Texas House Speaker Signs 52 Arrest Warrants For Absent Democrat Lawmakers | The Daily Wire
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ByRyan Saavedra• Aug 11, 2021 DailyWire.com •FacebookTwitterMailTamir Kalifa / Getty Images
Texas House Speaker Dade Phelan (R) officially signed civil arrest warrants for 52 House Democrats who refused to show up for another special legislative session, thereby keeping the session from proceeding.
As The Washington Post reported:
Phelan spokesman Enrique Marquez said warrants were signed for 52 Democrats who failed to return during the fifth day of the House's second special session, leaving the chamber eight members short of a quorum.
The move by Phelan comes after the Texas Supreme Court overturned a ruling Tuesday "by a Travis County district judge that blocked them from ordering the arrest of quorum-busting Democrats, who were in Washington, D.C., for about a month," KXAN reported. "Democrats who are arrested would not face criminal charges and could not be jailed or fined. Law enforcement officers carrying out arrest orders by state officials could only try to bring them to the House chambers."
"The Supreme Court of Texas swiftly rejected this dangerous attempt by Texas Democrats to undermine our Constitution and avoid doing the job they were elected to do," said Renae Eze, an Abbott spokeswoman. "We look forward to the Supreme Court upholding the rule of law and stopping another stall tactic by the Texas Democrats."
The warrants are expected to be delivered to the House Sergeant-at-arms Wednesday morning.
"The 52 warrants represent all but 15 Democrats in the lower chamber," the Texas Tribune reported. "There were at least 11 present Tuesday. There were no additional new Democrats on the floor Tuesday after four returned a day earlier — and drew the wrath of some Democratic colleagues still in Washington, and prompted a renewed push inside the party to hold the line."
The Texas Democrats fled the state last month to go to Washington, D.C., in an effort to stop legitimate democratic processes from being carried out by the state's legislature because they lacked the power to stop the bills from passing.
The Texas Democrats then endured weeks of embarrassment after multiple members who traveled to Washington, D.C., tested positive after the overwhelming majority of the members had been photographed not wearing masks on private flights to the nation's capital.
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52 Democrats are about to get their [deleted]
Round 'em up!
Make them do the damn jobs they all told their constituents they WANTED to do.
This is indeed good news.
As soon as they return from their vacation in Brazil!
Rather ironically, a Texas Democrat filibustered last night.
I suppose the sheer irony of employing a tactic you just decried as bad in DC and then employing that tactic is lost on morons.
I see the NAACP has asked the DOJ to investigate Texas now over those warrants. sigh....
Democrats are just throwing shit at walls, hoping something will stick.
They know they can't stop the special session from doing what it was intended for.
Under a "normal" situation, the federal government doesn't have constitutional authority to overrule states' voting laws. But, the current federal administration is far from constitutional and "normal".
WTF does that mean? How is this gov/t unconstitutional and not normal? Plz explain your view in detail do we can discuss it. No hyperbole or lies just facts , TY.
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And now there are 3.
At least.
Nope, just the 52 loser grandstanding Texas Democrats!
And now his spectacularly idiotic post has company.
Ve have vays of making you vote.
If only there was a way to make you stay on topic!
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Well, gee, you ALMOST made a point.
Only if the whole "obstruction" thing wasn't just a flat out lie.
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Texas and Florida could use recall elections!!!
You must be on the wrong article again.
Why?
And be specific. The use of "my feewings are hurt" doesn't count.
I have unvaccinated friends and relatives on ventilators right now who spouted FOX NEWS talking points to me beforehand. So don't try it with me, Bugsy. The whole GOP scheme against vaccinations and maskings has little to nothing of significance to do with science or medicine. Moreover, the ridiculous statement you make about 'no feelings need apply' as I look at all the misery caused by viral (Facebook, Fox News) SARS-2 lies and liars belies the fact that humanity is at least fifty percent feelings and awareness. Shut that part of yourself off and you lose an entire dimension.
I am so sorry you are going through this pain right now.
What crap! Fox News commenters are overwhelmingly pro vaccine. The thing is is that they do not support compulsion and coercion but people consulting with their family and doctors and making an informed decision of their own free will. Free will of course being anathema to progressives.
