Texas Dems who fled state sue Gov. Abbott for trying to bring them back: 'Discomfort and embarrassment'

[NorthernHawkeye]

The 22 plaintiffs have been "deprived of liberty for substantial periods of time, suffered much anxiety and distress over separation from their families, and much discomfort and embarrassment," the complaint filed late Friday alleges.

Texas Dems who fled state sue Gov. Abbott for trying to bring them back: 'Discomfort and embarrassment'

Nearly two dozen Texas House Democrats who fled the state last month have sued Gov. Greg Abbott and other Republican officials.

www.foxnews.com

 

[KuwaitHawk]

It is a Texas thing, you won’t understand 🤪.

 

[DooBi]

Good grief.

 

[83Hawk]

Heaven forbid they do the job they were elected to do, instead of cowardly running away like petulant children.

 

[UNIowaHawk]

I’m sure people mocking the Babbitt lawsuit will be on there way over to mock this one too.

 

[Huey Grey]

Heaven forbid they do the job they were elected to do, instead of cowardly running away like petulant children.

Dems were elected to suppress votes?

 

[lucas80]

“Discomfort and embarrassment”, the words most prominently used in sexual harassment claims filed at work against the OP.

 

[Huey Grey]

I’m sure people mocking the Babbitt lawsuit will be on there way over to mock this one too.

Weird take. Babbitt tried to violently overthrow our democracy. These Dems are trying to peacefully protect it.

 

[83Hawk]

Dems were elected to suppress votes?

There is no voter suppression. Just stop with the false narrative.

 

[St. Louis Hawk]

Not impressed with that complaint. I think this might be a placeholder for an amended complaint.

 

[Huey Grey]

There is no voter suppression. Just stop with the false narrative.

Sure it's voter suppression. It sure isn't making voting easier and it "tries" to fix problems that don't exist.

 

[NorthernHawkeye]

They flee Texas to hang out in DC and then file a lawsuit "over separation from their families"...

LOL!

 

[INXS83]

They flee Texas to hang out in DC and then file a lawsuit "over separation from their families"...

LOL!

Eventually, they will have to return to their seat at the Texas Capital and vote...and lose this issue.

 

[MepoDawg#]

Weird take. Babbitt tried to violently overthrow our democracy. These Dems are trying to peacefully protect it.

Then why don’t they stay and do their job, stand up for what they believe is right instead of taking their ball and going to their uncles house.

 

[Huey Grey]

Then why don’t they stay and do their job, stand up for what they believe is right instead of taking their ball and going to their uncles house.

Is this a serious question? You know full well this is the only way they can do their job. They have one tool and one tool only. Quorum. And that's it. If they return, the Rs instantly pass their voter suppression law and the people of Texas lose some of their ability to have a say in their elections.

 

[seminole97]

Is this a serious question? You know full well this is the only way they can do their job. They have one tool and one tool only. Quorum. And that's it. If they return, the Rs instantly pass their voter suppression law and the people of Texas lose some of their ability to have a say in their elections.

Who will lose their ability to vote?

 

[pablow]

The attorney representing the Dems is Craig Anthony Washington, I think his law license is suspended and he has a learner's permit.

 

[Huey Grey]

Who will lose their ability to vote?

It's not that anyone outright loses their ability to vote, it's that the bill targets voting methods thought to help the Democrats. Most of it is aimed at mail in voting, drive up voting, and it cuts out 24 hour voting. Despite no fraud in any of these in 2020, Rs suddenly had to change the rules after Dems voted in large numbers using these methods. It is pure suppression.

What's in the new voting restriction legislation introduced in the Texas House and Senate

Senate Bill 1 and House Bill 3 will be the starting points for the Legislature's efforts to tighten Texas voting laws. Here's what the bills would do.

www.texastribune.org

 

[Rifler]

It's not that anyone outright loses their ability to vote.

Thank you.

 

[Huey Grey]

Thank you.

Voting by mail should not be controversial. The military does it. Trump does it. But only when the Dems do it, does the GOP suddenly need to make it harder.

 

[IMCC965]

Voting by mail should not be controversial. The military does it. Trump does it. But only when the Dems do it, does the GOP suddenly need to make it harder.

When the Dems do it, the ballots magically have no folds signifying they have't been sent via mail. That's what they're fixing.

 

[Rifler]

Voting by mail should not be controversial.

Mail in absentee voting is not controversial,.. anywhere.

 

[DooBi]

It's not that anyone outright loses their ability to vote, it's that the bill targets voting methods thought to help the Democrats. Most of it is aimed at mail in voting, drive up voting, and it cuts out 24 hour voting. Despite no fraud in any of these in 2020, Rs suddenly had to change the rules after Dems voted in large numbers using these methods. It is pure suppression.

What's in the new voting restriction legislation introduced in the Texas House and Senate

Senate Bill 1 and House Bill 3 will be the starting points for the Legislature's efforts to tighten Texas voting laws. Here's what the bills would do.

www.texastribune.org

How does this law compare to laws already on the books in states all across the country?

 

[Huey Grey]

Mail in absentee voting is not controversial,.. anywhere.

Then why are Rs attacking it?

 

[Huey Grey]

How does this law compare to laws already on the books in states all across the country?

