Texas Republicans have voted to track down and arrest dozens of Democratic legislators who have fled the state to block passage of a partisan redistricting plan.
The vote passed by 85 to 6, following Republican Governor Greg Abbott’s threat of bribery charges against the absent Democrats.
After the vote, the governor ordered state troopers “to locate, arrest, and return to the House chamber any member who has abandoned their duty to Texans”.
Too bad they don’t have a quorum…
Naturally setting precedent for when Republicans do the same?
They don’t plan on having fair elections anymore, they will never get the chance. If they can rig/win the midterm it’s basically game over for the US.
So. That just means they still won’t vote in redistricting I dont think they thought that through
They’ll arrest and force them to attend the vote to achieve quorum, and then it’ll pass. They don’t need the votes, just the people.
Honestly, at this point they could just break the rules and pass it anyway. Who’s gonna enforce the law?
It’s more symbolic to force your enemy to bend the knee.
The gerrymandering bill has enough votes to pass. Democrats can’t do anything about that.
If enough representatives don’t show up, there’s not enough quorum to even hold a vote.
The irony of a Republican lawmaker trying to make this point is unbelievable…
Ugh, Ken Paxton. I didn’t think there could be a worse senator from Texas than Ted Cruz, but Paxton is sure gonna try.
Texas Democrats should tell Piss Baby Abbott that they all went to Cancun cause of their families. Worked for Rafael Cruz.
Hopefully, Texas police realize they’re being given an unlawful order and arrest the dickweed who issued it.
LOL. Texas police don’t have brains.
More importantly, they don’t have jurisdiction.
Who exactly has abandoned their duty to Texas? The people eroding democracy in Texas. Abbot you fuckhead!
Fleeing to another state, one that is HEAVILY gerrymandered to avoid a vote on redistricting because “They’re going to Gerrymander”! is peak irony and hypocrisy. They were also elected to represent their constituents, not abandon their duties and flee when things don’t go their party’s way. Not their constituents way, their PARTY’S way.
It’s pretty irrelevant where they go. As long as they prevent the erosion of democracy they are acting in the interest of their constituents.
“As long as they prevent the erosion of democracy…” you mean as long as they prevent the erosion of the Democratic Party’s ability to hold power. You seem to be entirely unconcerned about Democrat Jerrymandering.
Oh bug off with your tolerance of intolerance bullshit. If Republicans are going to rip up the rule book at every turn, then the Democrats must do the same. So much damage has already been done that it’s unlikely either party will survive in its current form.
It’s cute how you think Democrats “ripping up the rulebook” is because Republicans did it.
Remember that the Democrats exercised the nuclear option first, much to the cheering of their followers, who then got upset because Republicans turned around and did it too. Democrats were also the first to Gerrymander, but were known as the Democratic Republican Party at the time.
Y’all are one Reichstag fire away from invading Poland
Hi from Canada, we’re likely Poland in Nazi Boogaloo 2.
Is it you all or Greenland right now? I honestly can’t keep up anymore.
Y’all-qaeda is going to have to get through us northerners first, and there are some of us who have been preparing . 🔫🫡
I for one am not going to let my country’s army take a meter of my extended family’s homeland as long as I’m above ground. Also good luck on suppressing and insurgency in Chicago before heading north.
I see a lot of talk but no walking.
Yes, because this is, by design, a text only platform. You would not be able to see the “walking” here.
Yea like excuse me? I had my ass beat in 2020, I’ve been protesting here in Chi, and my community has been fucking up ICE. Look what their head said about Chicago. He hates us. Because we don’t fuck with ICE the way New York just let them stroll right in.
Sit down, Americans aren’t as lazy as you think we are. We arrested our governor and we’ll bring that to the white house.
All I’m saying is that Canada and Mexico are going to need to step up their border defense game, just in case
Is this the long con to get Mexico to pay for the wall?
That’s gonna suck all around; America already does poorly with insurgencies, let’s see them fight one against their closest neighbour, who speak the same language, look the same, and follow most of the same culture.
I know that part of the Canada defence plan involves a bunch of people putting on american hats and some maps of critical us infrastructure.
Don’t think that we have the same culture, ours revolves around not being americans.
It’s an interesting conundrum. They come in and say they’re from Canada, a good chunk of the US population would just say “I didn’t see nothing”
Don’t think that we have the same culture, ours revolves around not being americans
We consume much of the same culture, courtesy of Hollywood, which makes it easier for us to blend in
“How do you do fellow americans”
“Don’t worry about the anfo, by the way happen to know how well guarded the local power station is?”
Already burned the White House down once, can burn it down again.
I would like a certain jet to be burned as well.
