Posted on 07/22/2021 2:35:08 AM PDT by Libloather
WASHINGTON - A member of the Texas Democratic delegation has returned to Austin from Washington, D.C., to negotiate with Republicans over their voting legislation, h.
Rep. Philip Cortez, D-San Antonio, made the announcement Wednesday on Twitter, saying that he intended to "engage in good-faith dialogue about the aspects of the bill that I, and others, think are harmful."
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Other members, however, question how his decision was made, who he had spoken with or what his mission is.
"To be clear, he is not negotiating on our behalf," tweeted Rep. Gina Hinojosa, D-Austin, in response. "He made the decision to rejoin Republicans without speaking to the Dem delegation."
Rep. Celia Israel, D-Austin, said that Cortez's 4:41 p.m. tweet was the first she heard that Cortez had returned.
"That was news to us that we had an emissary," Israel told the American-Statesman. "I didn't know we had one, and I don't know what would be the point."
"The governor is scoring political points off of us like a piñata. He's raising money, he's trying to show his Republicans how tough he is. They're entrenched. I don't see what would be the point of an emissary politically. If you just think through it, I don't get it," Israel said.
Cortez has not returned a message as of Wednesday evening asking which Democrats he had met with in planning his return.
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"Many of those that are there simply know how to count," Johnson said. "The fact that they still need a bunch more doesn't mean that they are anywhere close to having a quorum. So we're still strong. There could be some that are there just to simply gather some information, because they can leave anytime they want. The quorum is still broke."
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the dem seats should be declared vacant and filled then by the governor
or however he can appoint for vacated seats
Weren’t they supposed to be arrested?
Don’t believe anything he says! DemonRats will lie, steal, cheat and even murder to get their way. Beware!
Democrat privilege?
Yep. The Governor promised arrest. Lock him up.
Weren’t they supposed to be arrested?
Governor Abbott is all hat and no cattle.
Doing his job. Foreign concept to these democrats.
Yeah ... that’s what I thought too.
Geez, you are a real pest, aren’t you?
Get some sleep.
SECOND...WELL WHO IS THE FIRST/??
So, how many needs to return in order to have a quarum?
Rep. Gina Hinojosa, Demon-Austin
I think I heard just...ONE.
That maybe wrong.
The purpose of arrest was to bring them back to the Capitol if need be. No need to arrest and then be sued if they return on their own as they would no longer be in violation.
FYI — “A bunch of bananas is called a ‘hand,’ and an individual banana is called a ‘finger.
Abbots cla8m that he was going to arrest these pos was all bs spewing from the mouth of a politician.
Abbot gotta go. He is a way biggly part of the problem
Why don’t you just wait to see what happens?
You had to hurt yourself by jumping to a conclusion that has not happened yet.
Only one thing counts here. How close to a legislative quorum does this bring us?
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