{"id":589776,"date":"2021-07-13T11:50:24","date_gmt":"2021-07-13T15:50:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=589776"},"modified":"2021-07-13T11:50:31","modified_gmt":"2021-07-13T15:50:31","slug":"they-will-be-arrested-gov-abbott-threatens-democrats-who-left-texas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/they-will-be-arrested-gov-abbott-threatens-democrats-who-left-texas\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018They Will Be Arrested\u2019: Gov. Abbott Threatens Democrats Who Left Texas"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fthey-will-be-arrested-gov-abbott-threatens-democrats-who-left-texas%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=589776&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Screen-Shot-2021-07-13-at-10.19.37-AM-e1626186103389.png\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Republican Gov. Greg Abbott of Texas said Democrats who left the state to stop the passage of voting legislation will be arrested upon their return, during an interview with Laura Ingraham on Monday night.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe State House of Representatives who are here in the capitol \u2026 they do have the ability to issue a call to have fellow members who are not showing up to be arrested, but only so long as the arrest is made in the state of Texas. That\u2019s why they have fled the state,\u201d Abbott <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/texas-abbott-says-dems-who-fled-state-over-elections-bill-will-be-arrested-upon-return\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">told<\/a> Ingraham.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOnce they step back into the state of Texas, they will be arrested and brought to the Texas Capitol, and we will be conducting business,\u201d Abbott continued. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/07\/05\/abbott-tied-mcconaughey-poll-texas-orourke\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: Texas Gov. Abbott Virtually Tied With Matthew McConaughey In Hypothetical Matchup: POLL)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Democrats <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/07\/12\/texas-election-law-democrats-washington-dc\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">left the state<\/a> to deny the GOP quorum and keep a voting regulations bill from passing. The bill adds new <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/06\/17\/stacey-abrams-supports-manchins-voting-rights-compromise-id-requirements\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">identification requirements<\/a> for mail-in voting, prohibits local election officials from sending absentee ballot applications to someone who hasn\u2019t requested one, bans drive-thru voting, and expands the access partisan poll watchers have, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2021\/07\/09\/1014579306\/texas-republicans-have-a-new-voting-bill-heres-whats-in-it\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">NPR<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" readability=\"9.7194029850746\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Governor Greg Abbott criticized Texas Democrats who fled to Washington, DC on Monday in an attempt to block a vote on the state Republicans\u2019 election integrity bill: \u201cIsn\u2019t that the most un-Texan thing you\u2019ve ever heard? They\u2019re quitters!\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Sn5X61a4HI\">pic.twitter.com\/Sn5X61a4HI<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 The Post Millennial (@TPostMillennial) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TPostMillennial\/status\/1414942394802343939?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 13, 2021<\/a> <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cWe are now taking the fight to our nation\u2019s Capitol. We are living on borrowed time in Texas. We need Congress to act now to pass the For the People Act and the John Lewis Voting Rights Act to protect Texans \u2014 and all Americans \u2014 from the Trump Republicans\u2019 nationwide war on democracy,\u201d the Texas House Democratic Caucus said in a <a href=\"https:\/\/texashousedems.com\/statement-texas-house-democrats-break-quorum\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">statement<\/a> released Monday.<\/p>\n<p>This is the second time Democratic lawmakers have prevented the passage of voting restrictions in Texas, after previously preventing quorum in May. As opposed to the current legislation, the <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/06\/02\/elections-2020-texas-voting-rights\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">previous bill<\/a> included provisions that restricted Sunday voting hours and made it easier to overturn an election due to voter fraud.<\/p>\n<p>Abbott said he would continue to <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/06\/23\/abbott-special-legislative-session-second-try-election-reforms\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">call special sessions<\/a> \u201call the way up until election next year.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He added that if Democrats \u201cwant to be hanging out wherever they\u2019re hanging out on this taxpayer-paid junket, they\u2019re going to have to be prepared to do it for well over a year.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Content created by The Daily Caller News Foundation is available without charge to any eligible news publisher that can provide a large audience. 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