Texas Democrats flee the state to Illinois.

[jc456]

When was that calendar established though?

the beginning of the year. It's the schedule. Should we look at 2024's? Funny recess in August. Maybe 2023?

 

[Edgetho]

I am shocked, just SHOCKED I tell you, to hear that two of our finest Citizens are paying for democrats to not do the jobs they were elected, and PAYED, to do.

Whatever will happen to us

Governor Abbott has stated that anyone giving or taking money to help the runaway Texas representatives is guilty of bribery. He makes a good case: Bribery is defined as giving money to induce an official to either take an action or not take an action.

Soros and "Beto" are paying the Democrats to flee the state and not vote on the redistricting bill. They wouldn't be able to do this without the bribe money, and all of them are too selfish to pay themselves for their absconding.

Ergo, the money paid to them is in fact a bribe to ensure they do not take an official action (voting) on public business.

We'll see if Governor Abbott follows through, or if left-wing judges decide to redefine bribery to grant Democrats a special exemption.

From the Texas Tribune: Content Warning For "SHOCK" ahead

The expenses are mounting fast for the more than 50 Democrats in the Texas House who left the state Sunday to prevent the Republican-controlled chamber from having enough members to conduct business. Most lawmakers traveled to the Chicago area by way of a private plane from CommuteAir. They are now on the hook for lodging, meals and the $500-a-day fines they will each accrue for every day of the special session they miss.

National Democratic organizations have been eager to pick up the tab for what they see as a last-ditch effort to stop a nationwide redistricting war that threatens to upend the 2026 midterms. O'Rourke's organization, armed with a $3.5 million war chest, has covered much of the costs so far -- including air transport, lodging and logistical support, a person involved with the fundraising said -- though other groups have been in the mix.

Texas Majority PAC, a group backed by Democratic megadonor George Soros and formed by alums of O'Rourke's 2022 gubernatorial bid, is coordinating with national Democratic groups to solicit fundraising from the party's regular big-dollar donors, according to two people with knowledge of the internal dynamics.

shocking

 

[Edgetho]

 

[shockedcanadian]

Well, look what a little bird sent me:

 

[The Duke]

She gon' be arrested. They have laws against that there.

 

[JGalt]

I am shocked, just SHOCKED I tell you, to hear that two of our finest Citizens are paying for democrats to not do the jobs they were elected, and PAYED, to do.

Whatever will happen to us

Governor Abbott has stated that anyone giving or taking money to help the runaway Texas representatives is guilty of bribery. He makes a good case: Bribery is defined as giving money to induce an official to either take an action or not take an action.

Soros and "Beto" are paying the Democrats to flee the state and not vote on the redistricting bill. They wouldn't be able to do this without the bribe money, and all of them are too selfish to pay themselves for their absconding.

Ergo, the money paid to them is in fact a bribe to ensure they do not take an official action (voting) on public business.

We'll see if Governor Abbott follows through, or if left-wing judges decide to redefine bribery to grant Democrats a special exemption.

From the Texas Tribune: Content Warning For "SHOCK" ahead

The expenses are mounting fast for the more than 50 Democrats in the Texas House who left the state Sunday to prevent the Republican-controlled chamber from having enough members to conduct business. Most lawmakers traveled to the Chicago area by way of a private plane from CommuteAir. They are now on the hook for lodging, meals and the $500-a-day fines they will each accrue for every day of the special session they miss.

National Democratic organizations have been eager to pick up the tab for what they see as a last-ditch effort to stop a nationwide redistricting war that threatens to upend the 2026 midterms. O'Rourke's organization, armed with a $3.5 million war chest, has covered much of the costs so far -- including air transport, lodging and logistical support, a person involved with the fundraising said -- though other groups have been in the mix.

Texas Majority PAC, a group backed by Democratic megadonor George Soros and formed by alums of O'Rourke's 2022 gubernatorial bid, is coordinating with national Democratic groups to solicit fundraising from the party's regular big-dollar donors, according to two people with knowledge of the internal dynamics.

shocking

They should both be sent to Alligator Alcatraz then be deported to Antarctica to live with the penguins.

 

[Edgetho]

She gon' be arrested. They have laws against that there.

She's a Lawyer. Lawyers don't send other Lawyers to Jail for the same reason they oppose shark hunting and the killing of vultures -- Professional Courtesy

 

[1srelluc]

 

[skye]

 

[Oddball]

I case anyone is keeping score at home....

 

[Zincwarrior]

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Sleazebag is less than nothing

 

[skye]

 

[candycorn]

psst candycorn , we're in August!!!!!!!

Psst.... the house adjourned in July--2 weeks early.

I win.

THanks for playing.

Check please.

 

[Missouri_Mike]

We desperately need to fix a system that incentivizes this -- a race to the bottom -- before it's too late.

Which it may already be.

Shit you never were worried about when dem states were doing it.

 

[Missouri_Mike]

Is that why the democrats also gerrymander, because they can't win on their merits and they know it?

If the democrats actually stopped gerrymandering in their own states they’d lose about 100 seats.

 

[Mac1958]

Shit you never were worried about when dem states were doing it.

That's your reality, sure.

Actually, ignorant rube, I've made this point several times, including when Biden was President.

Post 22, September 27, 2022, Mac's Top 100 Issues Facing America Today

The main problems are fixable: Term limits, non-partisan primaries, ranked choice voting, independent redistricting commissions, getting money out politics.

But the problem in getting from here to there is the fact that the zealots on the ends of the spectrum don't want to fix the system. They like things just the way they are. Caveman politics benefit them personally.

 

[Paddlefoot]

I live in a democrat area now. At no time anything has improved.

 

[The Duke]

FYI from your link, US Marshalls do not arrest Texas state lawbreakers. Only federal warrants are allowe

So would it be Rangers, or Texas State Troopers then?
Do they even have the latter?

 

[Natural Citizen]

 

[Paddlefoot]

guess where this is?