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   XPost: alt.politics.usa   
   From: js@phendrie.con   
      
   On 7/15/2021 7:54 AM, David Hartung wrote:   
   > On 7/15/21 3:47 AM, Ubiquitous wrote:   
   >> Texas Democrats were widely mocked online at the start of this week as they   
   >> fled the state to stop legitimate democratic processes from taking place in   
   >> the state legislature.   
   >>   
   >> Texas Governor Greg Abbott told Fox News on Monday night that Democrats who   
   >> fled the state to stop the state’s legislature from voting on bills   
   during a   
   >> special legislative session will “be arrested” the moment that they   
   step foot   
   >> back in the state and hauled to the state Capitol to do their jobs.   
   >>   
   >> More than 50 Democrats fled the state on private planes so there would not   
   be   
   >> enough legislators present for a variety of bills to be passed, including   
   >> voter integrity laws, bills that would protect girls from having to compete   
   >> against biological males in sports, fund arrests of illegal aliens,   
   clampdown   
   >> on abortion, and crackdown on racist Critical Race Theory being taught in   
   >> schools.   
   >   
   > Didn't the Democrats pull this same stunt in Wisconsin a few years ago?   
      
   Why don't you look it up for yourself if you want to know?   
      
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