Texas Democrats in the state legislature denied its speaker a legislative quorum Monday by leaving the state, forestalling plans proposed by the White House to redistrict Texas’s congressional lines to more greatly favor Republicans.
Democrats hold 62 of the 150 seats in the legislature’s lower chamber, so as long as at least 51 members remain out of Austin, the Texas legislature cannot move forward with any votes, including a plan to redraw the state’s congressional maps to give Republicans five more seats in Congress.
In an extraordinary escalation, the state’s Republican governor, Greg Abbott, said he he had ordered the Texas department of public safety to “locate, arrest and return to the House chamber any member who has abandoned their duty to Texans”
I feel like blue states should secede rather than hoping that red states do. Why would they leave the system that benefits them?
HELL NO it’s our fucking country, fuck fascists they get NOTHING
Good luck with that
I don’t need luck, I have a rural cabin, 2 years worth of food stocked, and plenty of firearms and ammo
Honestly I’m much more worried for the rest of the world when our fascist government decides to get expansionist
Do you honestly think they will stop at Greenland?
The US didn’t even start with Greenland it has been imperialist since its inception.
Saying stupid things like this are the reason progressives will never be taken seriously in American politics again.
Thanks for ruining our future.
All I’ve ever wanted was to ruin the future of America I’m so happy
flippancy during world crisis is a sign of mental illness
The American mind cannot comprehend what I said as a serious take
Ah yes, it’s the progressives fault.
Nah, just withhold their Federal tax payments.
Probably right. Would be an easier vote too, more red states would vote to kick out blue states.
The red states would just invade their neighbors or something catastrophically stupid. Conservatives should not be left alone. They are bad people that need to be removed from power.
There really isn’t such a thing as red and blue states, mostly.
Oklahoma is the only solid red state, and Mass is the only blue.
Wiki definition: ““red state” and “blue state” have referred to US states whose voters vote predominantly for one party”
Doesn’t have anything to do with the colours on a map