Fleeing the state proved futile for the Texas House Democrats, who were determined to scuttle a vote on a redistricting plan that would add five Republican House seats. They fled because they knew they were going to lose. Then they returned and had a tantrum. Rep. Ann Johnson said, "This is about racism," and went off on a weird tangent about her being a white woman and a daughter of privilege and power. Texas State Rep. Nicole Collier, who posted staged photos of herself sleeping at her desk in the dead of night rather than be escorted out so she wouldn't run away again, compared the Democrats' abandoning their jobs and fleeing the state to slaves fleeing their masters, or Jews fleeing the Nazis.
While we're on the subject of Democrats holding a sleepover in the House chambers, House Democrat Leader "Extreme" Hakeem Jeffries posted about the vote on Saturday:
Texas Republicans passed their extremely partisan gerrymandered map in the dead of night.
— Hakeem Jeffries (@RepJeffries) August 23, 2025
Why?
That’s when spineless thieves operate.
It's become a cliché to talk about legislation passed in "the dead of night." Both parties have done it. Back in May, Democrats complained that the Republicans passed their reconciliation bill in the dead of night. And how about Obamacare being shoved through by Senate Democrats on Christmas Eve?
"Spineless thieves." What was spineless was fleeing the state to deny Republicans a quorum and hiding out in Gov. JB Pritzker's luxury hotels.
You should know
— Southernbellefla (@vawalker55) August 23, 2025
Hakeem whining about “thieves in the night” this from the party that counts votes at 3AM with suitcases under tables. Projection is the only thing Dems do well.
— MAG🔫1775🇺🇸 (@realMAG1775) August 23, 2025
They steal, then scream when caught.
Don’t you just hate it when they do the exact same thing you thieves and grifters do?
— Paramedic Firefighter, aka Rev. John McKay, AEMT-P (@ParamedicVet) August 23, 2025
Mirror?
— Karen4America (@Karen4America2) August 23, 2025
Oh - like when the ACA was passed - or when the Taxpayer Relief Act was passed - or that shot at the "For the People Act" or the Inflation Reduction Act... you mean like those, right?
— James Mixter (@MixterJames) August 23, 2025
The dead of night is when Sen. Cory "Spartacus" Booker goes on filibusters against nothing.
Sounds like something the Democrats would do.
— MaryVerse (@LStargazer54) August 23, 2025
You seem sad. Let it out. Cry more.
— Question Everything (@questionthings0) August 23, 2025
Ah, yes.
— Political Pivot (@_RationalCenter) August 23, 2025
Compared to the thievery Democrats are doing in broad daylight.
Maybe sit this one out, Hakeem.
We do give Jeffries credit for not using the word "racist" in his post.
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