnnell so some things he has to do to try to move forward working inside the corrupt system we don’t have to do as we boot every RINO from sea to shining sea.
MaoConnell
I’m going to use that.
I like a Texas First governor…border security, election integrity, less property taxes…
https://donhuffines.com/
Outsource your governor to CARPETBAGGER’s.
LET TEXAS BE RUN BY TEXANS!?
Oh and they are maskless! Hypocrites everyone of them! Everyone else on a flight has to wear masks, but not these democrats!
Private aircraft, no face mask required for the bougie’s…rules for thee and not for me!
Say no to Abbott…we remember circus with fenathyl king in the Houston..Go West Go !!!!!!!
What all is paid for on this slick little days long trip to avoid working for Americans at home? Food, Lodging, rental cars, entertainment, etc? Do we pay for it all?
Of course. Their not smiling cause it ain’t raining
Can Gov Abbott issue an executive order containing essentially a verbatim version of what the bill is supposed to accomplish?
Sundance, seems to me this little road trip to DC is timed in coordination with Biden’s Philly visit tomorrow. Nice audio/video . “Here’s President Biden condemning voter suppression, now to DC where a group of courageous, virtuous Texas Democrat legislators fled their Republicam oppressive extremist colleagues
and are being wined and dined by the DNCprotesting for the right to vote”.Never going to work.
Goose / gander…
Washington state Republicans were doing the same thing last year to stop legislation from being passed.
Our system of government has its oddities but these things were meant to be difficult for a reason.
Kamala Harris on Monday applauded the Texas Democrat lawmakers fleeing the state to paralyze the chamber and block Republicans from passing voting laws.
Someone should tell Que Mala that Texans have expressed their voice through their vote and have elected a GOP-majority legislature with a GOP governor.
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2021/07/extraordinary-courage-kamala-harris-applauds-texas-democrats-fleeing-state-paralyze-chamber-stop-gop-passing-voting-laws-video/
So the taxpayers get to foot the bill for the bus and the little Embraer jet, for their stunt. Bunch of Karens and their eunuchs.
nope a dude from lebanon is funding jets
I just sent emails to the Governor, Lt. Governor, and Attorney General asking whether they would use the enforcement process noted her.
Every one of them should be taxed for this “gift” of an all expensed paid vacation from a foreigner
And censored or recalled as well.
Weasel Zippers’ headline calls them “cowardly“: “Cowardly Texas Democrats Flee The State To Avoid Voting On Bills…”
They aren’t “cowardly“. They are successfully maintaining or advancing their goals.
When they get called cowardly or incompetent, or whatever other pejoratives one wants the throw at them, while they are succeeding at implementing their agendas – then the pejorative-callers are completely missing the boat.
They are basically on a war-footing against us; and they pull out all the stops to win, while “we” complain about them being “cowardly” and the like. They don’t care. While we call them names, they advance their cause. Our side, which is not fighting them, calls them “cowardly“. It’s rich.
Too many on our side still need to WAKE UP.
They are the ones trying to suppress the vote.
Well said. That’s why we MUST elect fighters moving forward. How the average Joe gets what you’re saying (almost inherently) and the Politician still hasn’t a clue means we need turnover in our elected ranks.
Start FIGHTING! They sure as hell are…
I bet everyone of them had to show ID to board that plane!
LOL.. ID FOR THEY AND NOT FOR ME
These private jets I believe fly out of executive airports and don’t need to go thru TSA Conga lines to board.
We know they didn’t have to pass a test on American Civics or none of them could have gotten on board that private jet.
They’re all fat and ugly. That’s the nicest thing I could think of!
My thought was: Once again WOMEN letting down WOMEN!! Spit!
Have at me…Liberal/Dem women are the worst.
One can spot them a mile a way..what’s with the smug perma smiles.
They are fake…watch them snarl at any minute slight, real or perceived.
Few women are cut from Palin’s cloth.
Fat and ugly really seems to be a common trait among Democrat and leftist women. I wonder why that is.
Yes … One would believe with all that “gratis” they receive the DemoKKKrat women would take better care of themselves
it’s a prerequisite!
That’s a busload of fugly! Nasty inside & out.
Democrats are activists. Republicans need to do the same thing if they want to block a democrat bill.
Milk Carton Crats—Love it! “We are now taking the fight to our nation’s Capitol,” “We are living on borrowed time in Texas.”
Not only in Texas DemiComs.
Last time folks “took the fight to our nation’s Capitol” it was called Insurrection.
Course they weren’t DemiComs.
If Conservatives did that they would be arrested.
The bus would have went straight to jail
Women in politics. There, I said it.
“The cases of beer on the seats is a nice touch.“
If those were real Texans, they would be toting Shiner Bock.
They all should be on a diet
Can you come up with one? I can.
Carpetbaggers
whom is paying to
water their house plants and
care for their house pets,
take care of their property,
and pick up the mail etc.?
For how long?
I do not know
( . . . note whom is smiling for the camera …)
I have it on good authority that each one, owns at least two cat feeders each.
How can we slash their salaries/ food allowances on away trips/ pensions????
You ask as if they work for the people. It’s their party and you can cry if you want to.
Send Texas Rangers to stop the bus before it reaches the border, this is an IMPORTANT issue.
