Texas Gov. Greg Abbott described state Democrats who fled to Washington DC to prevent a vote as 'quitters' who were 'un-Texan' in running from a fight, and said they will be arrested on their return.
At least 58 Democrats left Austin to avoid the vote on election bills, touching down in Washington D.C. on Monday evening in two private jets - chartered at a cost of $100,000.
Democrats in Texas and throughout the country sought to portray the Republican election bill as voter suppression," and "Jim Crow 2.0,"while Republicans made the argument that the law simply curtails radical innovations that Harris county and others sought to introduce into elections last year that lessens the integrity of election results.
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