Texas Governor Greg Abbott told Fox News on Monday night that Democrats who fled the state to stop legitimate democratic processes from being carried out by the state’s legislature will “be arrested” the moment that they step foot back in the state and hauled to the state Capitol to do their jobs.
More than 50 Democrats fled the state on private planes so there would not be enough legislators present for a variety of bills to be passed, including voter integrity laws, bills that would protect girls from having to compete against biological males in sports, fund arrests of illegal aliens, clampdown on abortion, and crackdown on racist Critical Race Theory being taught in schools.
“Isn’t that the most un-Texan thing you’ve ever heard? Texans running from a fight? They’re quitters,” Abbott told Fox News. “It’s like during a football game or baseball game, taking their equipment when they’re way behind and just leaving the field. That is not the way that Texas, Texans do things.”
UPDATE with video! – Texas House votes 76-4 to send the Sergeant-of-Arms to detain or arrest fleeing members
He better follow up on this promise! Not only should they be arrested, but they should be removed from office for dereliction of duty. They should have ALL privileges removed that they received while in office – health insurance, any information not available to the general public, and especially their pension.
Make them suffer the consequences of their stupidity and failure to do their jobs.
What if they do not return for months? They have achieved their plan of stopping voting integrity from being put into law. If Abbott really cared he would give them 24 hours to return and do their jobs or declare they resigned and then replace them with republicans.
I’ve yet to see any democrat pull this shit and have to answer to it in any meaningful way. Not holding my breath.
When the dirtbags return arrest them and treat them exactly like the DC protesters have been.
He needs to freeze and seize all their assets as they have committed a crime.
Git em!
Arrest them? What the hell, is Texas running short on bullwhips these days?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lEjnCCgUc8I
Glad to see that all those democrats care so much about the environment and their own carbon footprints that they hopped on private jets to get the hell out of Texas.
STOCKS IN THE TOWN SQUARE!!! 😠
30 days in July & August in TX – with ANYONE who wants to kick ’em squaw in the ass, allowed to come up & do so! 😁
Texas Rangers standing ARMED guard, in case any anqueefers show up with the dumb idea, of freeing them… 😈
I hope Abbott also suspended their Texas issued Travel Cards; they’re not on Texas business, so they shouldnt be using them to pay for their hotels, meals, etc. I would love to watch their reaction when their cards are denied …
Can Abbott issue executive orders?
If they don’t return in a timely manner to complete state business, seize and freeze their assets, remove them from office & replace with conservatives. If they STILL don’t return after a certain period of time, assume that they’ve left the state, and SELL their assets (homes, businesses) as “abandoned”.
TRUMP WON
They walked off the job – suspend their pay!
Don’t let them come back. Hold special elections and replace them all while they are gone.
@BEG
The TX House already voted on issuing the arrest orders. It’s the governor’s job to assist the Sergeant at Arms in that endeavor.
https://twitter.com/TrumpJew2/status/1414972189745557514?s=20
How does he figure that the butt ugly, low life slime are Texans when they as democRATs are not even Americans!
Put a bounty on their sorry asses. I’m game.
Didn’t the Democrats circus do this in the past in a northern state? What idiots. Definitely afraid and hypocritical because taking flights out, umm, carbon footprint and don’t they need an ID to fly? Also heard they actually stopped to buy a case of beer!
I can clearly see the writing on the wall. When the crybabies return to Texas & are arrested(if) they will run to the nearest camera to whinge on & on about how Governor Abbott is nothing more than a white oppressor. It seems to me that Democrats only want the rule of order when they are in charge. Like a kid who doesn’t like how the game is going, so they take the ball & go home.