blocking the COMMON SENSE voting bill...
Posted on 05/31/2021 4:08:25 PM PDT by Libloather
Democrats vowed to continue to fight a Texas bill that would add restrictions on voting as Republican Gov. Greg Abbott threatened to cut off funding for the Legislature if they do so.
"I will veto Article 10 of the budget passed by the legislature. Article 10 funds the legislative branch," Abbott tweeted Monday. "No pay for those who abandon their responsibilities. Stay tuned."
Texas Democrats used every parliamentary tool at their disposal Sunday night to stop the bill, ultimately walking out to prevent a vote before the midnight deadline. Abbott said the bill would be added to a special session agenda to pass it. He did not announce a date for the special session.
State Rep. Chris Turner, chair of the House Democratic Caucus, said he and his colleagues in the state House will continue their fight, and he called on Congress to pass legislation on the national level that would protect voting.
"We're going to fight him every step of the way, we're going to fight Republicans every step of the way, and we're going to do whatever it takes to continue to stop, slow down and mitigate this legislation." Turner said Monday on CNN.
Democrats across the country threw their support behind efforts to block the bill as Texas shapes up to be the next battleground over voting rights. President Joe Biden said over the weekend that the bill was an "assault on democracy."
Stacey Abrams, a former Georgia Democratic gubernatorial nominee, who has been leading the push for voting access in her state, tweeted: "Congratulations to the Texas Democrats, activists and advocates for protecting the freedom to vote until the very last hour to defeat the Jim Crow 2.0 bill#SB7. This is what happens when we fight."
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The only thing restrictive should be the rope around Rat's necks.
Wouldn’t it be nice if Republicans fought like democrats. One thing about democrats — they never, never, ever give up. Never, never, never.
Jim Crow 2.0 bill#SB7
Contradictory euphemisms are not going work.
While I applaud this move completely, Abbott is a Schitzophrenic Republican governor. He consistently makes as many bad decisions as he makes good ones. Texas can do Far Better than this guy. Texas needs a governor far more like Florida’s Governor Desantis.
“ Stacey Abrams, a former Georgia Democratic gubernatorial nominee, who has been leading the push for voting access in her state, tweeted: “Congratulations to the Texas Democrats, activists and advocates for protecting the freedom to vote until the very last hour to defeat the Jim Crow 2.0 bill#SB7.”
Well bless your heart, chubby. Democrats did Jim Crow 1.0. This bill protects honest votes…as you well know.
The majority of Americans support voter ID laws. Thusly not passing voting security laws is anti-democratic
Correct. I tried, failed and was found wanting.
This is too obvious a solution. Republicans are so boring and uncreative. They need to think more outside the box with the leftist Marxists.
blocking the COMMON SENSE voting bill...
Nothing screams racism like the soft bigotry of low expectations, and Democrats excel at that.
They really do think that minorities are not mentally capable of the simplest tasks.
President Trump thought outside the box. How did that go?
Trump is still around, with high popularity. I don’t think he’s through yet.
There is a long history of Democrats running and hiding when they’re losing. What kind of people can vote Democrat?
Go after them Mr. Governor!
“President Trump thought outside the box. How did that go?”
Stunningly successful. He got an tremendous amount accomplished in his 4 years even though he faced unbelievable obstruction from all quarters. But you should know that unless you just popped out off a Martian spaceship.
Please do it Abbott
Why are parts of Texas electing commies to the leigslature?
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