If that was true FOX NEWS could accomplish the same outcome just by shutting their daily Tucker/Graham droning. Some conservatives are so full of it. The whole "consulting with their doctor (which people will automatically do if they have a doctor or won't do because they don't have and can't afford a doctor visit)" is a trivialization of a world-wide pandemic and a inept talking point. And Jefferson, you bought it!
I am fine, Paula. I did my 'part' and my best and now it is in their hands to do whatever they can to stay alive and get over (long) covid.
Not sure what you mean about Florida, but in Texas, you may have a point. The 52 idiot democratic lawmakers that bailed on their duties certainly need to be recalled.
The Dem lawmakers were serving their constituents. I applaud their actions.
What do you suppose he's compensating for with that overly large gavel?
Good news for Texas, the new law has been passed, and the whole dramatic show put on by Democrats has been for naught!!
A win for having to prove voter bona fides to vote ..... how anyone can think that is bad thing is beyond me.
Why my County Elections Board is no longer allowed to mail us applications for absentee ballots
under threat of fines, arrest or both is simply bewildering to me.
Especially since in 2016 and 2020 it allowed Trump to win
and in 2020 it allowed almost the whole GOP down ballot to win.
What the * are they hoping to accomplish by halting drive thru voting if the state government
accomplished it's goals in the past 3 election cycles?
That's not what the law says. The law says the elections board cannot mail an unsolicited application on their own, they can only mail applications to those who have requested them. And the law does not stop political parties from sending out unsolicited applications so long as they pay for the mailings themselves.
they automatically sent out applications for the ballots for those over 65. I've been to the actual office and been on their website and they have yet to come up with a mechanism for requesting it.
The first year I requested it in person, they told us it was automatic.
Seems like another solution to a problem that does not exist.
I don't trust anything either party would send me at this point.
Can you point me in the direction of that info please. I've been out to the Texas Secretary of State website and everything that I've read on that site say you have to request the application. It also seems to read that the application must be resubmitted every year. I could have read that wrong but it does seem to imply that.
I much prefer the method used in Arizona. AZ is a shall-approve state so once you request a mail-in ballot and verify identity it automatically shows up. And AZ doesn't put those requirements on it like Texas does.
But I just cannot find anywhere where it says that the State of Texas will automatically send out mail-in ballot applications for everybody over 65.
It was by the County, not the state.
Tarrant County TX updated their site already to comply with Senate Bill 5.
I don't see an online sign up for ballot requests.
So now we have to printout the form, fill it out and mail it in. ( As people get older, just another chance to make an error )
Not entirely true anymore...
WTF? Why bother?
So faxing and emailing are a waste of time with the mail delivery being what it now is...just say it has to be mailed
or hand delivered or use the drop box outside the main entrance or use the drive through lanes -
oh wait, they too are now illegal to have.
We will have to drive past there tomorrow to make sure they are in compliance.
They appear to have an online tracking system for applications received by any means, how nice, they even have an
instructional video.
It's petty and petty annoys me. lol.
Actually it's unclear with all of the BS in October whether the county can still have one drop box or the House is going to remove those too,
As far as drive through voting which increased voter participation Abbot is opposed on these grounds
Thanks.
Meh, i apply for one, show a state issued ID to prove voter bona fides and Bob's your uncle, one magically appears in my mailbox.
I guess my county is more advanced that your county .....
Meh, If you have to apply for it in person and show ID
you might as well just vote in person and show ID,
same exposure.
Just saying.
Nah, one can show up any time before the deadline to request one at their convenience. No lines, no waiting and can be done quicker than picking up a dozen eggs at their grocery.
No unreasonable imposition whatsoever ..... none at all .... just saying.
The whole point of mailing applications to "seniors" with known information and signatures on file
was to keep them from coming into the Elections office
or voting in person during the pandemic.
Making it illegal in the midst of the 4th surge of the pandemic defies logic.
But you know that.
I see my vaccinated TX Governor has tested positive while campaigning & fund raising in a maskless ballroom over the weekend.