I have no idea. I just know that Dems set records mail in voting and suddenly the Rs needed to make it more difficult.

 

[Whiskeydeltadeltatango]

So the dems ran off to DC, got their asses handed to them with a warrant and then lost a 15 hour filibuster over something that even the bluest person on here recognizes isnt going to directly impact anyone? Did I get that right? If so, what a ****ing waste of tax dollars.

 

[MepoDawg#]

Is this a serious question? You know full well this is the only way they can do their job. They have one tool and one tool only. Quorum. And that's it. If they return, the Rs instantly pass their voter suppression law and the people of Texas lose some of their ability to have a say in their elections.

And the in-fighting has begun among them as a few have returned. It’ll get worse the longer they holdout.

 

[MepoDawg#]

So the dems ran off to DC, got their asses handed to them with a warrant and then lost a 15 hour filibuster over something that even the bluest person on here recognizes isnt going to directly impact anyone? Did I get that right? If so, what a ****ing waste of tax dollars.

Yep, especially since the Texas Dems are still accepting the session per diem.

 

[Titanhawk2]

So they're embarrassed they literally posted their dirty laundry on the internet?

 

[Huey Grey]

I see that none of our resident cons want to actually address the point that Dems voted absentee in record numbers and suddenly the Rs had to start limiting absentee voting. It's not even hidden suppression anymore.

 

[DooBi]

I see that none of our resident cons want to actually address the point that Dems voted absentee in record numbers and suddenly the Rs had to start limiting absentee voting. It's not even hidden suppression anymore.

And you continue to stick your head in the sand about what the bill actually does and how it compares to laws already in place across the country. Gotta have that boogie man right?

 

[Huey Grey]

And you continue to stick your head in the sand about what the bill actually does and how it compares to laws already in place across the country. Gotta have that boogie man right?

I posted a link saying what it does. Ciggy just started a new thread about what it does. It limits absentee voting. Why? There were no problems with absentee voting before. Literally the only thing that changed is that the Dems started using it. This is wrong and you know it.

 

[DooBi]

I posted a link saying what it does. Ciggy just started a new thread about what it does. It limits absentee voting. Why? There were no problems with absentee voting before. Literally the only thing that changed is that the Dems started using it. This is wrong and you know it.

How does that compare with absentee voting laws already on the books in say New York or Minnesota, or South Carolina or anywhere else?

 

[Huey Grey]

How does that compare with absentee voting laws already on the books in say New York or Minnesota, or South Carolina or anywhere else?

This comes across as whataboutism. There were no problems of absentee voting in Texas. So why is Texas making absentee voting harder?

 

[DooBi]

This comes across as whataboutism. There were no problems of absentee voting in Texas. So why is Texas making absentee voting harder?

This comes across as a political boogie man that you drumbeat loud and clear with no other reason than politics.

 

[Huey Grey]

This comes across as a political boogie man that you drumbeat loud and clear with no other reason than politics.

This is pure projection. If anyone is making a boogeyman out of this it's the Republicans. How else do you explain moving heaven and Earth for a problem that doesn't exist?

 

[Hawkeyenuts66]

I see that none of our resident cons want to actually address the point that Dems voted absentee in record numbers and suddenly the Rs had to start limiting absentee voting. It's not even hidden suppression anymore.

This is voter suppression? Sounds more like election security.

"The Texas bill requires mail voters to include identification numbers on their envelopes and applications that must match data on their voter registration. They’d have to include their driver’s license number — although an expired one would suffice. If they don’t have a driver’s license, they can include the final four digits of their Social Security number."

article https://apnews.com/article/health-g...rus-pandemic-9bc36a6e8c967757340ab25f49b8ddbf

 

[DooBi]

This is voter suppression? Sounds more like election security.

"The Texas bill requires mail voters to include identification numbers on their envelopes and applications that must match data on their voter registration. They’d have to include their driver’s license number — although an expired one would suffice. If they don’t have a driver’s license, they can include the final four digits of their Social Security number."

article https://apnews.com/article/health-g...rus-pandemic-9bc36a6e8c967757340ab25f49b8ddbf

THE HORROR!!!!!!

 

[binsfeldcyhawk2]

This comes across as whataboutism. There were no problems of absentee voting in Texas. So why is Texas making absentee voting harder?

You have to request an absentee ballot under the bill and it eliminates drop boxs….mailing ballots to everyone and drop boxes were done for the pandemic. So basically they go back to how it was prepandemic.

EXPLAINER: What's in the Texas GOP's voting bills?

The Texas voting bills that prompted state Democrats' flight to Washington this week include a raft of tweaks and changes to the state's election code.

apnews.com

 

[Huey Grey]

You have to request an absentee ballot under the bill and it eliminates drop boxs….mailing ballots to everyone and drop boxes were done for the pandemic. So basically they go back to how it was prepandemic.

EXPLAINER: What's in the Texas GOP's voting bills?

The Texas voting bills that prompted state Democrats' flight to Washington this week include a raft of tweaks and changes to the state's election code.

apnews.com

This article supports what I've been saying. Suppression is the name of the game:

"But taken as a whole, the changes add up to one clear result: If the proposals pass, it will become harder — and even, sometimes, legally riskier — to cast a ballot in Texas, a state that already has some of the most restrictive election laws in the country."