Posted on 08/07/2021 9:31:08 AM PDT by DFG
Almost two dozen Texas Democrats who fled to Washington, D.C. last month in order to block two 'restrictive' voting reform bills proposed by Republicans have now filed a lawsuit against Gov. Greg Abbott.
Abbott - who is Republican - threatened to arrest the lawmakers when they eventually return to the Lone Star state after they packed onto private jets and flew to the nation's capitol on July 12.
On Friday, 22 of the Democrats filed a complaint in federal court in Austin claiming that Republican attempts to bring them home for a special legislative session is a violation of their rights.
The plaintiffs claim they 'have been deprived of liberty for substantial periods of time, [and] suffered much anxiety and distress over the separation from their families.
They also say they have suffered from 'much discomfort and embarrassment' because their reputations have been 'impaired'.
In addition to Abbott, GOP House Speaker Dade Phelan and State Rep. James White are also named as defendants in the suit.
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And they proclaimed how courageous they all are for this.
They should all be arrested for accepting political bribes and some sort of punishment for dereliction of duty.
“They’ll win the suit with the judge in Austin.” Are you kidding? You really think Democrats can prove that Abbott damaged their “reputations”? The odds that Democrats can prove their reputations have been damaged is the same that Democrats can prove that Abbott caused their Covid infections.
What reputations?
You do know that Austin is Berkley East, don’t you? As in any suit against republicans, democrats are given a pass on providing proof until the outcome is appealed higher.
It’s all about the publicity. The state i.e. taxpayers will pay for any court costs which since the case will be filled in Travis county which railroaded Tom Delay out could happen. We need to go back to duling to settle these things.
Show of hands please from everyone that got a one month vacation from their jobs this summer?
me, but I didn’t want it and it was unpaid.
That was my first thought when I saw that headline.
You took the job.
This country has become a complete embarrassment because of the low IQ whiners, and cowards, that the idiot people have voted to put in power.
They damaged their own reputations when they refused to do the job the taxpayers pay them to do.
It’s a violation of their rights to expect them to do their job?
According to the universal basic income crowd it's a human rights violation to expect anyone to get a job at all.
“Are they that fragile?”
Miller Lite.....YEAH.
Coward’s reputations usually outlive the coward.
It won’t be funny when they get a crazy judge in Austin to grant an injunction.
These democrats are absolutely unbelievable.
Let them stay in Washington PLEASE !!!!!
VOTE THEM OUT !!!!!
They run away then want to sue the governor what idiots !!
He gave them gas.
What they are experiencing is phantom pains of what use to be called a conscience.
It won’t be funny when they get a crazy judge in Austin to grant an injunction.
I hope he throws their AZZES in jail, but it probably won’t happen.
These woke snowflakes think that you can be criminally held responsible for embarrassing someone.
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