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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:
In a statement, the company emphasized that it does not anticipate major storm-related power outages because of the lack of ice on trees and power lines, which lead to more outages than heavy snow typically does.
Even still, the company says that they are doubling up crews that are involved in responding to outage tickets, and that they have extra staff available overnight Monday and into Tuesday.
This news comes as ComEd crews report to West Virginia, Kentucky and Tennessee to give a hand to crews battling the damage caused by recent ice storms in those states. Approximately 350 crew and contract workers were sent out, and those crews are expected to remain out of state for at least the next week.
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