Arrest Warrants signed for Texas Democrats

Texas House Speaker Signs Arrest Warrants for 52 Absent Democrats

House Speaker Dade Phelan on Tuesday signed arrest warrants for the 52 state House Democrats who absented themselves from legislative business in order to block Republican-led election reforms, according to The Dallas Morning News

Earlier in the day, the Texas House of Representatives voted 80-12 to bring back the wayward Democrats. Hours prior to the vote, the Texas Supreme Court ruled that the Republicans were within their rights to force their colleagues to return.

As Texas requires a two-thirds super majority to start a legislation session, it is imperative that democracy survives in Texas and that elected officials do the people's business. Shenanigans such as the prank that what was pulled by democratas will not fare well in 2022.