{"id":622099,"date":"2021-08-08T10:51:57","date_gmt":"2021-08-08T14:51:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=622099"},"modified":"2021-08-08T10:51:59","modified_gmt":"2021-08-08T14:51:59","slug":"texas-dems-sue-gov-abbott-for-threatening-arrest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/texas-dems-sue-gov-abbott-for-threatening-arrest\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas Dems sue Gov. Abbott for threatening arrest"},"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\">16<\/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%2Ftexas-dems-sue-gov-abbott-for-threatening-arrest%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=622099&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 id=\"attachment_2485930\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\">\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-2485930\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">WASHINGTON, DC \u2013 AUGUST 06: Texas State Rep. Trey Martinez Fischer (D-District 116), joined by fellow Democratic Texas state representatives, speaks during a news conference about voting rights outside the U.S. Capitol. (Drew Angerer\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h5>OAN Newsroom<br \/>UPDATED 7:46 AM PT \u2013 Sunday, August 8, 2021<\/h5>\n<p>Democrats from Texas have sued Republican Gov. Greg Abbott for allegedly violating their First Amendment rights. According to the suit filed on Saturday, the Democrats who fled the state to prevent the passage of election integrity measures, said Abbott\u2019s efforts to bring them back to Austin suppressed their freedom of speech.<\/p>\n<p>Some Democrats also claimed, without evidence, they faced racist abuse for fleeing the state. They also said threats of arrest by the governor, despite being constitutional, violated the First Amendment.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">RELEASE: Texas House Democrats Sustain Unified Front in Fight to Protect Democracy <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/txlege?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#txlege<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Read more: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/p6bm3FWkdW\">https:\/\/t.co\/p6bm3FWkdW<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/mOJ3ky6soz\">pic.twitter.com\/mOJ3ky6soz<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Texas Democrats (@texasdemocrats) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/texasdemocrats\/status\/1424129188538245121?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 7, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Following their flee to D.C., Abbott called for the arrest of more than 50 Democrats. In the meantime, Gov. Abbott, who has previously called for the arrest of the absent Democrat lawmakers, announced his plan to call as many special sessions as needed in order to pass the bill.<\/p>\n<h4>MORE NEWS: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/hezbollah-we-responded-to-airstrikes-from-israel\/\">Hezbollah: We Responded To Airstrikes From Israel<\/a><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WASHINGTON, DC \u2013 AUGUST 06: Texas State Rep. 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