6th Texas House Democrat tests positive for Covid in D.C.
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Texas House Democrats who left the state to stop Republicans from taking up elections bills during the special session.
WASHINGTON, D.C. One additional Texas House Democrat has now tested positive for Covid-19 while in the nation s capital.
Nearly 60 lawmakers are in Washington after fleeing the state to break quorum in the Texas House, in an effort to block GOP-backed election reform bills in the special legislative session. Most of those representatives are staying together in the same hotel.
ABC News confirmed a sixth fully-vaccinated member tested positive for the virus after receiving conflicting test results earlier Monday. The member, who was not identified, had tested negative over the weekend.
3 Texas House Democrats Test Positive for COVID-19 After Fleeing to DC
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and leave. essentially letting everyone know this walkout was for real. at this point, lawmakers are saying, you know, they recognize they have a challenge ahead of them. we could see a special session as soon as tomorrow. but for now, they are considering this a victory. all right, dianne gallagher, thank you for the latest from austin. let s talk now with texas state rep chris turner, the texas house democratic caucus chairman. this was really your idea. tell us about this. what did you say to democrats as you told them about this plan to walk out? good morning, brianna. thank you for having me. you know, look, democrats in the house and the senate in texas have been working all session long to kill these republican vote suppression measures, and senate bill 7 was the worst of the worst. and so we were determined to kill this bill in any way we could. we had a midnight deadline yesterday to pass all bills, any