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Amid Monday afternoon coverage swooning over cowardly Texas Democrats fleeing the state in order to block Republican-backed voting reform legislation, MSNBC hailed the craven political stunt as a “national symbol for the fight for voting rights.” The segment then devolved into a partisan strategy session in which federally-elected Democrats were told there was “a lot” they “can learn” from the state’s left-wing lawmakers abandoning their responsibilities.
“And as we come on the air, there is major breaking news from the state of Texas....Democrats in the Texas legislature are planning to leave the state in a last-ditch effort to stop Republicans there from passing new voting restrictions,” fill-in anchor Geoff Bennett breathlessly announced at the top of the 2:00 p.m. ET hour. He eagerly touted the exodus of political hacks: