Three Texas Democrats who fled state to DC test positive for COVID-19 thehill.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from thehill.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
There was a lot of controversy regarding Senate Bill 7 earlier this year.
So much that Democrats ended up walking out of the state capitol building to avoiding voting on it.
Now they re staging another mobile protest.
Earlier this year, Democrats walked out of a legislative session after receiving a mass text message from State Representative Christ Turner, Chair of the Texas House Democratic Caucus, instructing them to leave. The move helped prevent passage of SB 7, which called for sweeping election reform championed by Republicans in response to former president Donald Trump s claims that he was robbed of re-election in 2020 due to voter fraud.
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.
Democrats walked out on a House vote on sweeping voting reforms in Texas Sunday. Now Gov. Abbott says he'll call for a special session to get a bill passed.