Foreign national paid for private planes that took runaway Texas Democrats to Washington
WorldTribune, 14 July 2021
Election integrity would seem to be a bi-partisan joke. Even in Texas.
“If they (Democrats) felt like walking out was representing their districts, I was not going to force them to vote on a piece of legislation that was offensive to their district.”
That’s how freshman Republican House Speaker Dade Phelan responded to questions surrounding the Texas Democrats’ latest attempt to delay passage of a voter integrity bill by flying to Washington D.C., the Corpus Christi Caller Times reports. Continue reading “Article: Foreign national paid for private planes that took runaway Texas Democrats to Washington”
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