ABC News’ Linsey Davis speaks with Texas State Rep. Rafael AnchÃÂÂa on why lawmakers have fled the state for Washington, D.C., in hopes of spurring action on federal voting rights legislation.
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Fleeing to stall a vote is against Texas law. They should be held legally accountable.
It's very sad for Mexico, and for USA the betrayed of the Mexican president to our country, most Mexican citizens are very upset with that acctittude. in this moment he have literally and army of thousands of Cubans and venezolanos mixed with hayti citizens to remain anonymous, ready to cross the Mexican border to Texas… thousands and gone to arrive more and more the next week. The genocide president of Cuba and the president of Venezuela in this very moment are in Mexico city with all the Mexican government eating chatting and drinking. We given them our taxes on humanity aid and they gave our money in COVID vaccines to both countries. How you permit that abuse??? How USA permit this animal Lopez Obrador insults our country and our internal politics???
Fucking cowards! Go back to Texas & win elections!
I think i'll try doin my job by not showing up.
Thanks Dems. I'm learning.
Fleeing the state is childish and shows cowardice.
Hey Rafael, why don't you explain what amendments the Republicans rejected? Explain how why you are against the Texas Voting Bill. Explain how the bill discriminates. How are the Republicans trying to "gain a patrician advantage"? Prove your arguments.
Thats the job they always do. "Nothing"!
A pathetic way to undermine democracy!
The Media:
Democrats do it = Heroes
Republicans do it = Fachists
Texas minorities have an id and we can photocopy – we’re not living under a rock, your insulting us!!
lol@ the talking points and buzzwords. Making sure the people who are voting are eligable to vote. How is this voter supression? Someone tell me what about this bill is supressing voting rights to our citizens?
https://youtu.be/JvK956x6B38
https://youtu.be/6Z3BVaCHOlI
Brave and stunning.
Get your lazy asses back to work!
Texas Democrats are a joke.
Fire them
Your job is to help you state not stall a vote if you don't like it vote against it not do what you did and run like a bunch of cowards
Truly an excellent job Democrats. The realization is that Republicans know they cannot win anymore. The people of Texas actually see them because the GOP in Texas is no good for you are for me excellent jobðŸ™ÂÂðŸÂ¾ðŸ‘ÂÂðŸÂ¿💪ðŸÂ»💪ðŸÂ¿ðŸŒËâ€
Loll
Democrats are so out of touch with reality
These demonrat clowns want illegals voting this badly, anything to hold their corrupt power.
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Ehwhw
These smiling jackals should be fed to the dogs for treason
Keep fighting
You are in no way doing the job that you were elected to do. There is a reason that you are the minority. That what we voted for. Get in line moron.
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It’s a ‘I was told to hold this smile even tho if I go back to my home I will be thrown into jail’ kinda day
So they don’t like the game and want to change the rules.
STOPPING THE DEMOCRATIC PROCESS AND A BILL THAT THE PPL IN TX VOTED FOR BECAUSE YOU DON'T LIKE IT AND CANT STOP AND FLEEING YOUR STATE TILL PPL IN TX IN YOUR PARTY WANTS OVER WHAT ALL THE PPL WANT IS NOT DOING YOUR JOB & IS IT SELF IS STOPING THE PPL FROM FREEDOM & THE ABILITY TO VOTE ON BILL THEY WANT TILL YOU GET WHAT YOU WANT IS PRETTY MUCH EXTORTION AND NOT DOING THE JOB YOU ARE GETTING PAID BY THOSE PPL YOU POST SERV TO DO AND IS SLAPING THE PPL OF THE STATE AND THE IN THE COUNTRY IN THE FACE AND IS WHAT AS YOU GUYS SAY IS "A THREAT TO OUR DEMOCRACY". PLEASE STOP ACTING LIKE YOU CARE ABOUT THE THIS COUNTRY AND ALL THE PPL IN WE (THE WAKEND PPL) AND THE "NORMIES" KNOW AND STARTING TO FIND OUT YOU DON'T THE TRUTH AND FAIRNESS YOU JUST CARE ABOUT WEALTH AND POWER THIS IS FOR THE DMC REPS AND ABC "News" JUST STAWP IT . THIS IS ALL CAPS BC "THIS IS SRS". I WAS A DEM ONE NEVER AGAIN…
Cut their pay or fire them… You took an oath of office like it or not you're supposed to vote for the people..Just like with jury duty people dont get off easy If they get a jury summons they're required to come or they get a warrant for their arrest
If you think voting is a sacred right, then you support voter ID laws. Obviously.
Republicans want a Filthy Dictatorship. Democracy isn't working for them. Once they stop Democrats from voting they will stop all Americans from voting.
Republicans are done with voting.
we’ve been voting perfectly fine for decades and all of a sudden train robbing republicans are upset they lost the election and now they are trying to steal it by changing the rules.
The failure of logic here is stupendous. It's admirable, really.
Run like a fucking coward instead of actually staying behind to do the job you're elected to do. Fucking idiots.
Doing their job, ha, a Democrap avoids jobs 24/7.
nope
Nope… no you’re not.
You should all be fired or impeached, you have a real job and any other workers in this country would be fired for job abandonment
Republicans love to fight dirty it's about time democrats do the same.
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Texas you are doing a great job standing your ground. Every American should vote and have proof of it. No illegals allowed.
Texas Representative: "We are doing our jobs…by not doing our jobs."