the systematic chipping away of our voting rights. and little by little, every session, we just keep chipping away until one day we wake up and realize our democracy is unrecognizable. that was it. 15 hours of talking on the senate floor to try and hold back the damage that republicans were doing. senate republicans rammed through their restrictions anyway, but the bill is now stalled in the texas house thanks to the democrat who s have denied republicans the quorum needed to pass it for a third time. the texas house democrats are facing arrest for their continued refusal to return to the chamber. the house sergeant at arms has been going door to door issuing civil arrest warrants. today house speaker dade phalen s spokesperson told nbc news that the sergeant at arms deputized members of texas law enforcement to assist in rounding up the texas democrats and bring them to the chamber. more than 40 of the texas democrats have tried to fight
As soon as Democrats in the Texas House walked out of the chamber to block a sweeping elections bill from passing, Gov. Abbott promised he’d call a special session.