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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Commies paired with people who wish to be taken care of.
Mexico already requires VoterID.
F*** demonRATs.
If a group of conservatives made a concerted effort to steal democrat votes suddenly voter security would become a nonpartisan issue again!
Of course, any conservatives who did that would serve hard time in prison.
His (and our) opponents wrecked the country to get rid of him. He was helpless to resist them. All of his cleverness, deal making, four-dimensional chess, did no good.
Democrats wants unconstitutional different standards for different precincts. That’s settled law.
Texas could also do far worse. He hasn’t been Rick Perry, Geroge W. Bush, or Not-My-Maaaawwwww Richards.
Psstt. Democrats even steal their own primaries from one another.
Correct in your estimation. I have NEVER seen a Presidential candidate so stigmatized so unfairly, and made out to be a VIRUS himself, before he did ONE thing in office. He was the Globalist/Uniparty’s worst nightmare, and they convened with the MSM and other Power Brokers to decide that Job One would be to IMPEACH and/or otherwise neutralize him. Three years of strenuous and relentless 3rd World-style treachery and still no results, and then a scamdemic when all else failed, was dumped in his lap, followed quickly by the 2nd Assassination of Martin Luther King, in Minneapolis. 2020 was quite a year. Oh, and to cap it off a brazenly stolen election facilitated by all those forces who conspired to get rid of him 4 1/2 years ago.
Correct in your estimation. I have NEVER seen a Presidential candidate so stigmatized so unfairly, and made out to be a VIRUS himself, before he did ONE thing in office. He was the Globalist/Uniparty’s worst nightmare, and they convened with the MSM and other Power Brokers to decide that Job One would be to IMPEACH and/or otherwise neutralize him. Three years of strenuous and relentless 3rd World-style treachery and still no results, and then a scamdemic when all else failed, was dumped in his lap, followed quickly by the 2nd Assassination of Martin Luther King, in Minneapolis. 2020 was quite a year. Oh, and to cap it off a brazenly stolen election facilitated by all those forces who conspired to get rid of him 4 1/2 years ago.
As the Cajun’s say, True That! But, I stand by my basic point Texas needs to do better. We need to find our own Governor Desantis. For the good of the state.
If I were Gov. Abbott, I’d call a special session. Then another and another and another. Wear them out.
Rayner tried it in IL, court reversed him.
Texas State Reps are paid $7200 per year.
They can do without the cash.
May be factual, may be cruel.
They take in big bucks with their sideline outfits that take donations. Most of them are morons and grabbit is the worst.
If you live in one of these Rat state legislative districts, sue the legislator and get others to do the same. Maybe some crafty judge appointed by PDJT can issue a nationwide injunction against the Rat Party.
>Trump is still around, with high popularity. I don’t think he’s through yet<
I hope he stays!
A “news” article from NBC that reads like a DNC press release. “restrictions on voting” (false), Stacey Abrams is pushing for “voting access” - nonsense.
Easy solution: Do it by executive order. Dems would have to come back in to overturn it.
Just takes a pair.
Yep. Passing election integrity laws is the #1 legislative priority between now and the next election.
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