Also that started with some militia red necks thinking they could invade.
Tx repugs are stupid beyond imagining
Isn’t this why they left the state in the first place? I fully expect Trump to employ ICE to track them down and bring them back, though and regardless of how illegal that is.
this just in, fascists don’t like their own methods! Lmao bunch of wusses.
don’t they lack quorum?
Do you think that is honestly going to stop them?
Gas chambers will be up and running before most of us even realize we’re using fascism. Wish I could find like ab ubternenchen survival guide
I like it when basement dwellers say Democrats don’t do anything while they’re literally having arrest warrants issued for them because they’re trying to prevent fascists from seizing more power.
I also like how these basement dwellers are completely unaware of any of the bills Democrats have passed that have massively helped average Americans because their goal is to whine, not educate themselves.
If redistricting in a way that benefits your party is “fascist” then I have news for you. The Democrats do it WAAAAY more. For example, this is Illinois. Look at how it’s carved out to benefit Democrats. Or is it (D)ifferent when Democrats to it?
No, that is also wrong.
That is correct. Democrats Jerrymander every chance they get, then cry victim when it doesn’t work out for them. The only thing that would infuriate the Democrats more would be forcing every state to redistrict in a way that ignored racial and other groups and only focused on the number of people.
Then, they would lose MANY more seats because they would no longer be able to district in a way that takes the groups of people that vote against them and split districts up in a way that their vote won’t change anything. Oh, right, that’s just called Jerrymandering, a tautology.
Passing bills is not enough. You need to “bring a knife to a knife fight” and Dems themselves say they’ve been bringing pencils up till now.
I love this new more feisty Democratic Party but it’s a new thing.
Passing bills is not enough.
How about having an arrest warrant issued for you and having to go into hiding?
Also, a lot of those bills were big deals to those who were paying attention.
It’s really frustrating being someone who pays attention and watches as millions of people abandon the only party that is willing to do ANYTHING for Americans, in favor of felon rapist pedos who have never done a single thing for average Americans.
The Dems could be better, but we need people to stop whining like children and start actually paying attention.
The world does not care about your fucking parties anymore, they suck and have failed resulting in this (you know having legislators hunted and arrested). The Democrats have failed, the Republicans have failed, your stupid two party system has failed and your nation is in full on collapse.
Yet here you are talking about how “basement dwellers” don’t have a good enough opinion of Democrats, as if they have not been a willing partner in this clown show. As if there is any chance that ether (of the current two) parties will be able or willing to return to some sort of normal.
Please from the rest of the world, Shut up or put up. Fix your shit or collapse already.
The world does not care about your fucking parties anymore
I don’t care about the fantasy world you’d like to live in. I care about reality. You may choose to ignore that reality in favor of whining like a child, but the adults have to address that reality and work within it.
The Democrats have failed
In my lifetime alone Democrats have passed significant legislation to help average Americans. Their failures do not erase their accomplishments. You are unaware of those accomplishments because your goal is to whine, not educate yourself. Our situation is ALWAYS more stable under Democratic leadership. ALWAYS.
As if there is any chance that ether (of the current two) parties will be able or willing to return to some sort of normal.
Was any of this chaos happening before January? All you do is whine. I look at the reality of the situation. The reality being that for the foreseeable future we will continue existing in a two party system. In that system we have one party that offers general stability, does not assault our rights, does not violate our Constitution, does not ignore due process, etc etc etc etc etc etc etc etc. So yes, I will absolutely chastise the basement dwellers such as yourself that attempt to dissuade people from participating in the reality of their two party system. People like you helped prevent a lot of people from showing up last November and now we have a situation incredibly more chaotic than we had before. We need to help people understand that voting for the CLEARLY better option is the best thing they can do while trapped in a two party system. Not staying home. Not voting for a 3rd party candidate with absolutely no chance of winning. The system can be changed, but not by allowing a fascist party to win because you’re upset with a two party system.
Please from the rest of the world, Shut up or put up. Fix your shit or collapse already.
Please, from an American, either help to promote the best possible outcome within the reality of our two party system or shut the fuck up.
Between Dems and Republicans, yeah Dems are much better for the people. But you make it sound like they couldn’t do so much better if they would stop sucking off the billionaires. They sell their souls for money just like the Republicans, but they at least have the decency to help the people when billionaires hoards aren’t involved. Democrats were way to complacent with what Republicans have been doing for years And doing very little to fight or stop them.
I don’t care about the fantasy world you’d like to live in. I care about reality. You may choose to ignore that reality in favor of whining like a child, but the adults have to address that reality and work within it.
