Republicans Rounding Up Democrats in Texas

[Galloism]

It'd be kind of a chad move for Abbot to issue an executive order declaring the state reps to have abandoned their roles and force there to by interim reps to reach a quorum.

Pretty sure that would violate the law and/or constitution.

[San Lumen]

It'd be kind of a chad move for Abbot to issue an executive order declaring the state reps to have abandoned their roles and force there to by interim reps to reach a quorum.

That would be illegal. A replacement cannot be appointed unless the Representative dies or resigns plus in Texas there would not be an appointment the vacancy is filled via special election.

[Fahran]

It'd be kind of a chad move for Abbot to issue an executive order declaring the state reps to have abandoned their roles and force there to by interim reps to reach a quorum.

Pretty sure that would violate the law and/or constitution.

^ This. Inb4 Texas rangers raid DC to smuggle recalcitrant congresspeople back to the Lone Star State like it's a spy movie.

[The Two Jerseys]

Pretty sure that would violate the law and/or constitution.

^ This. Inb4 Texas rangers raid DC to smuggle recalcitrant congresspeople back to the Lone Star State like it's a spy movie.

Plot twist: Texas Rangers infiltrate DC disguised as the Texas Rangers baseball team.

[Fahran]

Plot twist: Texas Rangers infiltrate DC disguised as the Texas Rangers baseball team.

I'd watch that movie.

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Pretty sure that would violate the law and/or constitution.

^ This. Inb4 Texas rangers raid DC to smuggle recalcitrant congresspeople back to the Lone Star State like it's a spy movie.

I very much doubt that Texas Rangers would risk felony kidnapping charges which is what they'd be facing if caught.

[Fahran]

I very much doubt that Texas Rangers would risk felony kidnapping charges which is what they'd be facing if caught.

Bold to assume DC coppers who lost control of the Capitol due to an alt-right shaman man who was posting cringe IRL could overpower Chuck Norris in his notable historical role as Walker, Texas Ranger.

[Ifreann]

I very much doubt that Texas Rangers would risk felony kidnapping charges which is what they'd be facing if caught.

Bold to assume DC coppers who lost control of the Capitol due to an alt-right shaman man who was posting cringe IRL could overpower Chuck Norris in his notable historical role as Walker, Texas Ranger.

Chuck Norris is 81 years old.

[Kubra]

Bold to assume DC coppers who lost control of the Capitol due to an alt-right shaman man who was posting cringe IRL could overpower Chuck Norris in his notable historical role as Walker, Texas Ranger.

Chuck Norris is 81 years old.

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[Akats]

Hola como están

[Shofercia]

At some point we need to stop wasting taxpayer dollars to accommodate the slightest whims of Joe Blow to vote at 5AM. It's not the Government's job to accommodate every whim of every registered Democrat. It's the Government's job to provide all voters reasonable access to the ballot box.

this bill saves neither "taxpayer dollars" nor allows anything approaching "reasonable access" to the ballot box (nor, for that matter, is it a particularly large expense to have polling places open for 24 hours)

As for the "exceedingly dumb" quote, I cited two different points, and you conflated them, so yes, conflating two different points would be exceedingly dumb.

this is even more stupid
if the north carolina election fraud wasn't related to the bill at hand then there's no reason to bring it up in the first place
presumably words have meaning and aren't just thrown out into the aether for the sake of it

Using your logic we can argue that the social safety net not providing beachfront property to everyone with asthma is restrictive of their rights, as the ocean air is very good for asthma patients.

i refuse to believe this is a genuine statement
it might actually be the most inane thing you've said and this entire post is a relentless firehose of stupidity

Yes, saying you cannot vote at 2AM is restrictive, so what? I openly favor those types of restrictions.

it's a pointless restriction that does nothing but disenfranchise people for practically no gain
and remember, this bill doesn't cut off the line at 2AM. wanted to vote at 22:30? too bad? wanted to vote at 5:45 before work starts? out of luck, mate
should've had the good sense to get a cushy middle class job where the hours aren't as long before we tried to disenfranchise you¯\_ (ツ)_/¯

I've yet to meet a person who works from 6am to 10pm, Monday through Sunday, and also your claim that keeping the ballot box open costs nothing, and costs little, is quite dumb, as something cannot cost $$$ and cost $0 at the same time. Also, I support making election day a holiday, something we should've done a long time ago. Making Juneteenth a holiday wasn't difficult, surely we can also do that for election day.

The reason I brought up North Carolina is to show that voter fraud exists, and that it can be done quite easily, since its perpetrators in North Carolina weren't very bright. This was done to address your claim that we'd never, ever, ever, have voter fraud that mattered. Instead of accepting it, you chose to attempt to conflate it with something else and then claim that it's dumb.

[Shofercia]

Also, you didn't make an ad hominem.

Just sayin'

Ah, so saying that we shouldn't

mind Shofercia, Forsher, his sole function is to make noises about his impartiality knowledge of other countries while pushing 'bothsame' YouTube videos instead of naming a single city to back up his argument

isn't an Ad Hominem. Got it Forsher, thanks for the input!

Myrensis strikes with an ad hominem that boldly defends Democrats as more and more Americans want a third party, what a shocker! Voter restrictions apply to all voters, Republican and Democrat, you can't actually restrict voters based on their party affiliation, and if you'd read the US Constitution, Myrensis, you'd know that.

Yes, dear, we're well aware that Republicans can't actually (yet) just write a law saying Democrats can't vote.

What they can do is write laws slashing polling places and hours in heavily minority/high population areas (read: Democratic areas), restrict mail-in ballot access to make sure they can't just skip the lines entirely, declare various forms of ID commonly carried by their opponents invalid for voting while preserving those favored by their own base, and cut or reduce early voting days based solely on their popularity with their oppositions voters.

