Posted on 08/12/2021 9:08:24 PM PDT by Libloather
Law enforcement officers in Texas were deputized Thursday and will "immediately" begin working to track down Democratic lawmakers whose extended absence from Austin has denied the state House of Representatives a quorum for a month.
The House sergeant-at-arms, who received 52 civil arrest warrants for the missing lawmakers from Republican House Speaker Dade Phelan earlier in the week, took the initiative after the Texas Supreme Court blocked more attempts to keep top Republican officials from ordering the Democrats' arrest. Three Harris County judges had granted orders, which the state Supreme Court stayed, to block the arrests of the 45 Democrats.
“Earlier today the House sergeant-at-arms deputized members of Texas law enforcement to assist in the House’s efforts to compel a quorum. That process will begin in earnest immediately,” a spokesperson for Phelan said Thursday.
Phelan signed the civil warrants on Tuesday to arrest the Democratic lawmakers, who left the state a month ago in protest of Republicans' efforts to pass voting reform, after the state's high court stayed a separate temporary restraining order issued out of Travis County preventing the lawmakers' arrest.
The warrants directed the sergeant-at-arms to take custody of any member named under warrant and to "bring said member before the bar of the House instanter" to participate in the special legislative session called by Texas Gov. Greg Abbott.
"Nobody can detain or drag us back to the House floor against our will," state Rep. Gene Wu told the Texas Tribune after he and his fellow Democrats gained temporary protection against the warrants. "We will not be willing participants in the silencing of our communities.”
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I like this story.
No bounty, because democrats would turn each other in to cover the cost of their trip.
Send a Texas Ranger after them. That’s all you’d need... One riot, one ranger.
Paging bounty hunters.
Bring in Dog the Bounty Hunter and turn the search into reality TV.
They aren’t going to jail. They are just being brought back to the state house. Its a dog and pony show
“Its a dog and pony show”
Mostly dogs, I would say.
I don’t understand all of the theater…just have a call of the house and for those that aren’t present, or with a excused absence, declare the seat ABANDONED and VACATED.
Governor appoints a replacement and the state’s legislative business moves forward.
“Manos arriba!”
~ Frank Hamer
Guess what Gene. Your ass is going to get dragged back to the Texas state house so you can be present while a democrat vote is held. You do not get to veto the will of the people by simply refusing to do your duty as an elected rep. You don’t have to vote if you don’t want to, but you WILL be present even if you have to be cuffed and dragged back in.
Suck it.
Is there a reward offered for turning them in? I could go visit my son in DC and do some hunting.
Send in Chuck Norris.
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