It’s a political stunt that rivals the maturity of a senior prank during the final week of high school.
We’re talking about the 60 or so Texas House Democrat caucus members who hopped on private chartered jets and fled their state to preclude a vote on restricting mail-in ballots in Texas.
Their absence from the state meant there would be no quorum, and that no vote could take place.
They boarded the private jets with nothing but the clothes on their backs and a case of Miller Light. They eventually landed in Washington, DC, but brought something else to the nation’s capital in addition to the empty beer bottles — COVID-19. Face masks are not required on private aircrafts, and none of the bolting politicians wore them, but five of them tested positive for COVID while in Washington, DC, and are now quarantining.
After all of this, pundits predict the Texas House Republicans will still be able to pass the measure. Bolting a quorum isn’t a new or unique idea, but it undermines the democratic process in which the majority wins and the minority does not.
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