{"id":637039,"date":"2021-08-12T12:22:08","date_gmt":"2021-08-12T16:22:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=637039"},"modified":"2021-08-12T12:22:10","modified_gmt":"2021-08-12T16:22:10","slug":"texas-democrats-snipe-each-other-as-quorum-blockade-breaks-down-members-retreat-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/texas-democrats-snipe-each-other-as-quorum-blockade-breaks-down-members-retreat-home\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas Democrats Snipe Each Other As Quorum Blockade Breaks Down, Members Retreat Home"},"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\">26<\/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-democrats-snipe-each-other-as-quorum-blockade-breaks-down-members-retreat-home%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=637039&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\/08\/Texas-Democrats.jpg?w=1200&amp;h=800&amp;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Texas Democratic lawmakers who fled their state last month to hold up GOP legislation are turning on each other as some members return home, risking a quorum in the state legislature.<\/p>\n<p>Dozens of state lawmakers fled to Washington, D.C., last month in protest of GOP-backed state election reforms. The Democrats, who hold the minority in the legislature, fled the state to break the state House\u2019s quorum and prevent the body from passing any legislation during a special session called by Governor Greg Abbott (R).<\/p>\n<p>The first special session of the legislature ended on Friday, prompting many of the Democrats who had fled the state to return in time for a second special session called by Abbott. From an original party of over 50 lawmakers who fled the state, just 26 remained behind in D.C. over the weekend to continue protesting GOP-backed election reforms and other legislative priorities for Abbott and Republicans, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.texastribune.org\/2021\/08\/09\/texas-democrats-legislature-return\/\">Texas Tribune<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>On Monday, as many as 95 lawmakers were on the House floor at one time, five lawmakers short of a quorum that would allow the body to then pass bills. Some of the lawmakers on the floor included those Democrats who had returned from Washington D.C.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cyou all threw us under the bus today! Why?\u201d Rep. Ana-Maria Ramos tweeted, tagging fellow Democratic Reps. James Talarico, Mary Gonzalez, and Joe Moody.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"5.1557788944724\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\u2066<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jamestalarico?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@jamestalarico<\/a>\u2069 \u2066<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RepMaryGonzalez?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@RepMaryGonzalez<\/a>\u2069 \u2066<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/moodyforelpaso?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@moodyforelpaso<\/a>\u2069 you all threw us under the bus today! Why? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/yD6ODZKFcP\">pic.twitter.com\/yD6ODZKFcP<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Representative Ana-Maria Ramos (@Ramos4Texas) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Ramos4Texas\/status\/1424855093124362259?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 9, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Democratic Rep. Gina Hinojosa also piled on, calling out Talarico, Gonzalez, Moody, and Rep. Art Fierro for all appearing on the House floor and risking a quorum.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor transparency purposes it is important to note that the following Democrats are on the Floor now &amp; no longer breaking quorum: @jamestalarico @RepMaryGonzalez @moodyforelpaso @ArtFierro79,\u201d she <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GinaForAustin\/status\/1424846181671346188\">tweeted<\/a>. \u201cQuorum is still not met. Praying no other Democrats willingly go to Floor.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Democratic state Rep. Jasmine Crockett <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jasminefor100\/status\/1424850412964913154\">ripped<\/a> into the lawmakers that returned to Texas over the weekend: \u201cI\u2019ve said this before\u2026 it\u2019s a Team Sport\u2026 now we see who plays what positions on the Team\u2026 The fact that some of us secured a Temporary Restraining Order to protect ALL of us, yet some are trying to please the Governor and His OPPRESSIVE Agenda?!&nbsp; JUST WOW!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have a vote this week in the US Senate on voting rights. They could at least wait until the vote. There\u2019s nothing so pressing ar [sic] this moment to show up. Not to mention the restraining order allows you to be working in your district instead of on the floor against your district,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n<p>On Tuesday, the Texas Supreme Court <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/texas-supreme-court-gov-abbott-can-order-arrest-of-runaway-democrats-if-they-fail-to-show-for-vote\">overruled<\/a> a judge\u2019s restraining order protecting the rogue lawmakers from arrest. Texas House Speaker Dade Phelan (R) followed by issuing arrest warrants for the Democratic lawmakers should they fail to show up to the legislature. No arrests have yet been made despite most Democratic lawmakers still refusing to show up to the legislature. The threat of arrest, however, has prompted some of the Democrats who returned to Texas to consider leaving again.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s been talk of leaving again,\u201d state Rep. Michelle Beckley (D), who remained in Washington, told the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.texastribune.org\/2021\/08\/11\/texas-democrats-arrest-special-session\/\">Tribune<\/a>.<\/p>\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>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Texas Democratic lawmakers who fled their state last month to hold up GOP legislation are turning on each other as some members return home, risking a quorum in the state &#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-637039","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\/637039","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=637039"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/637039\/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=637039"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=637039"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=637039"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}