{"id":593389,"date":"2021-07-16T10:51:21","date_gmt":"2021-07-16T14:51:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=593389"},"modified":"2021-07-16T10:51:27","modified_gmt":"2021-07-16T14:51:27","slug":"we-are-in-awe-of-your-sacrifice-texas-dem-who-fled-state-posts-photo-of-her-panties-drying-in-hotel-room","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/we-are-in-awe-of-your-sacrifice-texas-dem-who-fled-state-posts-photo-of-her-panties-drying-in-hotel-room\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018We Are In Awe Of Your Sacrifice\u2019: Texas Dem Who Fled State Posts Photo Of Her Panties Drying In Hotel Room"},"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\">42<\/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%2Fwe-are-in-awe-of-your-sacrifice-texas-dem-who-fled-state-posts-photo-of-her-panties-drying-in-hotel-room%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=593389&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\/GettyImages-1210052497.jpg?w=1200&amp;h=800&amp;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>On Thursday, Democratic Rep. Donna Howard, one of 60 Democratic Texas legislators who fled the state and traveled to Washington D.C. on Monday&nbsp;to stop the Republican-majority state legislature from passing two voting rights bills, posted a photo of her clothes, including her bra and panties, hanging out to dry in a hotel room to show the sacrifice she was making by having to wash her clothes in the sink.<\/p>\n<p>Howard wrote as she showed her leopard print t-shirt and panties, three pairs of underpants, and a bra drying over the shower rail, \u201cYou bet we\u2019re recognizing &amp; honoring our country\u2019s heritage. As most Texans do, tho, this is what we\u2019re doing tonight \u2014 using whatever is accessible, washing our clothes in the sink.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"9.9280821917808\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">You bet we\u2019re recognizing &amp; honoring our country\u2019s heritage. As most Texans, tho, this is what we\u2019re doing tonight\u2014using whatever is accessible, uwashing our clothes in the sink. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/txlege?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#txlege<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/HC8uDSnWk5\">https:\/\/t.co\/HC8uDSnWk5<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/DoaatSCqmj\">pic.twitter.com\/DoaatSCqmj<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Donna Howard (@DonnaHowardTX) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DonnaHowardTX\/status\/1415862233427546117?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 16, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Howard was responding to GOP senator Orrin Hatch\u2019s former deputy chief of staff, Matt Whitlock, who also worked at the NRSC, who targeted the Texas Democrats for posing in&nbsp; front of the Supreme Court as they spent time in the nation\u2019s capital, tweeting, \u201cWhat a fun sightseeing trip for you guys.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"6.8444444444444\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">What a fun sightseeing trip for you guys<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Matt Whitlock (@mattdizwhitlock) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mattdizwhitlock\/status\/1415843378718248965?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 16, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Howard was mocked on social media with statements like these:<\/p>\n<blockquote readability=\"21\">\n<p><em>We are in awe of your sacrifice. I cannot even fathom how you are staying strong through these difficult times. A true hero.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>If you wanted to show off your underpants, you could have had someone \u201cleak\u201d them to the press like a normal person.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>You had plenty of to pack a bag, tho.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>I can walk two blocks to a laundromat and have them wash, dry, and fold my clothes in like 3 hours for $.75\/lb. How is this not a bit?<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>50\/50 chance those dang private jets will lose your luggage. Not to be trusted. Please let us know when your gofundme account is set up.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>As opposed to the Democrats\u2019 claim that the GOP bills are more restrictive than current standards in the state of Texas,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-9794481\/Washing-clothes-sink-Runaway-Texas-Democrat-mocked-sharing-picture-clothes.html\">The Daily Mail<\/a> pointed out, \u201cThe Texas Senate bill would allow voting from 6 a.m. to 9 p.m. \u2013 an increase of three hours on weekdays and 10 hours on Sundays \u2013 and would lower the population threshold from 100,000 to 30,000 for counties to open the polling booths for at least 12 hours in the week before Election Day,\u201d adding, \u201cMail voters would also be asked to verify their identities with a state ID number or the last four digits of their Social Security number in a bid to get rid of signature verification that accounts for a higher number of rejected ballots.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Howard was the latest Texas Democrat to speak of her sacrifice in fleeing the state; on Monday, Texas Democrat James Talarico tweeted, \u201cJust landed in Memphis on our way to DC. Thank y\u2019all for your well wishes. We left behind our families, our livelihoods, &amp; our beloved Texas. But our sacrifice is nothing compared to the sacrifices brave Americans have made throughout history to protect the sacred right to vote.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"13.446808510638\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Just landed in Memphis on our way to DC. Thank y\u2019all for your well wishes.<\/p>\n<p>We left behind our families, our livelihoods, &amp; our beloved Texas. But our sacrifice is nothing compared to the sacrifices brave Americans have made throughout history to protect the sacred right to vote.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 James Talarico (@jamestalarico) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jamestalarico\/status\/1414702139411214342?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 12, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><em>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><em>member<\/em><\/a><em>.&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Thursday, Democratic Rep. Donna Howard, one of 60 Democratic Texas legislators who fled the state and traveled to Washington D.C. on Monday\u00a0to stop the Republican-majority state legislature from passing &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-593389","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/593389","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=593389"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/593389\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=593389"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=593389"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=593389"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}