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Texas House Votes To Arrest AWOL Dems Hiding Out In Blue States
Daily Caller ^ | 08/04/2025 | Nicole Silverio

Posted on 08/04/2025 2:16:10 PM PDT by DFG

The Texas House passed a motion on Monday to issue arrest warrants for more than 50 Democratic lawmakers after they failed to appear at the chamber to vote on a Republican-led effort to redistrict the state’s congressional maps.

Democratic lawmakers broke quorum by fleeing to blue states like Illinois and New York and by not returning when the chamber gaveled at 3 p.m. Their absence led state House Speaker Dustin Burrows to say he would immediately sign civil warrants to permit the chamber’s sergeant-at-arms and state troopers to arrest them and return them to the state Capitol.

“The sergeant-at-arms and any appointed by her are directed to send for all absentees whose attendance is not excused for the purpose of securing and maintaining their attendance, under warrant of arrest if necessary, until further order of the House,” Burrows said.

The absentee members will not face civil or criminal charges, according to The Texas Tribune. The warrants only apply within Texas state lines, making them largely symbolic.

Republican Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton backed the arrests of the lawmakers and vowed to hold all of the “jet-setting runaways” to account for abdicating their duties.

“Instead of showing up to work and doing the jobs they were elected to do, House Democrat members have fled the state in a cowardly desertion of their responsibilities as elected officials,” Paxton said in a statement. “These jet-setting runaways abandoned Texas, abdicated their duties in the House, and sacrificed their constituents for a publicity stunt. I am prepared to do everything in my power to hold them accountable because these liberal lawmakers are not above the law. It’s imperative that they be swiftly arrested, punished and face the full force of the law for turning their backs on the people of Texas.”

Republican Texas Gov. Greg Abbott announced that he issued an order for the lawmakers’ arrests.

“Texas House Democrats abandoned their duty to Texans,” Abbott said. “By fleeing the state, Texas House Democrats are holding hostage critical legislation to aid flood victims and advance property tax relief. There are consequences for dereliction of duty. Speaker Dustin Burrows just issued a call of the Texas House and issued warrants to compel members to return to the chamber.”

“To ensure compliance, I ordered the Texas Department of Public Safety to locate, arrest, and return to the House chamber any member who has abandoned their duty to Texans. This order will remain in effect until all missing Democrat House members are accounted for and brought to the Texas Capitol,” the governor continued.

The Texas House requires one hundred representatives and 21 senators to constitute a quorum in their chambers.


TOPICS: Politics
KEYWORDS: arrest; democrats; house; texas
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1 posted on 08/04/2025 2:16:10 PM PDT by DFG
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To: DFG

I don’t know - this is Texas. Do they mean what they say?

Will they actually ty and succeed in arresting 50 Democratic lawmakers for FTA/AWOL?

Wouldn’t that be nice.

Could it snap back at anyone who FTA’s at a Texas congressional hearing?


2 posted on 08/04/2025 2:20:39 PM PDT by Jim W N (MAGA by restoring the Gospel of the Grace of Christ (Jude 3) and our Free Constitutional Republic!)
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To: DFG

Kabuki. Wake me when they are charged with something for which they can be extradited from Il.


3 posted on 08/04/2025 2:20:53 PM PDT by RightOnTheBorder
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To: DFG

Yeah. Well. This Texas House of wimp republicans had better do this and figure out quick they don’t work for the Bushes any more. New sheriff


4 posted on 08/04/2025 2:20:56 PM PDT by stanne (Because they were mesmerized by Obama, the man for whom this was named, whose name they left out of )
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To: DFG

Maybe California will offer them amnesty.


5 posted on 08/04/2025 2:21:22 PM PDT by ComputerGuy
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To: DFG
Republican Texas Gov. Greg Abbott announced that he issued an order for the lawmakers’ arrests.

The money line.
6 posted on 08/04/2025 2:21:24 PM PDT by SpaceBar
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To: DFG

How did the AWOL vote pass if there weren’t enough demonicRATS to vote on it?


7 posted on 08/04/2025 2:21:34 PM PDT by Texas Eagle ("Throw me to the wolves and I'll return leading the pack"- Donald J. Trump)
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To: Jim W N

“ I don’t know - this is Texas. Do they mean what they say?”

Well they’re wimp Bush bots so …


8 posted on 08/04/2025 2:21:45 PM PDT by stanne (Because they were mesmerized by Obama, the man for whom this was named, whose name they left out of )
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To: DFG

So what happened to dismissing all the scofflaw democrats and replacing them?


9 posted on 08/04/2025 2:22:16 PM PDT by plsvn
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To: DFG

The absentee members will not face civil or criminal charges, according to The Texas Tribune. The warrants only apply within Texas state lines, making them largely symbolic.


Big whoop, then, for even voting for this, TX House.


10 posted on 08/04/2025 2:22:53 PM PDT by Jane Long (Jesus is Lord!)
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To: plsvn

That’s up to AG Paxton.

This is merely the TX House giving a wrist slap to their MIA cohorts.


11 posted on 08/04/2025 2:23:37 PM PDT by Jane Long (Jesus is Lord!)
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To: Texas Eagle

Could be different levels of numbers to vote, depending on the level of legislation being proposed. Simple majority for minor builds and two-thirds for major ones. Something like that.

I hope Texas follows through on this.


12 posted on 08/04/2025 2:24:40 PM PDT by Jonty30 (If you put some water in your gas tank, with your gas, the gas will stay in the tank longer.)
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To: DFG

Issue bounties. Dead or alive.


13 posted on 08/04/2025 2:26:55 PM PDT by yuleeyahoo (“Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain!” - the deep-state)
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To: DFG

I used to play pretend when I was a kid. But I grew out of it.


14 posted on 08/04/2025 2:28:15 PM PDT by ClearCase_guy (The list of things I no longer care about is long. And it's getting longer.)
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To: DFG

Pretty sure this never works.


15 posted on 08/04/2025 2:34:25 PM PDT by Williams (Thank God for the election of President Trump!)
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To: stanne

What state has the manliest men?

We need more men to man up and blast this effeminate-pushing Leftist Women’s Movement to hell.


16 posted on 08/04/2025 2:35:06 PM PDT by Jim W N (MAGA by restoring the Gospel of the Grace of Christ (Jude 3) and our Free Constitutional Republic!)
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To: Jane Long
giving a (limp) wrist slap

There, fixed it.

17 posted on 08/04/2025 2:36:20 PM PDT by plsvn
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To: DFG

The only thing I appreciate about the Dems is when they hold the power, they use it.
If this were the Dems you can bet your bottom dollar that they would hunt the pubs down and haul them to jail. And they would t care about any fallout.

Will the pubs do what they can and should do? Nope.


18 posted on 08/04/2025 2:37:59 PM PDT by hillarys cankles
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To: Jane Long

What is happening to Texas?


19 posted on 08/04/2025 2:39:12 PM PDT by hillarys cankles
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To: Williams

Interesting history:

https://www.npr.org/2025/08/04/nx-s1-5492114/quorum-break-texas-democrats-walkout

Democrats tried this tactic in 2021.

They caved after five weeks.


20 posted on 08/04/2025 2:41:01 PM PDT by cgbg (It was not us. It was them--all along.)
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