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For all members who are not present and get this arrest them if necessary this is outnumbered I’m Kaylee mcinany and here today my co-host Harris Faulkner along with Emily compagno former State Department spokesperson Morgan Ortegas and in the center virtual seat David Avella chairman of go pack welcome everyone Texas State Democrat lawmaker
Julie Johnson in a sense-deleted tweet posting this picture of her and other Democrats on a bus as they skipped town in a move to sink election reform legislation another Democratic lawmaker also getting ripped for mentioning their quote sacrifice as this picture shows the group traveling with a case of beer
It was Miller Lite the 50 or so lawmakers then boarded two chartered jets for Washington and Democrats second attempt to block those voting bills they’re seen smiling on one of the planes without wearing masks one of the Texas Democrats who fled said this outside the U.S Capitol today we were quite literally forced
To move and leave the state of Texas we also know that we are living right now on borrowed time in Texas and we can’t stay here indefinitely to run out the clock to stop Republican anti-voter bills that’s why we need Congress to act now and pass the for the people act
Yeah those smiling faces to the left they sure looked forced to flee the state and grab that case of Miller Lite Morgan coming to you when they arrived at Dulles they stood on the tarmac allegedly taking selfies I believe we have an image of that that will pop up
All to post on their social media accounts so they’re forced out of Texas forced to go take these selfies force on the social media accounts on a 100 000 private jet with a case of Miller beer not wearing masks while we’re all forced to wear masks on planes uh and then this
Video they’re now singing in the capital the United States capital let’s play that we will overcome today Morgan what a group of jokers well listen I won’t criticize anybody for a good selfie anyone who follows me on Instagram knows that I like a good selfie okay listen so I think they are what’s funny about all of this is that they are in the minority in Texas
They’re flying uh to Washington DC using the protections of being in the minority in order to ask for the Democrats to get rid of the filibuster which protects the minorities in Congress so that’s a little hypocritical the other thing is you mentioned the cost of the private
Charter playing Kaylee I’d love to know who’s paying for that I mean that’s expensive I don’t have a hundred grand I wish I did sitting in my back pocket for a private Charter so I think that they certainly could tell the electorate who is who is paying for that and then of
Course from a PR perspective listen I think this is actually working for them we’re talking about them today we wouldn’t be talking about what’s going on in Texas if it wasn’t for the fact that they pulled the stunt so you know good on them for selfies and pulling a
Stunt but they’re not actually going to accomplish anything by fleeing the state real quick so on the Faulkner Focus we reported where the money was coming from it’s from the the Democratic Congressional caucus uh and yeah so I mean I I still I still think it’s an excellent question though because it has
To do with well who’s paying for their time too I mean look they should be doing the people’s business and there are plenty of people who worked across the country work from home but that’s not what this is this is hopping on a private jet two of them in fact some
Of the few of the lawmakers took commercial flights but you saw how packed that was this is also probably President Biden’s best argument that vaccines work I’m not being facetious here that picture nobody’s mask up now Kayla you you pointed that out I’m pointing out the flip side of this that
Is a highly vaxed crowd yes right obviously the vaccines work out they should have the President should have given them Kamala Harris as what was that her fifth or sixth job to go to walk it might have been the seven right whichever of the jobs that the president has given the vice president
Um that we’re waiting for you know actual evidence of she could recruit those people to go on tour with her about the vaccine again not being facetious did you see the pick and you know it’s some way regard taxpayers pay for that picture so yes the Congressional Democratic caucus paid for
The planes but think when they come back if Governor Abbott does deploy you know the Sergeant at Arms and and others to go and arrest them to bring them back to the state capitol you know whoever accompanies him that’s our dime yeah and I mean I have 13 cousins my sister lots
Of people I say our because they’re my family down there in Texas yes no that’s right and I liked your creative communication strategy of using these Texas lawmakers for vaccination advocacy Emily we have a live picture now of the Texas legislature I believe we’ll put it
Up uh huge news that they’ve voted to potentially issue arrest warrants to bring these 51 lawmakers back what can you tell us about that right that’s based on What’s called the call of the house which is a procedural move that allows law enforcement to yes arrest
These guys and bring them back to the chamber once they fled at the behest of the speaker now Texas learned the hard way in 2003 that jurisdiction stops at the state border so unlike what they tried to do back then other states and the federal government cannot pitch in
And extradite these guys which is why as well the governor and the lieutenant governor have specifically said when these lawmakers come back that is when we will deploy this it’s our understanding that they will indeed move forth of course things might change after this moment but I think your point
Is so well said Harris who is paying for this time this stunt this theater and I respectfully disagree with Morgan in that I think it’s not working we’re talking about them but we’re mocking them we are ridiculing them because this is just another manufactured self-congratulatory dramatic moment this
Is another Spartacus moment this is another Supreme Court packing press conference on the steps moment Senator Corey Booker with yes Spartacus where afterward everyone right everyone pointed out they fell flat on their face in what they thought however would be this dramatic amazing moment to the tune
Also of what they’re not voting on it’s not just this bill that they’re not there for they’re not there for the funding of the legislature they’re not fair they’re for paychecks they’re not there for sports teams gender right there’s a lot of of issues that are important to Texans that they are not
There for while they are as a state representative Borough said heating the siren Call of social media and fundraising I I totally agree with you this is not a good look at all they’re elected to represent the people of Texas and instead they’re drinking Miller lights and taking selfies well we’re all
Wearing masks Miller Lite is delicious it is wait let’s just get that out very true but what you’re saying is maybe not in the scenario mixes yes exactly David Avella though what is it about Democrats when they can’t have their way their answer is blow up the system pack the
Supreme Court and the filibuster March out of Texas you know leave our day jobs why do they always end in just blowing everything up Democrats want the elections to be federalized whether that be hr1 or whether that be the now coming down the pike John Lewis Voting Rights bill they
Want the federal government not the state governments in charge of Elections and this is just simply the next chapter in their push for that now unfortunately for them the facts don’t match up with what they want to do the 2020 election had the highest voter turnout in history
States governments are the ones running elections right now and the two-thirds of state governments are run by Republicans it’s not Republicans that are the ones causing voters not to turn out and they’re certainly is agreement that could be made on making sure we’re sending everyone a ballot it would just
Require all states to be part of the Erie database system or the Eric not Erie the Eric database system which allows states to know when people have passed away or when people have moved to another state and there’s a great example of it as Secretary of State
Shared with me that a woman came to her on three successive elections and said my husband has died but you continue to send him a ballot and through their investigation they realized the gentleman wasn’t in fact dead and he said please don’t tell my wife now the
Way you do you CR you tell them well it’s a true story a big bomb make sure that’s that Secretary of the State have a system where they know uh how voters are registered when they pass and when they move but you have big States like California that don’t want to be
Part of that system but you have Republican states who have signed up and you have Democrat States who have signed up but we need to get all the States involved in this yeah meanwhile just as we head out I want to point out the White House has a role in all of this
Too they haven’t condemned these Texas legislatures instead the Republican laws which are expanding access to early voting they’re saying they’re the most serious threat to our country since the Civil War is what gen saki said what a laughable statement I wanna Brian Kilmeade I want you to do me a favor I
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