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submitted 3 months ago by miss_demeanour@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/usa@midwest.social

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[–] gabe@literature.cafe 70 points 3 months ago

Nothing to see here, just more straight up fascist stuff out of Texas.

[–] seathru@lemmy.sdf.org 29 points 3 months ago (3 children)

Or what?

What actually, realistically, happens if they get in their car and leave?

[–] protist@mander.xyz 28 points 3 months ago

How can you get in your car and leave when you're locked in?

[–] mkwt@lemmy.world 25 points 3 months ago

If the house voted on rules that allow for this escort crap, then the sergeant at arms can enforce it.

The Texas Constitution empowers the legislature to compel the attendance of its members using whatever means each chamber may enact in its own rules.

[–] IDraw4u@sh.itjust.works 18 points 3 months ago

They'll get arrested. They have "active arrest warrants"

[–] NoneOfUrBusiness@fedia.io 15 points 3 months ago

Bumped up Texas on my "most likely states for the civil war to erupt from" list.

[–] AlecSadler@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 points 3 months ago

This is so fucked up.

[–] GreenKnight23@lemmy.world 6 points 3 months ago

why did they go back?

[–] The_Che_Banana@beehaw.org 2 points 3 months ago

There would be a huge pile of shit in the speakers chair when they came back.