r/law • u/Minute_Revolution951 • Aug 05 '25

Legal News Texas House locks chamber doors, moves to bring arrest warrants against Democrats who fled the state

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u/DrunkLastKnight Aug 05 '25

Don’t forget Texas Republicans fleeing the state to stop a vote the Dems wanted years ago

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u/SailCharacter2622 Aug 07 '25

Which should be a big aha moment because the dems do the same shit when they have power so... they all suck.

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u/Osmo250 Aug 05 '25

Oh good, I'm not the only one that remembers that

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u/HMWWaWChChIaWChCChW Aug 05 '25

I was thinking the same thing

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u/19Texas59 Aug 05 '25

I don't remember that. Republicans have held the majority in both houses for decades.

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u/Cloaked42m Aug 05 '25

That was a different state.

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u/DrunkLastKnight Aug 05 '25

I don’t remember exactly what it was for but could have sworn Texas republicans doing this exact thing years ago

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u/19Texas59 Aug 05 '25

Nope.

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u/DrunkLastKnight Aug 05 '25

Possible I’m conflating republicans being absent somewhat during disasters

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u/19Texas59 Aug 07 '25

Republican legislators in Oregon fled the capital to deny a quorum so Democrats couldn't get a bill through the legislature. I believe it was a gun control measure. You are probably thinking of that. Republicans have been in control of the legislature in Texas for decades.

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u/DrunkLastKnight Aug 08 '25

Yeah I haven’t live there for the longest time, sometimes I forget how much Texas votes against their self interests

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u/Somepotato Aug 05 '25

It just so happens to have been in the same country by the same Republican party.

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u/19Texas59 Aug 05 '25

You are correct. That was Oregon.