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On Tuesday, ABC News (along with CBS and NBC) celebrated Texas Democrats who decided to pull a stunt and walk out of their session to block the passage of an election integrity bill. But after praising their side for using “the one tool that they had left,” as congressional correspondent Rachel Scott put it, they weren’t amused with Republican Governor Greg Abbott saying that he’ll veto part of the budget that issued the salaries for state legislators and their staffs.
During the lead-in, sensationalist anchor David Muir suggested it was the latest “showdown over voting rights in this country” and fretted that Abbott was “vowing to still push through one of the most restrictive voting bills in the country…”
Adding: “Tonight, the Governor now threatening their pay and preparing to call a legislative special session.”
Scott was back again that evening and seemed to hint at a more disturbing kind of threat, warning that Abbott was “threatening Democratic lawmakers after they staged this walkout, blocking one of the most restrictive voting bills in the country.”
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