A coalition of voting rights groups, including Black Voters Matter and the Texas Right to Vote Coalition, rallied at the Texas State Capitol on July 7 to oppose Gov. Greg Abbott's voter suppression agenda (Photo by Jana Birchum)
Depending on your partisan bent, the departure of Texas House Democrats to Washington, D.C., this week can be seen in one of two ways. For Democrats, the 51 lawmakers that fled the state are bold public servants taking a stand to preserve the right to vote in Texas. For Republicans, they are misguided crybabies who have abandoned their duty so they could fly to D.C. on a beer-soaked party plane.