This is so ridiculous. Why did you go back? It’s performative at this point. They’ll pass the legislation. The difficult thing to do was staying away for ~100 days and you couldn’t do it. This is just nothing.
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I heard 2 dems broke away and showed up for some fucking reason. This broke the minimum seats needed to bring a vote. It meant the other dems staying out of state didn't make a difference, so they all returned.
The TX legislature is a part time job and gets paid hardly anything. Most reps have normal, regular jobs, not to mention a spouse, children, and all that stuff.
Can you fork over $500 a day when you're not at work?
While I would have loved for them to stay away longer, trying to act like it was just a matter of cojones is horrendously naive.
This is absolutely something the party apparatus should've funded. If they can figure out a thousand ways to funnel campaign contributions to a thousand other endeavors, they can figure out how to pay for a few dozen people to stay in Illinois for 6 months. We're talking a microscopic amount of money when compared to campaign advertising and consultants.
Since when did some podunk Texas judge have jurisdiction over Illinois?
All these people upset about elected Democrats when a fuck ton more don't take the time to just go vote.
Perhaps people are placing blame in the wrong place.
Republicans and dems do this all the time in different states, it's always performative. Both sides always threaten to arrest the other. This time, the Texas Republicans successfully got the warrants approved as of last Friday, so big surprise the dems are back.
Now instead of leaving, they're having a sleepover to ensure they'll be there fresh and ready for the vote.
Do you usually vote conservative?
In other words, Texas Dems are unprincipled cowards. Imagine what happens when they face a real threat. Fascism is going to break these useless bastards so fast...
What a fun performance! The Republicans will surely rue this day, just like they did when Joe Biden appointed Merrick Garland to run the Department of Justice.
What are they even being policed for? The session the warrants were issued for is over and they returned to the state house. There's nothing more to be done in that order. What happens if they leave without agreeing to escort? Will they be arrested? For what?
Urinate on the republican seats!