Sixth Texas Dem tests positive for COVID after fleeing state to block GOP voting bill
By: Kenneth Garger (New York Post)
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A sixth Texas Democrat who traveled to Washington, DC, in an effort to prevent a vote on a GOP-backed voting bill has tested positive for the coronavirus, a new report said.
The unidentified state lawmaker — who was among a group of Democrats who flew to the nation's capital on a private jet last week — is self-isolating, a spokeswoman for the Texas House Democrats told NBC News.
Over the weekend, five other state Democratic lawmakers tested positive for COVID-19.
The group made the trip to DC to press Congress to pass federal election reform legislation, which would supersede the Texas bill that prevents local officials from sending unsolicited absentee ballot applications.
The bill would also require, among other things, applicants to provide their driver's license number or the last four digits of their Social Security number.
The Texas state Senate approved the sweeping bill Tuesday night. The legislation is now stalled in the House due to the lack of a quorum.
The delegation is expected to stay in DC for a month.
It wasn't immediately clear if the sixth member to test positive is fully vaccinated, but the first five to be infected have said they are.
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Yup, there go the virtuous, without masks on a flight.
Mask up and get vaccinated they said. So five were vaccinated and still got it. I read the symptoms they are experiencing are pretty mild though. Still not a very good example for the rest of the non vaccinated. They are now spreaders. "That is their shame" (Thanks to the old Jim Spence from the old days of NV)
So they have to stay in DC for two weeks of isolation. Awesome. Did they revoke the per diem like they were supposed to and pay back what they had already spent I wonder? Turns out to be a rather expensive temper tantrum LOL
I agree Vic. The Governor should immediately arrest them and lock them in the Texas state house with all the Republican legislators until they get the job done.
As opposed to the "virtuous" R's who were maskless on 6 Jan when in fear for their lives from "tourists"?
But they weren't preaching about wearing masks, were they?
That's the difference!
Nor were they in a rather confined private jet. SMH
This Just in:
"A spokesperson for House Speaker Nancy Pelosi tested positive Monday for coronavirus following a meeting last week with members of the Texas Legislature who fled the state for Washington, D.C.
Drew Hammill, a top aide to Pelosi, said the staffer was fully vaccinated and did not have recent contact with the top California Democrat, though the speaker's office is taking extra precautions as a result. "