Texas Gov To Arrest Dem Lawmakers Who Fled State On Private Jet To Block Voting Rights Bill

Update (0930ET): Texas’s Republican governor, Greg Abbott, has vowed to arrest the Democrat lawmakers who fled the state in an attempt to stop an overhaul of election laws...“As soon as they come back in the state of Texas, they will be arrested, they will be cabined inside the Texas capitol until they get their job done,” Abbott said. As AmericanThinker.com's Andrea Widburg details, the background to the story is that the Texas legislature, which currently has a Republican majority (18-13 in its Senate and 83-67 in its House) is poised to pass a voting reform bill. As with similar bills across America, the point is to ensure that the people voting have a legal right to vote and are, in fact, who they claim to be.

The most contentious issues for Democrats are cleaned-up voting bills and, especially, photo ID. The problem is that most Americans support photo ID. According to a Monmouth Poll, when it comes to photo ID, 62% of Democrats, 87% of independents, and 91% of Republicans support it. Texas, with a strong Republican majority, is intent upon passing a bill that the vast majority of Americans would back.

Texas Democrats fled their state on private jets Monday in order to stop Republicans in the state from passing their voting rights bills through the state legislature. ‘Today, Texas House Democrats stand united in our decision to break quorum and refuse to let the Republican-led legislature force through dangerous legislation that would trample on Texans’ freedom to vote,’ the Texas state House Democratic caucus said in a statement.

At least 58 Democratic lawmakers left Austin to fly to Washington D.C. on two private jets chartered for the occasion and will use the time in the nation’s Capitol to rally support for federal voting legislation.

The Democrats’ departure paralyzed the Texas state house as the legislature requires a quorum of two-thirds of lawmakers be present to conduct business. It’s also akin to a move Democrats used in 2003 when they fled to neighboring Oklahoma to block Republicans‘ plan to redraw the state’s congressional districts. The Democrats risk arrest and expect state Republicans to send law enforcement officials, possibly including the Texas rangers, after them. To permanently block the two voting bills that Texas Republicans are pushing, the Democrats would have to stay away through the end of the special legislative session, which can last as many as 30 days. In addition to this profoundly anti-democratic (small “d” democratic) act, the Democrats on the lam seem to have forgotten that Greta Thunberg would be very angry at them for using private jets. Depending on how many passengers those jets carry, they “create ten times as much greenhouse gas as an economy class traveller on a commercial flight, as well as 150 times more than those travelling by train.” (Think about that the next time some leftist billionaire who only travels by his private jet scolds you about your carbon footprint.)

One more thing: I hope you noticed those beaming smiles, courtesy of the fact that none of them are wearing masks...h, and there was that alcohol issue. As the Democrats were ferried somewhere on a bus (presumably to the private jet airport), Julie Johnson snapped a selfie in which she proudly boasted about how the Texas Democrats are protecting democracy by refusing to let the Republican majority vote on an act that comports with the public will.

The whole thing would have been a lot more profound if the snap hadn’t caught a case of Miller Lite on the bus too. Johnson deleted the tweet, but Twitchy caught it: They promptly earned some media coverage and went without masks, in violation of the FAA’s COVID restrictions.

But as PJMedia.com's Bryan Preston details below, this is not the first time such malarkey has occurred.

Inexperienced media seem to think Texas Democrats abandoning their posts rather than doing their jobs is new.

https://www.zerohedge.com/political/texas-dems-fled-state-private-jet-over-voting-rights-bill-abandon-democracy

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U.S. consumer prices post largest gain in 13 years

U.S. consumer prices increased by the most in 13 years in June amid supply constraints and a continued rebound in the costs of travel-related services from pandemic-depressed levels as the economic recovery gathered momentum.

With used cars and trucks accounting for more than one-third of the surge in prices reported by the Labor Department on Tuesday, economists continued to believe that higher inflation was transitory. Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell has repeatedly stated similar views, noting that he expected supply chains to normalize and adapt. “June’s CPI numbers looked scary, but once again, we see that it was mainly temporary price increases that pumped up the figures,” said Robert Frick, corporate economist with Navy Federal Credit Union in Vienna, Virginia. “Overall, this report is consistent with inflation cooling off later this year.”

The consumer price index increased 0.9% last month, the largest gain since June 2008, after advancing 0.6% in May. Used cars and trucks prices accelerated 10.5%. That was the biggest increase since January 1953 when the government started tracking the series. A global semiconductor shortage has undercut motor vehicle production. Used cars and trucks have been the major driver of inflation in recent months. But prices are rising across the economy. COVID-19 vaccinations, low interest rates and nearly $6 trillion in government relief since the pandemic started in the United States in March 2020 are fueling demand, straining the supply chain and raising prices across the economy.

Consumers also paid more for food, gasoline, rents and apparel last month. In the 12 months through June, the CPI jumped 5.4%. That was the largest gain since August 2008 and followed a 5.0% increase in May. Excluding the volatile food and energy components, the CPI accelerated 0.9% after increasing 0.7% in May. The so-called core CPI surged 4.5% on a year-on-year basis, the largest increase since November 1991, after rising 3.8% in May. Economists polled by Reuters had forecast the overall CPI would climb 0.5% and the core CPI would rise 0.4%.

U.S. stocks opened lower. The dollar rose against a basket of currencies. U.S. Treasury prices fell.

https://www.reuters.com/article/usa-economy/wrapup-1-u-s-consumer-prices-post-largest-gain-in-13-years-idUSL1N2OP138

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Josh Harris cofounded alternative investment firm Apollo Global Management in 1990 with fellow billionaires Leon Black and Marc Rowan. The trio met at investment bank Drexel Burnham Lambert, and struck out on their own after the troubled firm filed for bankruptcy. Harris is still involved in overseeing the day to day business at Apollo, which manages more than $400 billion in assets. He owns a stake in NBA's Philadelphia 76ers, which has more than quintupled in value since he bought it with a consortium for $290 million in 2011. The UPenn alum also has stakes in NHL's New Jersey Devils, NFL's Pittsburgh Steelers, and the English Premier League's Crystal Palace Football Club. Harris derives the bulk of his fortune from his roughly 20% stake in Apollo.

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