USA: Democrats are leaving Texas to block the passage of the bill

The vice president of USA Kamala Harris hailed the “great courage” they showed Democrats Members of Texas who left their state en masse in an effort to derail Republicans’ attempt to amend voting provisions.

As broadcast by ΑΠΕ ΜΠΕ, more than 50 deputies left the state on Monday, so that its legislature does not gather the necessary quorum needed to pass the measures promoted by the Republican governor Greg Abbott.

“I think they showed a lot of courage and definitely a lot of determination,” said Harris, who will meet with them later.

The vice president urged lawmakers and senators in all states to oppose efforts to suppress voting rights. She added that she intends to build a “coalition»Which will fight these restrictions throughout the country and for this purpose will address the private sector.

Later today, moreover, the president Joe Biden is going to deliver a speech in Philadelphia on the right to vote.

It is noted that in Texas, the law allows the police to arrest and lead, even by force, MPs and senators in the meeting room, if they are absent from critical voting. For this reason, the above deputies took refuge in other areas, where the Texas police has no jurisdiction.

“My Democratic colleagues and I are leaving to block a quorum and torpedo a bill that would limit Texas voting rights,” he said on Twitter. James Taralico. He explained that he was going to Washington and posted a photo of him, which shows him with his colleagues, shortly before boarding a flight to the federal capital.

Following the departure of the 50, the other Members voted this morning (76 in favor, 4 against) in favor of arrest of their colleagues. “Once they return to the State they will be arrested,” the governor told local television channel KVUE ABC. “They will be locked up inside the Capitol until they do their job,” he added.

THE Beto O’Rourke, a former Democratic nominee in the presidential election, welcomed the decision by lawmakers and senators who, he said, show “the courage this country needs now.”

Instead, Republican Gov. Greg Abbott commented that their decision to leave Texas was to the detriment of “the Texans who elected them” and that “as they cross the country in comfortable, private jets, they leave them behind. unsolved problems». “It’s time for them to get back to work,” he added in a Twitter post, vowing to hold special meetings “until next year’s election” to pass the bill.

It is worth mentioning that the Democratic legislators had sabotaged the approval of this restrictive law at the end of May, according to the APE BPE, leaving from the vote in parliament, so as not to reach a quorum, hence Abbott convened this special meeting.

Finally, it is pointed out that the law promoted by the Republicans in accordance with those that have already been adopted in Georgia and Florida, aims to make “Safer” elections, forbidding citizens to vote through their car (drive-in) and imposing many restrictions on voting hours and letter voting. These restrictions, however, usually affect minorities in particular African Americans, most of whom vote for the Democratic Party, broadcasts APE BPE.

Following the presidential election, bills restricting voting rights multiplied in many states, at the initiative of the Republican Party.

“If they continue to throw oppressive bills at us, we will continue to fight them by any means at our disposal,” he said. Alex Dominguez at the Reuters agency, through the plane that took him to Washington. He added that MPs would continue to serve their voters from afar, but did not specify what exactly they intended to do. Dominguez also said he and his colleagues are prepared to stay away from Texas, even if Abbott continues to convene special meetings after the current one ends. He also noted that he is not afraid of the threat of arrest. “If they choose to do that, then we will be prepared,” he concluded.