Quorum Trap : Texas Republicans troll House Democrats to return from D.C.
Timothy Fanning
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State Rep. Briscoe Cain tweeted a photo of a case of Miller Lite underneath a cardboard box labeled “Quorum Trap.” The box is held up with a stick and a hand is reaching for the case of beer. Courtesy of Briscoe Cain
Texas Republicans are mocking House Democrats who flew to Washington, D.C., in an effort to block a vote on election legislation.
State Rep. Briscoe Cain tweeted a photo of a case of Miller Lite underneath a cardboard box labeled “Quorum Trap.” The box is held up with a stick and a hand is reaching for the case of beer.
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First of all, props to Texas State Representative Cody Harris for his funny and on-point meme trolling missing Texas House Democrats this week. If you have not seen it, our Texas Democrats were photographed flying off to Washington D.C. back on July 12th. They were captured with big smiles and a case of beer in the seat in what appears to be some sort of bus heading to the airport? This photo has been shared by many including Texas Lt. Governor Dan Patrick. Click the link to see his tweet featuring the photo, and then laugh even harder as you check out Cody s tweet below. Look at all those Miller Lite cans in those empty chairs.
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My colleague Nick Arama previously reported on how the Texas Democrats who fled the state earlier this week and headed to Washington, D.C. are busy wasting taxpayer money in a multitude of ways, most notably by spending a lot of time on social media playing “check out what I ate!!” and begging people to notice them with all their cutesy tweets.
One of the most outspoken of the bunch has been Texas State Rep. Gene Wu (HD137), who has made it his personal mission not only to provide hourly updates on the food choices he’s made (which were paid for by a taxpayer-funded per diem), but also by taking cheap shots at his Republican colleagues who are having to sit on the sidelines in Texas because the Democrats who cut and run have denied them a quorum to conduct state business during the special session.
Texas House Speaker says he ll charter a plane back to Austin for Democrats who fled to Washington to stop Republicans passing election legislation
Dade Phelan, the Speaker of the House in Texas, will keep a charter plane on standby in Washington, DC on Saturday so Democrats can return home
Phelan on Wednesday demanded that the runaway Democrats forfeit their $221-a-day allowance
The 58 representatives and nine senators now in Washington are receiving a total of $14,807 per day
Chris Turner, one of the 58 representatives, said he expects most of his colleagues to turn down the cash when it is processed at the end of the month