A representation of current crop of Texas democrats.
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.
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kick them out of those seats and replace them, Abbot. Like you said you would today.
This would make my day! “kick them out of those seats and replace them, Abbot. Like you said you would today.”
Better to sit back for a while and see how this goes before getting excited.
I suspect symbolism over substance will be the result.
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...
Empty arrest threats do nothing. The moment you start actually removing them from office they come running back fast
Real Texans don’t run to Chicago to hide behind the Prickster’s skirt when they think their world is coming to an end.
Knowing Abbot he would probably just replace them all with more democrats. Out of a sense of ‘fairness’ and all that.
they simply need to change the rules of what constitutes a quarum
Oh!
I hope they resist arrest.
And meet the pavement. Many times.
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.
To bad Texas can’t send it’s very own Frank Buck out to “Bring ‘em back alive”.
Do they need a House quorum to change the House rules?
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: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.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.
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
I’m TX. There will be no arrests. TX dems have done this before. Nothing happens.
I think that would take a quorum to pass. Darn it.
Catch-22.
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