{"id":603344,"date":"2021-07-26T22:35:23","date_gmt":"2021-07-27T02:35:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=603344"},"modified":"2021-07-26T22:35:32","modified_gmt":"2021-07-27T02:35:32","slug":"they-are-super-spreading-stupidity-clay-travis-mocks-fugitive-texas-democrats-for-care-package-plea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/they-are-super-spreading-stupidity-clay-travis-mocks-fugitive-texas-democrats-for-care-package-plea\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018They Are Super-Spreading Stupidity\u2019: Clay Travis Mocks Fugitive Texas Democrats For Care Package Plea"},"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\">28<\/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-are-super-spreading-stupidity-clay-travis-mocks-fugitive-texas-democrats-for-care-package-plea%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=603344&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--><p>Conservative broadcaster Clay Travis said Monday that the Texas Democratic lawmakers who are still hunkered down in Washington, D.C. aren\u2019t just spreading COVID-19, \u201cthey are super-spreading stupidity\u201d by asking for taxpayer-funded care packages.<\/p>\n<p>Several of the lawmakers <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/07\/17\/texas-dems-ran-away-dc-test-positive-covid\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">tested positive<\/a> for&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/07\/19\/texas-democrats-coronavirus-washington-dc-voting-reform\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">coronavirus<\/a> after arriving in D.C. The group photo taken aboard their chartered plane showed most of the members without face masks.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNot only are they super-spreading COVID, they are super-spreading stupidity and that is a bad combination \u2026 to be bringing both to our nation\u2019s capital where certainly stupidity is super-spreading throughout the Democratic caucus for a very long time ever since they got woke and started to go broke on ideas,\u201d Travis said on Fox News\u2019 \u201cTucker Carlson Tonight.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Democratic legislators fled the state in order to block a Republican <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/07\/15\/harris-faulkner-vp-harris-civil-rights-comparisons-fugitive-texas-democrats\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">election integrity<\/a> measure and are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kxan.com\/news\/texas-politics\/texas-house-speaker-says-lawmakers-who-left-state-should-return-per-diem-benefits-democrats-anticipate-members-will-decline-payments\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">receiving<\/a> a per diem allowance of $221. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/07\/13\/pete-hegseth-fires-back-fugitive-texas-democrat-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: \u2018I\u2019m Asking The Questions\u2019: Pete Hegseth Fires Back At Fugitive Texas Democrat Who Tries To Make His Interview About Trump)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Dallas Democrats suggested Saturday the lawmakers would \u201cappreciate care packages from home\u201d and listed a series of items to include.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" readability=\"20.5625\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">\ud83d\udc99 Our Dems in DC said they\u2019d appreciate care packages from home. Before 5pm Tues, we\u2019re collecting Dr. Pepper, salsa, hard candy, hairspray, travel toiletries, hand sanitizers, sewing kits, first aid, and\/ or $ to pay shipping. TY!<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udccd 9am-5pm, M-F 1414 N. Washington Ave, Dallas <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/PgZHQTy10h\">pic.twitter.com\/PgZHQTy10h<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Dallas Democrats (@dallasdemocrats) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/dallasdemocrats\/status\/1419034820718604294?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 24, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Travis quipped that Republicans should immediately begin sending care packages to the group \u2014 ones that included a copy of the U.S. Constitution.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe idea that these taxpayer-funded politicians would be also requesting for taxpayers to provide them free gear is vintage Democrats in 2021,\u201d Travis continued, saying the list of demands closely resembles those of his 10-year-old children.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey have the exact same requests and they are just as pathetic as you would imagine for grown adults asking for handouts but it perfectly fits the modern-day Democratic Party.\u201d <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/07\/16\/election-integrity-greg-abbott-texas\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: Texas Democrats Airs Her Dirty Laundry, Including Her Bra, In Rebuttal To Republican Criticism)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_7244882\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" readability=\"40\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7244882\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7244882\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/GettyImages-1329754679-scaled-1.jpg\" alt=\"WASHINGTON, DC - JULY 20: Texas State Rep. Barbara Gervin-Hawkins (D-120), joined by fellow Democratic Texas state representatives, speaks at a press conference on Texas Gov. Greg Abbott and the group&#039;s meetings with federal lawmakers on voting rights, on July 20, 2021 in Washington, DC. Members of the Texas House Democratic Caucus continue to lobby for voting rights reform in Washington, DC after leaving Texas to block a voting restrictions bill by denying a Republican quorum. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch\/Getty Images)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/GettyImages-1329754679-scaled-1.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/cdn01.dailycaller.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/GettyImages-1329754679-178x120.jpg 178w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/GettyImages-1329754679-620x419-1.jpg 620w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/GettyImages-1329754679-768x519-1.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/GettyImages-1329754679-1536x1037-1.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/GettyImages-1329754679-2048x1383-1.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-7244882\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Texas State Rep. Barbara Gervin-Hawkins (D-120), joined by fellow Democratic Texas state representatives, speaks at a press conference on Texas Gov. Greg Abbott and the group\u2019s meetings with federal lawmakers on voting rights, on July 20, 2021 in Washington, DC.&nbsp; (Photo by Kevin Dietsch\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cIf you start requesting a care package and you are an elected official and a politician, it is a pretty big indictment of your decision-making,\u201d the commentator said, noting that the Democrats can go home at any time.&nbsp; \u201cAll of this is just conspiring to make the Texas Democrats look even more ridiculous than they already did and I didn\u2019t think that was possible.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Democrats\u2019 sojourn is costing the members about <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/07\/19\/texas-democrats-stunt-armando-walle-cost-million-election-reform-quorum\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">$1.5 million<\/a> as they use their personal resources and fundraising to pay for the trip. The group spent $100,000 alone on a <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/07\/12\/texas-democrats-miller-lites-maskless-flight\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">private charter jet<\/a>&nbsp;paid for by the House Democratic Caucus, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/politics-news\/texas-democrats-escape-block-voting-bill-will-cost-around-1-n1274262\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">NBC News<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Conservative broadcaster Clay Travis said Monday that the Texas Democratic lawmakers who are still hunkered down in Washington, D.C. aren\u2019t just spreading COVID-19, \u201cthey are super-spreading stupidity\u201d by asking for &#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-603344","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\/603344","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=603344"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/603344\/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=603344"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=603344"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=603344"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}