The story is now, that he tests daily and this time tested positive, has already he received a "booster" shot and treatment
of Regeneron already.
I should be as lucky if I have to apply in person for a mail in ballot.
The fallacy of your argument is that one doesn't have to "show up" anywhere public with their ID. Not in Michigan anyways. It's already done 100% by mail. But you already know that and continue down a disingenuous path that it is nothing more than voter suppression. Which it not. It's only voter verification. Nothing more. The only reason i can come up with why the left hates to verify voter bona fides so much is because it makes it harder for them to cheat.
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Please reread the nice adult exchange I had with Snuffy.
It's about Texas and different Counties and the new law which is to make traditional actions by the local County Elections office, null and void under punishment of felony imprisonment and or fines for the Elections Board people.
I never said anything about, nor do I care about Michigan laws.
I have never had a problem presenting any form of ID be it DD, Drivers license or Passport to vote or enter restricted spaces. I carry them all every day.
And yet all of the prosecuted cases in PA for the last election were Trump supporters cheating. You should worry more about things that are real rather than things beyond your control
I am waiting for someone to point out the Jim Crow aspect of the new Texas law, and how states like Delaware are so much less restrictive!
Lol .... details .... details .....
Yeah, the progressives fall strangely quiet when pressed to say what is discriminatory or suppressive about Texas law.
Why not? It is not like some conservative uncompromising brutes are going to give a damn anyway. Nope, you think to win by abuse. However, karma is a 'bitch' best served cold. We will bide our time for now. We won't become vicious lying political savages—sophistication and critical thinking will achieve its ends-ultimately.
If you think "the fat punk has song" on this one and its clear sailing for Abbott from here on out. . . y'all got another thing coming.
TEXAS IT IS TIME TO GO BLUE! RED IS DEAD!
Abbott is a fool and he is going to severely injure your children. (Does Texas have federal medicaid?)
Probably because they can't. Otherwise, one of ya'll would have done so by now, as many times as it has been asked.
I suppose we'll never really know since not a soul will answer it. Unless you actually want to take a stab at it?????
Abuse? now you are TRYING to be funny! Success!!
"The fat punk has song"?? What the WHAT??
Do you understand what Medicaid is and how it is administered, and by which entity?
Abbott hasn't hurt any children. Please save the melodramatics for someone who may enjoy them.
You gonna go arrest them?
Lol that was a joke, of course not. You are just going to complain.... and that's it. Cuz that's what you do
Actually, and even more importantly, factually, enough of the pussies finally showed up to work to pass the law, so none of the pussies will need to be brought to the State Capitol.
Now you progressive liberals can just keep ranting about the law, even though most folks know there is nothing suppressive in it.
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let’s hear what he has to say.
Come on Texan, let us know how it is in the shit. Tell us REAL Americans how things be. With all your hardcore experience.
So you can't answer the question.
Wait for it. . . . "Watch this space."
What the WHAT???
Be coherent enough and maybe I can decipher WTF you are rambling on about.
Well, here we are 17 hours later, and you still haven't posted anything to answer the question.
What is it we are supposed to be waiting for? Silence?
Well, if that's the case, you have succeeded.
Only you would be waiting. . . . I am more apt to suggest you piss off than I am to supply you with 'reams' of commentary just so you can blow it off!
But keep waiting and watching this space. I might (not!) change my mind. Who really knows?
Just all about sensationalism and melodrama, no answers.
Well another 22 hours have gone by. Still nothing. Still not surprised.
Keep 'hope' alive and keep watching this space, 'bugsy'! Who knows when I might cave in from all the pressure you are exerting on me?
You might as well wait for the moon to turn into cheese.
Probably get equal results.
Since you decided to put it that way: Better yet: Try waiting for a horse's ass to talk. (Cheers.)
Just did.
Thanks for confirmation.
Really? As if LEOs in Texas don't already have enough to worry about. Fucking d bag.
Oh, are you going to be pissed off over something that never happened?
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Just how does one get a CoC violation when replying to yourself?
I say issue an arrest warrant for him if he misses just one day no matter what excuse he uses.