Two House Democrats who broke quorum
missing from Washington, D.C., reportedly
vacationing in Portugal
Texas Tribune,
by
Patrick Svitec
&
Cassandra Pollock
Original Article
Posted By: Dreadnought,
8/4/2021 12:12:08 PM
The Texas House Democratic Caucus could not account Tuesday for two of the members who broke quorum and fled for Washington, D.C. over Republicans' priority elections bill, while a Texas Monthly reporter said the members were on vacation in Portugal.
State Reps. Julie Johnson of Farmers Branch and Jessica González of Dallas were not with other House Democrats on Tuesday in the nation's capital, according to a person familiar with the situation. On Tuesday evening, Texas Monthly reporter Jonathan Tilove tweeted that he "can confirm [Johnson] and her wife & [González] and her fiancé are in Portugal for a vacation they had been planning, with non-refundable tickets, for a year-and-a-half."
Reply 1 - Posted by:
His_Highness 8/4/2021 12:13:55 PM (No. 867899)
Congratulations, Texas -- you're paying for their vacation!
When they come back, they should be charged with criminal fraud.
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Does not seem plausible, as their tickets would likely have been from some airport in Texas, right?
Or, did they pay a change fee to a new airport leaving DC instead?
Democrats always have an excuse, justification or rationalization handy.
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
tootall 8/4/2021 12:22:05 PM (No. 867917)
On whose 'fact finding' junket is what I'd like to know!
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
skacmar 8/4/2021 12:32:30 PM (No. 867936)
Are they still collecting their $200+ per day per-diem for the legislative session? This should be discontinued immediately as they are on vacation (out of the country, not just the state) and not available for work. The per-diem should have been discontinued the second the plane lifted off from Texas last month. All of the Democrats should repay any Texas state funds they received during this stunt.
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
bad-hair 8/4/2021 12:37:20 PM (No. 867942)
All I can say is they have to come back or stay away. If they stay away that's just fine with me. If they come back, we're waiting.
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
john56 8/4/2021 12:43:31 PM (No. 867951)
Sooner or later, the RATS will scurry back to Texas. Couple of reasons.
Redistricting. Gee, that's a nice safe district you got there buddy, it would be a shame if somethin' happened to it! Plus, there are two more House seats to distribute and I'm sure somebody on the D side thinks at least one has their name on it. If you're not in Austin, you're outta luck.
Primaries and elections. I think the filing deadline for the March primary is sometime in January. If you're sitting at some swanky place in DC, you're not in Texas, filling out papers, and glad handing the donors at the swanky parties and the peon voters at the Miss Dime Box pageant and BBQ festival for votes. There are enough back-stabbing Democrats who will look at your absence as an opportunity to "move up" in the world and grab some of those donors and votes in time for you to lose the primary or the general election.
That's why Gov. Abbott says he'll call special session after special session all the way to election day. And it's about time that he calls the second special session for next week.
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
Nimby 8/4/2021 12:45:26 PM (No. 867953)
They are doing people's business in Portugal?
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
Luke21 8/4/2021 1:00:02 PM (No. 867975)
They are our rulers and betters. They do what they want. Democrat privilege.
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
Mass Minority 8/4/2021 1:37:37 PM (No. 868016)
So, exactly how does one re enter the country with an active warrant out for their arrest?
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
hershey 8/4/2021 2:58:35 PM (No. 868092)
Someone should check the airline manifests and then send Mitch Rapp after them....oh, that's right, we don't have a Mitch Rapp....
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Reply 11 - Posted by:
Bur Oak 8/4/2021 3:01:16 PM (No. 868095)
Rep. Julie Johnson and her wife & Gonzalez and her fiancé.
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Reply 12 - Posted by:
moebellini3 8/4/2021 3:28:35 PM (No. 868123)
Do these people ever work for a living. I mean, besides being parasites, what do the actually do. Sickening.
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Reply 13 - Posted by:
lftrn97 8/4/2021 3:47:50 PM (No. 868146)
They knew they would be disembarkin from DC a year ago?
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Reply 14 - Posted by:
Dodge Boy 8/4/2021 3:58:19 PM (No. 868162)
Two of these dims are in Portugal now. How convenient.
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Reply 15 - Posted by:
TXknitter 8/4/2021 4:07:01 PM (No. 868166)
Governor Abbott gave HIS WORD these numbskull democrats would be arrested upon landing back at the Austin airport. No letting him off the hook. Texas Tough talk best start meaning something. You can do it, Governor. You must plow forward using all the legal power you have and show no weakness whatsoever. Courageous Texans will be with you all the way!
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Reply 16 - Posted by:
MickTurn 8/4/2021 5:48:17 PM (No. 868273)
I'm sure our Texas AG can come up with some very creative broken laws for these DemoScums!
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Reply 17 - Posted by:
BarryNo 8/4/2021 6:06:45 PM (No. 868283)
They illegally left their posts then fled the country. Advertise thrir seats as open, and hold elections.
2 people like this.
Reply 18 - Posted by:
A.I. 8/4/2021 6:15:42 PM (No. 868292)
If Covid-19 cases will spike in Portugal, we know who's to blame.
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Reply 19 - Posted by:
anniebc 8/4/2021 6:17:04 PM (No. 868294)
Poster #11, nobody wants to think past that statement you posted to the nasty that's probably going on in Portugal with this group. As the Polk sheriff said about the Disney child predators, "These are are nasty, nasty people,” and that's almost always the case with self-righteous, hypocritical leftists.
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Reply 20 - Posted by:
local500 8/4/2021 6:20:44 PM (No. 868299)
And you can bet they are not doing it using their own money.
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Just a comment Portugal was one of many European countries that traded in slaves and sent the to America. Hope these TX dems know this tid-bit. You know racism in the dem party, forever. I know. this has nothing to do with article. Just thought those dems should be made aware of this. England was one of those deporation/emigration places too.
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