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miss_demeanour@lemmy.dbzer0.com to United States | News & Politics@midwest.socialEnglish · 4 months ago

Texas Democrat says she's locked inside state Capitol after refusing mandatory DPS escort

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Texas Democrat says she's locked inside state Capitol after refusing mandatory DPS escort

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miss_demeanour@lemmy.dbzer0.com to United States | News & Politics@midwest.socialEnglish · 4 months ago
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House leaders mandated police escorts for Democrats to guarantee they return for Wednesday's session.
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  • AlecSadler@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    This is so fucked up.

  • NoneOfUrBusiness@fedia.io
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    Bumped up Texas on my “most likely states for the civil war to erupt from” list.

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    Nothing to see here, just more straight up fascist stuff out of Texas.

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    deleted by creator

  • Che Banana@beehaw.org
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    There would be a huge pile of shit in the speakers chair when they came back.

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    Or what?

    What actually, realistically, happens if they get in their car and leave?

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      How can you get in your car and leave when you’re locked in?

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      They’ll get arrested. They have “active arrest warrants”

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      If the house voted on rules that allow for this escort crap, then the sergeant at arms can enforce it.

      The Texas Constitution empowers the legislature to compel the attendance of its members using whatever means each chamber may enact in its own rules.

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    why did they go back?

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