And I can't help but notice that you casually glossed over the whole 'unable to produce any evidence to the contrary and frequently forced to outright admit that the "problem" they claim the laws are supposed to address doesn't actually exist.' aspect.

But of course, you know all of this all ready, and as always the sole purpose of your weaselly-centrist-bleating-about-the-regular-people act is purely to deflect, downplay, and defend the bad behavior of the GOP.

Actually a statewide law that slashes voting hours are statewide, rather than targeting certain areas, got it. As far as voter fraud, I citied the GOP committing voter fraud in North Carolina, which apparently to Myrensis means defending bad behavior of the GOP. So citing an actual GOP voter fraud case, thus attacking the GOP, is known as defending the GOP for Myrensis, because I also might've said something nice about the GOP. Wait, why's the country so divided? It's so confusing!

[Forsher]

Also, you didn't make an ad hominem.

Just sayin'

Ah, so saying that we shouldn't

mind Shofercia, Forsher, his sole function is to make noises about his impartiality knowledge of other countries while pushing 'bothsame' YouTube videos instead of naming a single city to back up his argument

isn't an Ad Hominem. Got it Forsher, thanks for the input!

That is correct. They are not assertions that we are incorrect because of our personal qualities.

Don't use fancy words you don't understand when you can just as easily... as you often do... call it a personal attack.

[Immortan Khan]

It'd be kind of a chad move for Abbot to issue an executive order declaring the state reps to have abandoned their roles and force there to by interim reps to reach a quorum.

Pretty sure that would violate the law and/or constitution.

120%

[San Lumen]

Pretty sure that would violate the law and/or constitution.

120%

Why did you suggest knowing it would be illegal and unconstitutional?

[The Serbian Empire]

this bill saves neither "taxpayer dollars" nor allows anything approaching "reasonable access" to the ballot box (nor, for that matter, is it a particularly large expense to have polling places open for 24 hours)
this is even more stupid
if the north carolina election fraud wasn't related to the bill at hand then there's no reason to bring it up in the first place
presumably words have meaning and aren't just thrown out into the aether for the sake of it
i refuse to believe this is a genuine statement
it might actually be the most inane thing you've said and this entire post is a relentless firehose of stupidity

it's a pointless restriction that does nothing but disenfranchise people for practically no gain
and remember, this bill doesn't cut off the line at 2AM. wanted to vote at 22:30? too bad? wanted to vote at 5:45 before work starts? out of luck, mate
should've had the good sense to get a cushy middle class job where the hours aren't as long before we tried to disenfranchise you¯\_ (ツ)_/¯

I've yet to meet a person who works from 6am to 10pm, Monday through Sunday, and also your claim that keeping the ballot box open costs nothing, and costs little, is quite dumb, as something cannot cost $$$ and cost $0 at the same time. Also, I support making election day a holiday, something we should've done a long time ago. Making Juneteenth a holiday wasn't difficult, surely we can also do that for election day.

The reason I brought up North Carolina is to show that voter fraud exists, and that it can be done quite easily, since its perpetrators in North Carolina weren't very bright. This was done to address your claim that we'd never, ever, ever, have voter fraud that mattered. Instead of accepting it, you chose to attempt to conflate it with something else and then claim that it's dumb.

It should also be noted that all but a handful of voter fraud cases involve Republicans trying to multiply their votes using multiple addresses or do shady stuff like in NC.

[The Two Jerseys]

120%

Why did you suggest knowing it would be illegal and unconstitutional?

Because being illegal and unconstitutional still doesn't mean that it's not a chad move.

[San Lumen]

Why did you suggest knowing it would be illegal and unconstitutional?

Because being illegal and unconstitutional still doesn't mean that it's not a chad move.

Its not a chad move. Its 100 percent illegal and unconstitutional.

[The Two Jerseys]

Because being illegal and unconstitutional still doesn't mean that it's not a chad move.

Its not a chad move. Its 100 percent illegal and unconstitutional.

Which has nothing to do with its chad-ness.

[The Caleshan Valkyrie]

It'd be kind of a chad move for Abbot to issue an executive order declaring the state reps to have abandoned their roles and force there to by interim reps to reach a quorum.

If I recall correctly, that would require either a change to the Texas constitution or functionally mandate snap elections at best. If Abbot were to do such a thing, he’d be doing precisely the thing the Democrats are fighting to oppose.

The attack ads would write themselves.

[Dresderstan]

Because being illegal and unconstitutional still doesn't mean that it's not a chad move.

Its not a chad move. Its 100 percent illegal and unconstitutional.

So are gun control measures, yet they still exist.

[San Lumen]

Its not a chad move. Its 100 percent illegal and unconstitutional.

Which has nothing to do with its chad-ness.

Proposing things are illegal and unconstitutional doesn't make it chad.

[Immortan Khan]

Why did you suggest knowing it would be illegal and unconstitutional?

Because being illegal and unconstitutional still doesn't mean that it's not a chad move.

^This. I mean I even think the law is dumb as shit, but I can't deny that doing a move like that would be chad and based.

[San Lumen]

Because being illegal and unconstitutional still doesn't mean that it's not a chad move.

^This. I mean I even think the law is dumb as shit, but I can't deny that doing a move like that would be chad and based.

it would never happen as its one hundred percent illegal and unconstitutional.

[Immortan Khan]

^This. I mean I even think the law is dumb as shit, but I can't deny that doing a move like that would be chad and based.

it would never happen as its one hundred percent illegal and unconstitutional.

History is full of leaders doing illegal and unconstitutional things and getting away with it.