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Instead of doing their jobs as lawmakers, Texas Democrats gabbed a 30-rack of Miller Lite and hopped on a private plane (maskless) to jet on up to Washington, D.C. for a vacation. And like the good party shills that they were, ABC’s World News Tonight and CBS Evening News cheered them on because they were saving the country from the evil Republican menace and their election integrity bills, or something.
Declaring it the “battle in this country over voting rights,” sensationalist ABC anchor, David Muir trumpeted how “Democratic lawmakers are now leaving the state to block the vote on a Republican measure, all in their effort, they say, to protect voting access in Texas.”
ABC congressional correspondent Rachel Scott hyped that they were “Once again, using the only tool they have left to block one of the most restrictive voting bills in the country.” Adding: “They say they're in it for the long haul.”
Reading off only a fraction of what the legislation would do if passed, Scott took issue with the provision that barred sending out unsolicited ballots and scoffed at Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick (R).
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