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Breaking: Texas House Authorizes Arrest of Rogue Democrats - It's Happening
Western Journal.com ^ | 8/4/2025 | Randy DeSoto

Posted on 08/04/2025 8:00:16 PM PDT by Beave Meister

The Texas House of Representatives passed a resolution Monday afternoon calling for the arrest of dozens of Democratic lawmakers who fled the state to prevent a congressional redistricting vote from going forward.

At least 100 of the 150 members of the Texas House must be present for a quorum so business can be conducted.

(Excerpt) Read more at westernjournal.com ...


TOPICS: Front Page News; Government; Politics/Elections; US: Texas
KEYWORDS: democrats; dems; gop; illinois; iltx; newyawk; redistricting; republicans; texas; texashouse

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Kick them out of Texas for good, never allow them back.
1 posted on 08/04/2025 8:00:16 PM PDT by Beave Meister
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To: Beave Meister

kick them out of those seats and replace them, Abbot. Like you said you would today.


2 posted on 08/04/2025 8:03:07 PM PDT by Bullish (My tagline ran off with another man, but it's ok---- I wasn't married to it.)
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To: Beave Meister
Hang 'em high. Twist in the wind.

3 posted on 08/04/2025 8:04:25 PM PDT by Governor Dinwiddie ( O give thanks unto the Lord, for He is gracious, and his mercy endures forever. — Psalm 106)
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To: Bullish

This would make my day! “kick them out of those seats and replace them, Abbot. Like you said you would today.”


4 posted on 08/04/2025 8:07:56 PM PDT by armourenthusiast (I loved everything Trump until Epstein coverup)
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To: Beave Meister

Better to sit back for a while and see how this goes before getting excited.

I suspect symbolism over substance will be the result.


5 posted on 08/04/2025 8:08:13 PM PDT by ChildOfThe60s (If you can remember the 60s, you weren't really there)
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To: Bullish

Those same Democrats had no problem when Biden let in millions of illegals the last 4 years. If the Democrats are caught, sentence them to hard labor...


6 posted on 08/04/2025 8:08:46 PM PDT by Beave Meister (Leave the gun. Take the cannoli....)
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To: Bullish

Empty arrest threats do nothing. The moment you start actually removing them from office they come running back fast


7 posted on 08/04/2025 8:09:22 PM PDT by iamgalt
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To: Beave Meister

Democrats never disappoint, they are all pieces of shit.


8 posted on 08/04/2025 8:09:52 PM PDT by wjcsux (On 3/14/1883 Karl Marx gave humanity his best gift, he died. )
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To: Beave Meister

Real Texans don’t run to Chicago to hide behind the Prickster’s skirt when they think their world is coming to an end.


9 posted on 08/04/2025 8:10:21 PM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (They brought down the WTC now we're electing them to all government positions in the U.S.)
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To: armourenthusiast

Knowing Abbot he would probably just replace them all with more democrats. Out of a sense of ‘fairness’ and all that.


10 posted on 08/04/2025 8:14:54 PM PDT by Bullish (My tagline ran off with another man, but it's ok---- I wasn't married to it.)
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To: Beave Meister

they simply need to change the rules of what constitutes a quarum


11 posted on 08/04/2025 8:22:08 PM PDT by TexasFreeper2009
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To: Beave Meister
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A representation of current crop of Texas democrats.
12 posted on 08/04/2025 8:25:49 PM PDT by chief lee runamok ( Le Flâneur @Large)
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To: dadgum

Oh!

I hope they resist arrest.

And meet the pavement. Many times.


13 posted on 08/04/2025 8:26:19 PM PDT by dadgum (Fight to WIN or do not fight at At all)
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To: Beave Meister

Charge them all with a conspiracy against the rights of the people of Texas to have those they elected present for legislative sessions.

Immediately cease all payments of any kind to all legislators acting unlawfully by fleeing the state.

Make each absent legislator pay his/her daily fines in full BEFORE THEY CAN RETURN TO TEXAS.

Seize the passenger jet used to unlawfully fly the legislators out of Texas. Demand the federal government ground the jet for its use to unlawfully transport state legislators out of the state of Texas. The $47 million aircraft should be impounded for its use in commission of multiple Texas felonies. The aircraft was unlawfully used to provide flight of criminals across state lines to avoid prosecution.


14 posted on 08/04/2025 8:28:53 PM PDT by Gnome1949
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To: Beave Meister

To bad Texas can’t send it’s very own Frank Buck out to “Bring ‘em back alive”.


15 posted on 08/04/2025 8:31:51 PM PDT by fella ("As it was before Noah so shall it be again," )
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To: TexasFreeper2009

Do they need a House quorum to change the House rules?


16 posted on 08/04/2025 8:40:59 PM PDT by ding_dong_daddy_from_dumas (Re-imagine the media!)
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To: Beave Meister
I posted this back in 2021:


Why aren't they charged with accepting a bribe to withhold their vote?

Someone paid for their private jet. Someone paid for their hotel costs.

Texas House Democrats are guilty of accepting a bribe to withhold their vote under the Texas Constitution, and should have their House seats vacated.

According to the Texas State Constitution:

Article 16 Section 41:

Sec. 41. BRIBERY AND SOLICITATION OR ACCEPTANCE OF BRIBES. Any person who shall, directly or indirectly, offer, give, or promise, any money or thing of value, testimonial, privilege or personal advantage, to any executive or judicial officer or member of the Legislature to influence him in the performance of any of his public or official duties, shall be guilty of bribery, and be punished in such manner as shall be provided by law. And any member of the Legislature or executive or judicial officer who shall solicit, demand or receive, or consent to receive, directly or indirectly, for himself, or for another, from any company, corporation or person, any money, appointment, employment, testimonial, reward, thing of value or employment, or of personal advantage or promise thereof, for his vote or official influence, or for withholding the same, or with any understanding, expressed or implied, that his vote or official action shall be in any way influenced thereby, or who shall solicit, demand and receive any such money or other advantage matter or thing aforesaid for another, as the consideration of his vote or official influence, in consideration of the payment or promise of such money, advantage, matter or thing to another, shall be held guilty of bribery, within the meaning of the Constitution, and shall incur the disabilities provided for said offenses, with a forfeiture of the office they may hold, and such other additional punishment as is or shall be provided by law.

While the seats are vacant, a new quorum can be reached with the sitting House. That's when they can take the vote on election reform.

The Texas Constitution is there for all to see. The question now is whether the Republicans have the nerve to act like Democrats and enforce their own Constitution to kick the fleeing Democrats out of the House that they vacated.


Governor Abbott needs to tell the Democrats that they must pay their own expenses related to fleeing the state or he will charge them with accepting a bribe in exchange for withholding their vote.

-PJ

17 posted on 08/04/2025 8:44:12 PM PDT by Political Junkie Too ( * LAAP = Left-wing Activist Agitprop Press (formerly known as the MSM))
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To: ChildOfThe60s

I’m TX. There will be no arrests. TX dems have done this before. Nothing happens.


18 posted on 08/04/2025 8:45:48 PM PDT by waterhill (Nobody cares, work harder!)
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To: TexasFreeper2009

I think that would take a quorum to pass. Darn it.


19 posted on 08/04/2025 8:48:03 PM PDT by pingman ("Step right up! Get your free helicopter ride, courtesy of Pinochet Air!")
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To: pingman

Catch-22.


20 posted on 08/04/2025 9:05:14 PM PDT by ding_dong_daddy_from_dumas (Re-imagine the media!)
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