Texas Democratic legislators staged a political stunt to stall passing election integrity bills on Monday, but the attempt to impede the democratic process is all the more pathetic when you look at what’s in the legislation.
The Democrats, mask-less, left the Lone Star State by plane and went where swamp creatures belong — to Washington, D.C. In fleeing, the state Democrats denied the majority GOP a quorum and at least temporarily halted a vote on Senate Bill 1 and House Bill 3.
ON PLANE TO DC: Texas Democratic lawmakers are leaving state to break quorum to stop Republican voting bill. Veteran Capitol observers say this is unchartered territory. Photo from Democrat on the plane. https://t.co/YOuOMb0A2m pic.twitter.com/abWoARvFIC
— ScottGordonNBC5 (@ScottGordonNBC5) July 12, 2021
The Democrats attempted to frame their sideshow as some sort of march on Selma. In reality, they’re opposing the notion that people need to prove who they are before they vote.
“We are coming to [Washington] to put pressure on [Republicans] to act, because this isn’t just Texas,” Democratic state Rep. John Bucy III told CNN. “All over the South and in Republican states, we are seeing voter suppression bills.”
“We need Congress to pass the For the People Act and the John Lewis Voting Rights Act,” he added.
These people certainly do have high opinions of themselves, don’t they? CNN, of course, gave them and their opposition to the will of the people nothing but sympathy.
“Texas state lawmakers, enacting an intricately plotted escape, left their posts and the Lone Star state itself and took flight to Washington on Monday on an extraordinary mission to halt Republican restrictive voting bills built on former President Donald Trump’s fraud lies,” the alleged news network reported.
Of course, when you look at what is in the legislation being opposed Texas Democrats, you can see that their actions are the sideshow they appear to be.
As Fox News noted, HB 3 would make it a crime for people who do not request ballots to receive them in the mail.
“[An] application must be submitted in writing and signed by the applicant using ink on paper,” the legislation says. “An electronic signature or photocopied signature is not permitted.”
HB 3 also would require people who request mail-in ballots to show identification.
A separate but very similar bill from the state Senate also tackles some issues that could lead to voter fraud, including drive-thru voting, which was allowed in Harris County during the November election.
SB 1 would require voters to have a valid reason for voting from their vehicle, which isn’t asking too much.
It also would set up monthly reviews of Texas voter rolls to identify noncitizens — not a problem for those of us who don’t believe illegal immigrants should be able to cast ballots.
Both bills would add an extra hour of required early voting hours while banning 24-hour voting, according to The Texas Tribune.
They also would “strengthen the autonomy of partisan poll watchers at polling places by granting them ‘free movement’ within a polling place, except for being present at a voting station when a voter is filling out their ballot,” The Tribune reported.
“Both chambers also want to make it a criminal offense to obstruct their view or distance the watcher ‘in a manner that would make observation not reasonably effective.’”
But Democrats don’t ever want election integrity laws passed. The party relies on the fog of war to get anything accomplished. Apparently, Democrats don’t feel they can win elections where voters cast only one ballot and have to prove they are who they say they are.
There are no literacy tests and no land-owning requirements, and women and minorities are not denied the right to vote. There are also plenty of locations statewide where people not only can obtain IDs but also can photocopy them if need be.
State Democrats pulled a stunt on Monday to stop a bill that essentially makes cheating more challenging — nothing more. But they’ve hijacked the narrative with the help of the establishment media.
If you listen to CNN — which some people still do, unfortunately — you might be under the impression that Texas Republicans are seeking a return to the Jim Crow era, which simply isn’t true.
via westernjournal
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Copy and Paste it. Pretty simple, eh?
libs and dems will do anything to stop a ligitimate vote to be counted
Agree
having to vote with the democrats ID, IS JUST KILLING THEM THAT THEY CAN’T CHEAT ANYMORE, that is the only reason they don’t want to show their ID’S WE HAVE AALWAYS HAD TO SHOW OUR ID’S IN FLORIDO,, NO PROBLEM !!
Same in the most liberal state in the country HAWAII. If you don’t have a picture ID you don’t get to vote!
Funny how no one has a problem showing ID to get food stamps or anything else “FREE” !!
This alone, should show the people, especially reasonable democrats that that the Democrat party is corrupt, manipulative, devious, and out right liars. Voter ID is quintessential to fair elections. This stunt, they pulled should land them all in jail for shirking their responsibilities to the people. At the very least they should be censured and have to pay a large fine. They left for one reason only; because they thought they would lose! We cannot tolerate this party of corruption to continue to manipulate the system for their outrageous, ideological shenanigans!
Dems are seeing all the illegal immigrants they are adding to their body count not being counted as dem votes if they have to have a legal ID not a KINKO copy like Kamal wants. They also have to be real, live and present to actually vote. There are no current phone books to use for names to add to their fake voter books. If any one of regular people took off for somewhere else and didn’t show up at their place of work they’d not be PAID or have a per-deim for “BEER & OTHER EXPENSES “. No play no pay.
We know they had to show their I.D. to get on that plane and buy that beer. Guess that’s racist,too.
This all gives credence to the idea that liberalism is a mind disorder. Unfortunately we have several members of our family that have this debilitating disease.
Dems are operating on another proveable false narrative,this is an admission that they can’t win without cheating. This is so because their policies suck! They,of course know they are lying but it’s all they have. They can’t win a straight up debate. They have no conscience or soul. It’s insane to live as a liar. They are mentally ill.
Voting nationally should be simple. Picture ID; Citizen; Vote in person on only one day…election day: Paper ballots only for those with doctor note to verify unable to appear in person; if going away on business, etc. OK if ballot application is filed two weeks before election day. No envelopes opened without video and one each of party present. If computer voting, must issue a receipt to voter to confirm his or her vote was accurate. Receipt has voter’s registration number as well as who they voted for. Receipt must only be shown if a recount is ordered. Congress needs to back out of all these suggested voter improvements.
If the democrats had nothing to hide, then they wouldn’t be acting like this. You have to show your photo ID and/or your voter registration card when you vote in Okla., and I’ve never had issue with it.