Thanks To Lawmakers & Grassroots For Quorum Break-Need Each Other Like In S. Korea

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​Most Texas House of Representatives Democrats have left the state, to prevent the ongoing special legislative session planning to pass Trump-ordered redistricting for Texas U.S. House seats. 

Many representatives have reportedly gone to Chicago. Above is a picture I took of Chicago in 2012. 

Here are some thoughts: 

1. Thank you to the representatives who left. It means time away from family and work. Because both Texas and the United States are governed by authoritarian white supremacists, there is real risk to what they are doing. Below you see a tweet from horrible Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton saying House Democrats should be "hunted down." We must support them. 

2. As our elected employees who signed up for service fully knowing the stakes involved in politics today, they had an obligation to skip the state. Thank you to all the rank and file, grassroots Texas Democrats who made it clear that the expectation was that the representatives would go.

3. This teamwork of grassroots expectations and elected officials stepping up in a way that involves both sacrifice and risk, is a helpful model for the very difficult days ahead.

4. When martial law was declared in South Korea last year, members of the National Assembly and the general public relied on each other to push back. These efforts were successful. We need one another to keep each other safe, and to keep hope of getting through this nightmare we are experiencing in Texas and the nation. 

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