{"id":78638,"date":"2021-08-11T11:02:43","date_gmt":"2021-08-11T15:02:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=78638"},"modified":"2021-08-11T11:08:18","modified_gmt":"2021-08-11T15:08:18","slug":"arrest-warrants-issued-for-52-fugitive-democrats-by-texas-house","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=78638","title":{"rendered":"<h3>Arrest Warrants Issued for 52 Fugitive Democrats by Texas House<\/h3>"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Arrest Warrants Issued For 52 &#8216;Fugitive&#8217; Democrats After Texas Supreme Court Slaps Down Democrat Judge<\/h1>\n<p><!--more-->ZeroHedge.com<\/p>\n<p><strong>Arrest warrants have been issued for 52 &#8216;fugitive&#8217; Democrats<\/strong>\u00a0who dramatically fled the state in a political stunt to block the passage of a GOP election integrity bill &#8211; only to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/covid-19\/vaccinated-pelosi-aide-white-house-official-who-welcomed-texas-democrats-test-positive\"><strong>spread Covid-19 throughout Washington DC<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-0\" class=\"\" title=\"Twitter Tweet\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/Tweet.html?dnt=false&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-0&amp;features=eyJ0ZndfZXhwZXJpbWVudHNfY29va2llX2V4cGlyYXRpb24iOnsiYnVja2V0IjoxMjA5NjAwLCJ2ZXJzaW9uIjpudWxsfSwidGZ3X2hvcml6b25fdHdlZXRfZW1iZWRfOTU1NSI6eyJidWNrZXQiOiJodGUiLCJ2ZXJzaW9uIjpudWxsfSwidGZ3X3NwYWNlX2NhcmQiOnsiYnVja2V0Ijoib2ZmIiwidmVyc2lvbiI6bnVsbH19&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1425285516581298177&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.zerohedge.com%2Fpolitical%2Farrest-warrants-issued-52-fugitive-democrats-after-texas-supreme-court-slaps-down&amp;sessionId=514bb4b1860ed31c18ea58a67513edc6c69114b7&amp;siteScreenName=zerohedge&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=1890d59c%3A1627936082797&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1425285516581298177\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>On Tuesday night &#8211; hours after the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/texas-supreme-court-allows-for-arrest-of-democrats-who-dont-show-up-to-legislature\">Texas Supreme Court<\/a>\u00a0temporarily suspended a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/ballotpedia.org\/Brad_Urrutia\">Democrat Judge<\/a>&#8216;s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scribd.com\/document\/519692847\/SCOTX-ArrestStay\">order<\/a>\u00a0barring the arrest of the Democrat legislators<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>&#8211; the Texas House of Representatives voted 89-12 to authorize state law enforcement to detain and potentially arrest the rogue lawmakers, according to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/justthenews.com\/government\/courts-law\/texas-supreme-court-opens-door-arresting-awol-democrat-lawmakers-election-law\"><em>Just The News<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>The vote allowed\u00a0the House sergeant-at-arms to send law enforcement officers to force the attendance of missing Democrats \u201cunder warrant of arrest, if necessary.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>House Speaker Dade Phelan subsequently signed\u00a0arrest warrants Tuesday that were to be served on\u00a0Wednesday morning.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Phelan\u00a0spokesman Enrique Marquez said the warrants targeted\u00a052 Democrats who failed to return during the fifth day of the House\u2019s second special session, leaving the chamber eight members short of a quorum. -JTN<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;<strong>The Supreme Court of Texas swiftly rejected this dangerous attempt by Texas Democrats to undermine our Constitution and avoid doing the job they were elected to do<\/strong>,&#8221;Abbott spokesperson, Renae Eze, told\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/texas-supreme-court-allows-for-arrest-of-democrats-who-dont-show-up-to-legislature\"><em>Fox News<\/em><\/a>. &#8220;We look forward to the Supreme Court upholding the rule of law and stopping another stall tactic by the Texas Democrats.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The move follows a Saturday ruling by Travis County District Judge Brad Urrutia (D), who barred Texas Governor Greg Abbott (R) and House Speaker Dade Phelan (R) from &#8220;issuing any warrant or other instrument&#8221; or &#8220;detaining, confining, or otherwise restricting a Texas House Democrat&#8217;s movement without his or her consent.