No Quorum, No Surrender: Texas Dems HOLD THE LINE!
The Texas GOP is spiraling—and trying to appear dangerous.
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After once again not reaching quorum, House Speaker Dustin Burrows threw a full authoritarian tantrum. Unable to force Democrats back to help pass a rigged redistricting map, he is now using every tool he can—not to govern, but to punish.
Poor Burrows is pulling straight from the dictator’s playbook:
Ordering civil arrests of Democrats across state lines
Pushing the FBI to track and detain elected lawmakers
Cutting off pay unless picked up in person at the Capitol
Slashing member budgets by 30%
Blocking access to newsletters, staff travel, raises, and reimbursements
Texas Republicans are using extortion backed by state and federal threats.
As of August 8, Governor Greg Abbott ordered Texas DPS to find, arrest, and return absent Democrats. Burrows signed civil arrest warrants authorizing state troopers and sergeants-at-arms to detain lawmakers inside Texas.
But the GOP wants more.
Trump now calls for FBI intervention, claiming the Democrats “abandoned the state.” Senator John Cornyn asked FBI Director Kash Patel to find and arrest lawmakers—a move without precedent in U.S. history. Cornyn claims the FBI agreed, though legal experts dispute its authority to act.
These warrants carry no legal weight outside Texas. The state’s constitution allows compelled attendance—only within Texas. Democratic governors in Illinois, New York, and Massachusetts refuse to cooperate. Experts warn any federal involvement would violate due process, legislative immunity, and the separation of powers.
Abbott threatened to remove lawmakers entirely—though he has no legal power to do so. Ken Paxton vows to do “everything in [his] power” to punish Democrats—a chilling promise from a man already under federal indictment.
The Democrats aren’t staging a stunt. They’re defending your vote.
Texas Republicans couldn’t win fairly, so they turned to coercion.
The MAGA Republicans call it “accountability.” Accountability? Nope. It’s retaliation as Democrats refuse to play along.
But Texas Republicans still lack a quorum. And Democrats are still holding the line. This is what courage looks like. Not viral speeches. Not photo ops. Just grit—refusing to fold when the threats grow louder.
To every Democrat standing firm: we are with you. The nation’s watching.
To every Republican abusing power: if your policies need blackmail, budget cuts, and FBI threats to pass—they aren’t policy. They’re fascist BS.
Democracy doesn’t die in darkness. In Texas, it’s under siege in broad daylight—and still refuses to kneel.
To MAGA Republicans: Yippee-Ki-Yay, Motherf*ckers.
Trump abandoned the rule of law, morality, the constitution, and it a appears, also, his mind. Congress fled to help with cover up of Epstein files, and Abbott and Trump are threatening Democratic legislators whom are trying to stop the illegal tampering of the 2026 midterms.
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