Posted on 10/05/2020 4:51:34 PM PDT by Eddie01
Remember her? Back in May, Dallas area hair salon owner Shelley Luther became the face of pandemic lockdown oppression when she actually went to jail for daring to operate her small business against executive orders from the state.
Luther, who needed to work in order to feed her family and pay her employees, continued to operate while maintaining mask-wearing rules, increasing sanitation standards, and social distancing when possible. But to the judge in that case, Luther was in contempt of executive orders and needed to be made an example of.
Luther gained celebrity when a video of her in court with Judge Eric Moye went from stunning to defiant within a matter of moments. Moye called the working mother "selfish," demanded Luther apologize immediately to the court, and close her salon at once or serve one week in jail and be subjected to a $7,500 fine. Luther's response caught the attention of the entire country.
"I have to disagree with you, sir, when you say that I am selfish because feeding my kids is not selfish," Luther said. "I have hair stylists that are going hungry because they'd rather feed their kids. So sir, if you think the law is more important than kids being fed, then please go ahead with your decision. But I'm not going to shut the salon."
In a matter of a few days, America rallied around Luther and demanded her immediate release. Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton as well as Gov. Greg Abbott also demanded that her sentence be ended at once. Abbott further decried that no one in violation of a lockdown order would be jailed.
Luther quickly went from an oppressed and targeted small business owner to the face of tyrannical lockdowns happening across the country. She traveled to Michigan after her own release to speak out on behalf of an elderly barber who had been targeted by Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and her own Democrat henchmen in the state.
Though months have passed and the news cycle seems to have changed thousands of times, Luther has been busy putting her experience to work for the state of Texas. She even threw her hat in the ring as a Republican seeking a State Senate seat in a special election.
And it looks like Luther's ordeal and her obvious fortitude in the face of severe adversity is paying off as her once longshot chance of reaching public office has now put her up against only one other candidate. Following a six-way race last week to represent the Texas State Senate District 30, Luther finished with more votes than any other candidate with 22,135.
wow
Wow, encouraging story.
If someone called me selfish as a kid I’d say: Do you want to buy a nice pickerel?
Nah, I didn’t say that, it’s a whopper. But I wish I had.
What a title.
She is not “embattled” at all. That was long ago in May.
She is kicking butt and taking names at the moment.
A quick search reveals that she will make more as a hair stylist than she would as a state senator. AFAIK, the TX legislature only meets for a handful of weeks a year, and they earn about $600 a week. She could make more in a day doing hair. So I say good for her. She can make her mark, and still keep her day job. I wish the US Congress would do the same. Except Jerry Nadler, who would probably be spreading diabetes across the country if he didn’t win a legislative seat.
Get behind her and push het candidacy!!!
........heyyyyyyyyyy!...........please don’t associate the millions of us that have diabetes with Mr. Fecal Matter Jerry Nadler.
I have concerns for Luther. In candidate forums she clearly was the least up on the issues, and pretty much admitted so at a forum in Gainesville, Texas. The other was she had a tweet in June that was completely clueless about the goals of BLM. I suspect she’ll be a disappointment, hoping I’m wrong.
Uhhh, until she got jailed, she was never in politics at all.
It’s obvious she doesn’t understand liberal progressivism, Children should Always be Sacrificed first.
Great news.... Hope she wins!!!
I am cheering but not convinced of the final outcome.
She got the most votes, among six candidates, and another Republican came in second, and will be her opponent in the general election. (crazy texas election laws).
Luther’s winning depends most of all and where the voters for the other four candidates will go. If most of those votes are Dims, they may choose which of the two Republicans seem less Republican to them. In this political climate Luther’s Republican opponent may seem “safer” to the Dims that have to chose between two Republicans.
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