The Texas Democrats seem to have given up their credibility not long ago. Everyone knows that the little evasion they made to obstruct the voting integrity bill at the special meeting in Texas was not to oppose voter suppression or stand up for blacks and browns. This is so that they can evade their duties, pass Vice President Kamala Harris (and expose her to COVID), and try to help promote claims that the country needs federal vote reform.
Yes, as my brave colleague recorded, that ship has already sailed here, here, here, and here.
But this hasn’t stopped two of them-they should be isolated because of a positive COVID diagnosis-to travel internationally with their spouse.
Texas Rep. Dan Crenshaw caused trouble:
Please pray for these brave Texas Democrats, who are suffering away from home in Portugal. Maybe consider sending them a care package? https://t.co/J2Brn2872V
— Dan Crenshaw (@DanCrenshawTX) August 4, 2021
From Texas Tribune:
The Texas House Democrat Caucus on Tuesday was unable to explain the situation of the two members who violated the quorum and fled to Washington, D.C. because of the Republican Election Priority Act. A reporter from Texas Monthly said that these members were working Portugal vacation.
According to a person familiar with the matter, on Tuesday, State Representatives Julie Johnson of Farmers Branch and Jessica González of Dallas did not meet with other House Democrats in the country’s capital. On Tuesday night, Texas Monthly Reporter Jonathan Tilove (Jonathan Tilove) Tweet He “can confirm [Johnson] With her wife & [González] Her fiancé is on holiday in Portugal. They have planned a one-and-a-half year holiday and the ticket is non-refundable. “
Because… sacrifice! Yes.
This group of people is really a joke, they gave the word a new meaning. But hey, I think if you want to sit down and do nothing, you better get a tan in the process!
González and Johnson and their employees remained silent, neither denying nor admitting that their boss was in the sand.
In text exchange, although with San Antonio Express-News On Tuesday night, Gonzalez called the trip to Portugal a “rumor” and said that “no one has provided evidence.”
“These are rumors, period,” she said. “The end of the story.”
Their absence from Washington does not affect the lack of a quorum for the House of Representatives to pass the election bill in Austin. But this contradicts House Democrats’ insistence that they will use their time outside of the state legislature where they left in July to advocate for federal voting rights legislation in the country’s capital.
As the vice chairman of the Texas House of Representatives Election Committee, Gonzalez is particularly prominent in the voting rights struggle.
“Outstanding Player”? I suspect that after this gimmick, her currency might drop a bit; blood in the water, etc.
Negligence did not begin to describe what these so-called legislators have been doing. Fighting for voting rights has never been the focus, it is just a convenient narrative. And the story will not hinder the vacation they planned a year and a half ago! You cannot lose money on those non-refundable air tickets; who cares whether taxpayers lose money not only because they absconded to Washington, but also because of the daily allowance they received as legislators.
Their Republican colleagues were of course not very happy, and rightly condemned the action:
The news that the Democrats were on vacation caused condemnation from fellow Republicans in the House of Representatives, who had been trapped in Austin waiting for their return.
“Wow, wow wow wow wow wow wow wow wow wow wow wow wow [National Park] Because they helped create a special meeting in May,” Tweet State Representative Tom Oliverson of Cypress, referring to the House Democrats’ strike that strangled the election bill at regular meetings. “Texas deserves better treatment than this.”
However, as Johnson and Gonzalez’s associates continue to work hard for freedom of the press in Washington, this disconnect continues.
A few hours before the news of Johnson and Gonzalez’s disappearance in Washington, their three Democratic colleagues held a press conference to continue to express optimism about pushing for federal elections.
awesome. Texans should line up to compete with all of them in the next election; after these stunts, they should lose, and they lose miserably.