You (like many americans) are the one clearly living in a fantasy world. I am very active in my community and politics, yet like many people know that your nation is done as any form of democracy.
… I will absolutely chastise the basement dwellers such as yourself that attempt to dissuade people from participating in the reality of their two party system.
Your team based bullshit has failed, pull your head out of your ass or live under a boot is what I am asking. I am asking (as much of the world is now) americans to step up (its not my country after all) but instead we get this tribalism.
Stop projecting an argument I am not making and do something be it vote, riot, protest, eat your local monopoly man, or run for local office.
You (like many americans) are the one clearly living in a fantasy world.
You’re a foreigner trying to tell Americans to not participate in their two party system, which would only cause additional chaos, and you’re accusing me of living in a fantasy world?
your nation is done as any form of democracy.
Yet again you show your ignorance when it comes to American politics. Yeah, our federal government is fucked right now. That doesn’t mean there won’t be federal elections going forward. And I still vote in local/state elections. That’s democracy. Our federal democracy is in jeopardy but you’re dramatizing the situation by saying American democracy is dead. Again, instead of being productive, you are simply attempting to instill fear by spreading misinformation, which only serves to make more people disenfranchised, which only helps fascists assume more control.
You seem to have no concept that in our country there are 50 states with their own governments and elections.
Your team based bullshit has failed
There will always be teams, dumbass, because there are multiple ideologies.
I am asking (as much of the world is now) americans to step up
Are you asking for a violent revolution? If so, get your ass up and get over here and put your life on the line. It’s real easy asking others to risk their lives while you sit on your fat ass. Because short of a revolution, the realistic course of action is going with the better of two options to ensure we don’t slide into fascism, then reforming that option by primarying the bad actors that aren’t willing to provide voters with what they want. If that was too complicated for you to understand, allow me to simplify. In a realistic, non-violent scenario, we need to elect Dems back into power to prevent a further slide into fascism, then we need to change the Democrat party by voting out the reps that aren’t listening to our demands. If you knew anything about American politics, which you don’t, you’d know that our political parties have been reformed via this method multiple times in our history. Conservative voters literally just did it to the Republican party over the last decade or two.
Stop projecting an argument I am not making and do something be it vote
WE’RE TRYING. Part of the problem is fools like you going online and shitting all over BOTH parties in a locked in two party system and saying American democracy is dead. You think that helps get people to the fucking polls? When some asshole from another country is telling them their situation is hopeless. You think that makes people motivated to fucking vote?
You’re a foreigner trying to tell Americans to not participate in their two party system…
Never said that, I am saying your nation is past the point of the dems saving you.
Our federal democracy is in jeopardy but you’re dramatizing the situation by saying American democracy is dead.
You have brownshirts kidnapping people in the streets, political based imprisonments, actual camps, tariffs on every other nation, and threats about annexing my nation and others like Greenland. You had a very limited democracy with a two party system (its not a real choice, if its evil vs the status quo) before, now? Come on, the us is now a global pariah state.
Are you asking for a violent revolution? If so, get your ass up and get over here and put your life on the line. It’s real easy asking others to risk their lives while you sit on your fat ass.
Sorry fix your shit, I will be up here preparing to fight the meal team 6s and gravy seals that are talking about invading my nation. Your great leader will likely try to make war at some point in the next few years and all we can hope is for the us armed forces to once again fail at occupation.
Part of the problem is fools like you going online and shitting all over BOTH parties…
Fuck your parties, fuck your failed state and expectation that the rest of the world will play along with it. Fuck your idea that anyone that does not sign up with your team is some basement dwelling troll. I never said anything about not engaging, nothing about things being hopeless, just that the two party system is over and the world hopes you can get your shit together.
I am saying your nation is past the point of the dems saving you.
So what’s your REALISTIC suggestion? Lots of crying from you, not a lot of suggestions.
Come on, the us is now a global pariah state.
Hey bud, WHAT’S YOUR SUGGESTION?
Sorry fix your shit
SUGGESTION?
Fuck your parties
SUGGESTIONS PLEASE!!!
I nailed you in your first comment. You are a whiny. little. bitch.
I provided a realistic suggestion for how to fix this mess without violent revolution, because that is the absolute last resort (and it isn’t going to happen). And all you’ve managed to do in response is whine like a little bitch.
You are not productive. You are not helpful. You have NO solutions. You are a waste of time and effort and only serve to add to the chaos.
Case in point ☝️
Eat shit, fuckers.
Members who ja e abandoned their duty to Texans? Weird they’d self own like that, but here we are.
Gregg Abbott is un-American because he refuses to stand for the national anthem. And I also hear he’s a little piss baby.
