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Government Corruption

Here We Go: Texas Dems Run to Illinois to Deny a Quorum for Redistricting, and Now the Real Fun Begins — RedState

2025-08-05

[REDSTATE] As expected, Texas Democratic politicians have fled the state to deny a quorum for Gov. Greg Abbott
... governor of Texas. Abbott is a Republican. His 2014 Dem opponent, state senatrix Wendy Davis, thought the absolute, most pressing, most important issue facing the state was abortion. Abbott beat the pantyhose off her. His 2018 opponent, Lupe Valdez didn't dwell too heavily on abortion, but she lost too...
's redistricting push. The members flew to Illinois on Sunday, which qualifies as peak irony given that the blue state is arguably the most gerrymandered in the country.

This plan was reportedly hatched with Gov. JB Pritzker (D-IL), and the 30 odd Democrats
...every time you hear the phrase white people, white supremacy, white anything but paint, you're listening to a Democrat. Ask him/her/it to reimagine something for you; they do that a lot, though not well. They can hear a dog whistle a mile or two away. They invented the spoils system and Tammany Hall, and inspired the addition of the word (Thomas) Nasty to the English language. They want to stop continental drift and repeal the law of unintended side effects...
will spend at least a week there. Given what we saw when they did this in 2021, denying a quorum for an election reform vote, there is no doubt a lot of grandstanding, dramatics, and cringe singing on the way.

In an extraordinary move to counter Republican redistricting in Texas, dozens of Democrats in the state House of Representatives are heading here Sunday to deny a necessary quorum for the GOP to move forward with those efforts.

The roughly 30 Democrats are expected to stay for the week in a plan brokered with Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker, who had met with the Texas caucus late last month and has directed staff to provide logistical support for their stay. A news conference with the governor and Texas Democrats is expected later Sunday.

''We're leaving Texas to fight for Texans,'' Texas House Democratic Caucus Chair Gene Wu said in a statement. ''We will not allow disaster relief to be held hostage to a Trump gerrymander. We're not walking out on our responsibilities; we're walking out on a rigged system that refuses to listen to the people we represent. As of today, this corrupt special session is over.''

All of this is just so stupid. The proposed congressional map would be nowhere near as bad a gerrymander as the one in Illinois, where these clowns ran off to. So it's very rich to see Pritzker playing a role in this. Gov. Gavin Governor Hair Gel Newsom
Gavin <q>Governor Hair Gel</q> Newsom

...mayor of San Franciscoas it transformed itself into Poopville, currently governor of Californiaas it transforms itself into Cinderland...
(D-CA) has also tried to put himself at the forefront of this fight, but again, this map would still give Democrats a higher number of seats compared to the state's voter splits than Caliphornia, an impregnable bastion of the Democratic Party,'s ridiculous map, which gives Republicans only nine seats. What's happening is hypocrisy on steroids, with Democrats demanding the GOP live by a double standard whereby blue states can rig their maps to the max while holding a veto over the states in red maps.

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has already pledged to push the red button, which includes tracking down and arresting the members who fled. The state's constitution allows that as a specific means to combat this kind of gamesmanship.

Posted by:Fred

#8 They are playing a game.
Who paid for their bus?

Posted by: Skidmark 2025-08-05 13:13

#7 What's IL's statute on resident status for taxing purposes? If they tax sports players income who come to play a game or series in Chicago, do these people also qualify?

Posted by: Procopius2k 2025-08-05 10:32

#6 Beto encourages Democrats to fight 'fire with fire' in Texas redistricting battle

Posted by: Skidmark 2025-08-05 08:58

#5 “These new five potential GOP-controlled districts are all majority Hispanic. The Republicans are leaning into the victories that Trump had with Hispanic voters in 2024 and saying, ‘Hey, we're going to bet on ourselves,’” Ungar-Sargon said. Townhall

Posted by: Bobby 2025-08-05 07:54

#4
Note: to Gov. Greg Abbott

Article 15 of the Texas Constitution.
Any elected official refusing to performed their elected duties or abandoning their jobs is cause for articles of Impeachment and removal.

Posted by: NN2N1 2025-08-05 05:51

#3 As punishment, they should be forced to become permanent Chicago residents.

Posted by: Super Hose 2025-08-05 05:30

#2 Gavin Newsom joins 'all-out war' against Texas in Democratic power grab

Posted by: Skidmark 2025-08-05 03:34

#1 Abbott orders arrest of AWOL Texas House Dems after warrant issued by House Speaker

Posted by: Skidmark 2025-08-05 01:02

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