The Lawfare provocateurs et al are obviously schooling the Democrats everywhere on how to use every loophole and dirty rotten duplicitous trick possible to subvert democracy or whatever remnant of democracy and stable gov’t is still left in the USA and the Western world.
If Texas is still purple, while millions of illegals are crossing their border, when crime is rising in many major cities and when other egregious JoeBama policies are degrading society in general, how can anyone be optimistic about America’s future.
If the dominant party’s politicians in a Red/Purple/Magenta/Crimson state like Texas can’t or won’t enact reasonable laws to ensure election integrity, that are the key to gaining the people’s minimally necessary trust; then the future looks very bleak. Where’s the optimistic outlook or way to beat this latest Lawfare manipulation.
AND in the midst of ALL of this …
We have kristi noem making “remarks”, of a negative nature, concerning the rewriting of history by another republican governor (supposed to be nameless but think FLORIDA!) at CPAC…
Treepers – keep yourself aware, help a friend along the way, stay informed.
Until we find ways to “organize” and “communicate” truth to the masses – no one is safe.
I always reckoned that the founding fathers held the label of “insurrectionist”…at the very least the king of bloody England thought so lol.
It’s BAD optics to flee to DC. I think they know that the writing is on the wall for all the voter fraud.
My guess is most of those fleeing TX Democrat nutjobs only won their elections BECAUSE of Democrat vote fraud. And they know it.
Losers…
The white guys in the rear of the bus look like they have Stockholm Syndrome.
Looks like a plane full of Karen’s exiting out of the great state of Texas.. What a WIN WIN.
Satan’s army
The very definition of useful idiots.
Let the Texan RINO’s expose themselves. It’s their move and if they fail to force the issue then you know what they are. Governor Abbot it’s time to prove yourself.
Keep the special sessions going until the end of the year maybe longer, they will not be missed.
Like any effective disease(Communism), it finds a new host, as the previous host recovers/ dies.
Socialists have a severe irony deficiency.
As Cuba protests the collapse/failures of socialism, America is violently thrust towards it
While I appreciate the sentiment forgive me if I find the threat of arrest disingenuous Rhino bull****. If they were serious about it they’d be arrested upon return.
They can be arrested and should be.
And nobody stopped them because ??
There needs to be a law in all states that if any parts of a state’s congress leaves the state, their votes are hereby seen as nullified, hence they can no longer leave said state to avoid voting.
If these demons want to block legislation, they can do it from their own homes.
Just more proof that democrats have no moral compass.
Reps don’t have one either
wake up
Big party on the taxpayers and the rich dude who owns their votes.
WHERE are their masks ? /s
Same place their brains are….absent.
You can always tell the party they represent by the absence of a single attractive woman.
This is Nothing To Be Proud of.
VOTE THEM OUT !!
Must be nice to ride on government buses and fly in government chartered planes without a mask.
According to the MANY speeches given by Southwest Airline employees on my vacation last week, this is a violation of Federal Law.
Two. Separate. Rulebooks.
How long before they issue the old “we’re human, we make mistakes” excuse that is on page 37 of Team Blue Rulebook.
Okay. I just fired off a strongly worded message to our Gov. Abbot.. Let’s see what (if any) response I get.
“Texas is not as conservative as people think; exactly the opposite is true… just review their conduct during COVID.”
Shout it from the mountain top; I haven’t been on the mountaintop, but been saying that for a long time. Abbott’s handling of Covid was, indeed, a big tell. DeSantis/FL deserve many more accolades than Texas; and, then, there’s John Cornyn, what a worthless pos.
Didn’t the Texas AG file suit in December in an attempt to thwart the illegal actions of states like PA during the election?
Seems like a slam dunk, to me, if he were to issue warrants for their arrest. The guy is MAGA in my book. He could easily have done the Bill Barr / Dirty Cop thing.
It would thrill the voters.
Abbot should issue an executive order temporarily instating all the measures until such time that the kleptocrats return to work and vote on them. In the meantime, issue arrest warrants and civil forfeiture decrees. Take all their stuff, empty their bank accounts, and cut off their credit cards. Charge the private airline and bus service as accessories, and take all their assets through civil forfeiture as well. The second the AWOL kleptocrats step foot in Texas, arrest them and hold them without bail in solitary confinement until the state gets around to trying and convicting them. Oh, and don’t bother giving their stuff back.
We have sixteen months to wait on the 2022 midterms. Even with cleaning up the voting issues like going to paper ballots, no drop boxes, etc. the beat will be going on as fast as they can beat it for sixteen months. Look what they have done just since January! I do not think we have sixteen months to screw around with these commies. Things just keep looking darker and darker. Ugh…Unless something positive for our side comes out of these audits, we are pretty much doomed. As the real POTUS said in his speech. and this is a parable ” It took many hours, days, weeks and months of work to arrange for securing our border with Mexico. It cannot be brought back overnight. We will have to start all over again.!” The foreigners will take over our country without firing a shot. They will do it with their illegal vote.
They will if the Texians hold a fire to their ***es. It’s well past time to stop playing nice with these dweebs. If the twits leave the state, then the citizens should act to kick the ENTIRE. PARTY. out of the state entirely. They don’t want to do their job, fine. Then the party itself can just piss off and no longer have a say in the state’s policies. It’s well past time to call the baby ugly and make these scumbags live up to their own tactics.