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>And while the Justices must still decide the broader case, their reversal of Urrutia comes less than 24 hours after the handed Abbott another win &#8211; allowing him to punish the Democrats who fled Texas. Now, if the lawmakers who have already returned to the Lone Star State fail to head to Austin to form a quorum on their own accord,\u00a0<strong>they could be arrested<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>In a video posted to Twitter, &#8216;fugitive&#8217; Rep Ron Reynolds said he and his fellow Democrats &#8220;would be going to a jail, we would be going to the House chambers where they would basically be forcing a quorum,&#8221; adding &#8220;They would take us against our will to the House floor.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-1\" class=\"\" title=\"Twitter Tweet\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/Tweet.html?dnt=false&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-1&amp;features=eyJ0ZndfZXhwZXJpbWVudHNfY29va2llX2V4cGlyYXRpb24iOnsiYnVja2V0IjoxMjA5NjAwLCJ2ZXJzaW9uIjpudWxsfSwidGZ3X2hvcml6b25fdHdlZXRfZW1iZWRfOTU1NSI6eyJidWNrZXQiOiJodGUiLCJ2ZXJzaW9uIjpudWxsfSwidGZ3X3NwYWNlX2NhcmQiOnsiYnVja2V0Ijoib2ZmIiwidmVyc2lvbiI6bnVsbH19&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1425154051482718227&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.zerohedge.com%2Fpolitical%2Farrest-warrants-issued-52-fugitive-democrats-after-texas-supreme-court-slaps-down&amp;sessionId=514bb4b1860ed31c18ea58a67513edc6c69114b7&amp;siteScreenName=zerohedge&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=1890d59c%3A1627936082797&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1425154051482718227\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>To establish a quorum and move forward, at least 51 Democratic lawmakers must return to Texas &#8211; a move which many Democrats continue to reject.<\/p>\n<div class=\"Advert_tablet__3QEBr Advert_mobile__1rlLc Advert_placement__1I4yb Advert_align__N0_fw\"><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;<strong>We will continue to fight against the Republicans Voter Suppression bills<\/strong>,&#8221; Reynolds told\u00a0<em>Fox News<\/em>. &#8220;We are planning on staying in D.C. advocating for federal voting rights legislation until the U.S. Senate goes on August recess towards the end of the week.&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>Reynolds has become a leading figure in Texas\u2019 push to counter GOP voting legislation that Democrats argue unfairly targets Black and Brown voting rights.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>The Texas lawmaker, who was\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/two-texas-democrats-arrested-by-capitol-police-in-voting-rights-protest\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">arrested<\/a>\u00a0last week while protesting the U.S. Senate to pass voting reform, said state lawmakers are relying on federal reform to bar restrictive voting policies.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Texas Republicans argue the laws would merely secure the elective process.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;We are optimistic that Leader Chuck Schumer will bring up HR For the People Act for a vote this week,&#8221; Reynolds said.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Twenty-five Texas Democrats have remained in Washington, D.C. while at least\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GinaForAustin\/status\/1424846181671346188\">four<\/a>\u00a0lawmakers have returned to Austin, including state Representatives James Talarico, Joe Moody, Mary Gonzalez, and Art Fierro.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>As they say, don&#8217;t mess with Texas.<\/p>\n<p>___<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/political\/arrest-warrants-issued-52-fugitive-democrats-after-texas-supreme-court-slaps-down\">https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/political\/arrest-warrants-issued-52-fugitive-democrats-after-texas-supreme-court-slaps-down<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Arrest Warrants Issued For 52 &#8216;Fugitive&#8217; Democrats After Texas Supreme Court Slaps Down Democrat Judge<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-78638","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78638","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=78638"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78638\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=78638"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=78638"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=78638"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}