Because of their dereliction of elected duties they should be removed and pay ceased immediately!
So then Mitch McConnell should experience much worse after spending 6 years not letting anything come up for a vote in the Senate?
Man, he’s swinging that gavel like he’s trying to turn the podium to dust
If members leave to keep a quorum from being present and to prevent passage, a quorum should not be required since they choose to be absent and left no representative to proctor their votes.
Agree with you. If someone doesn't show up to court their case is thrown out it should be the same with our legislature
I wonder how often they have to replace that gavel. Man, that guy is brutal.
Little men are usually the loudest gavel slammers. It makes them feel more manly.
Surprised everyone around don't have Personnel protection on so when that gavel shatters it don't takes out an eye.
It's made out of Trump supporter brain tissue: Stronger and denser than solid concrete...
So when is Dog the Bounty Hunter stepping in. Lol 😂
They should put bounty hunters on them and bring them in Dead or alive it wouldn't matter anyway they stink at what they do anyway as if
A Televised bounty hunt would be the greatest irony considering how much they have been posting on social media. Ironic how much Democrats hate democratic votes and would rather rig them in their favor. I honestly don't see how this wasn't treason to begin with? Literally holding the Republican Democratic process at ransom. Taking advantage of the Republican aspects (being representatives of the people) and destroying the Democratic aspects (every vote counts with majority rule)
Finally someone is holding politicians accountable to doing their job......go Texas!
@@robinsss How about the fact that they took payment for a job they were expected to do and instead intentionally fled the state in order to not do the job they were paid for. In so doing they frauded the government. Imagine if you or I did that.
"FRAUD: wrongful or criminal deception intended to result in financial or personal gain"
Cut their salaries and remove them from office !! Dereliction of duty
If someone refuses to do his job, shouldn't his salary be cut?
But the lobbyists will give them quadruple the salary plus their crooked woke businesses will bring in bank. Js js
their job should be cut....they are not there for the people like they are supposed to be.
At first I thought this was a joke skit with the bell sounds and the size of that hammer!
Everything IS bigger in Texas.
Wow!!! I thought it was just me!!! YES...He looks like a "comedian", doing a skit for sure!!!
@@tomkurtz3848 the whole changing the voting laws is based on racism in the first, second, and third place.
Lord have mercy the endless BS
Yes let's find more ways to spend more money
What a bunch of cowards
It's amazing to watch how they spend their time doing nothing
Because it really means nothing
Why are they not fining these democrats everyday equal to there pay. I really hope these leaders finally do what is right and hold these people accountable.
lol. the deplorable gop doesnt hold anybody accountable anymore. where have you been?
I'm gonna tell you now. You might as well throw that hope you got out the window.
I agree! Governor Abbott, don’t back down on this! Force them to DO THEIR JOBS they were elected to do and STOP spending our taxpayers money on private planes and UNAUTHORIZED travel! Joe Biden and congress have NO AUTHORITY in TEXAS!
I dont like the words if necessary. That tells me they will do nothing...
There has to be accountability and if it starts in the states it can move up to the federal level.
@@SmiIeyyXD You are still living in the past, where you think one party is better than another. They are both corrupt. A complete government shakedown is needed.
"Houston we have a problem".😁👍🇺🇲
@@suzanneyoung8011 : Nope, the problem is the RACIST Republicans as always. 😁👍🇺🇲
@Billy Cole II : STOP LYING and pretending these hundreds of bills across the country are not designed to block the Brown People from exercising their Right to VOTE... After losing the 2020 presidential elections on a Landslide... REPUBLICANS CAN ONLY WIN BY CHEATING. 😁👍🇺🇲
@@TheWhoIsThat 😂🤣 Republicans want to push authoritarian rule??? That's what the Left wants! They want everything and everyone under the rule of a huge oppressive central government, and preferably a one world government. Republicans want liberty and freedom for all Americans under the rules of our Constitution. Period.
@@suzanneyoung8011 : WRONG again... Republicans in Congress still Support Donald Trump and his BIG LIE of stolen election... And ANGRY MAGA Trump Supporters tried a Power Grab Coup and Failed MISERABLY... Republicans are still trying to CHEAT by BLOCKING the Right to VOTE... GET REAL.
Exactly what they should do, but, I'll believe it when I see it.
Gonna be real hard to track them down when they're doing press conferences in DC. Let me grab my handy, dandy notebook.
Makes no difference if they have no jurisdiction to arrest outside of Texas.
@@paulmorgavo That's what PRIVATELY EMPLOYED BOUNTY HUNTERS are for. 😉
If a warrant is issued they can get arrested in any state and transported back to Texas. Warrents are nationwide.
@@Nikowalker007 when the eyes of the raaaangers are uuuuupooooon you!
everywhere you go they're gonna beeeeeeeee!
lol
Put them in jail and relieve them of their jobs give it to somebody who wants to work for the people
NOTHING FUNNY ABOUT THIS OR ANYTHING LIKE THIS. OUR NATION IS FALLING AND NOTHING ABOUT THAT IS HUMOROUS
We are watching the death of our nation in action. The fascists are in control in this state and democracy is dying. “We’ll lock you up if you don’t sit here and watch us take away our citizens rights.“
@@OnlineKenji It's not over yet! It's just getting good 💪 Polish those boots up
Roman was destroyed by in country fighting and so will the USA -- Why? Because Conservative Republicans think that THEIR way of life is the ONLY way of life and everyone else needs to fall in line or die.
No mare will we BOW down before Conservatism and its archaic CONTROL. Texas will be BLUE by the end of the decade enjoy your power while you have it because you won't have it much longer.
Those who RAN from their duties, should not just be arrested, they should lose their wages for the time they were absent! Why are we even paying these fools?
Like if they ran off to CANCUN!!!!! While the state froze over and people where dying?????
Not only did they run from their duties, but also used caucus funds that are for campaign purposes to pay for their little trip , thus campaign finance violations. An additional crime on its own.
Do you know what they are making, this is not a 9 --5 job? Everyone including you should be able to vote without any exception!
It ain't a bell, it's a spoon hitting a coffee cup
If I don't go to work, I don't get a paycheck, why do they, this needs to change
and charge them with Treason.
Clearly you don't know the laws just by thinking treason, where the enemies how are they aiding and comforting our enemies there. you can't commit treason in the USA without do so
@@alfonzocamero The Democratic Party has been doing the Chinese Communist Party’s bidding while taking money from them for at least a couple years now. I’d say that qualifies as treason. It’ll take the GOP winning back the White House & one of the legislative branches before it’ll ever be proven though, and even then I have my doubts they’ll try in earnest.
@@LucidDreamer54321 where because the people vote in said democrat so literally 80+ million people are the enemies. it's always the Democrats are the enemies without any information on about how Democrat are the enemies. Please make a educated response not a one sided argument with zero evidence.
@@alfonzocamero “Educated” doesn’t mean what you think it does apparently. 80+ million legal, living American citizens did not vote for Biden, and the entire world knows that. Why do you think the Biden administration has the southern border wide open for illegals from Mexico & Guatemala, yet they’ve warned Cubans & Venezuelans not to come to America. Because they know what each of those groups’ political leanings tend to be. The Democratic Party is lead by dishonest authoritarians who enthusiastically embrace the tenets of communism. Most of their supporters do as well, but most of them do so in complete ignorance, thinking they’re being morally virtuous.
Just hold a special election and replace them all for quitting their jobs
They would be replaced by other Democrats. Those who left are in very safe seats, usually either liberal Austin or majority minority areas.
Democrats ignoring the legal duty should be incarcerated.
Take them "DOWN!" That's the only statement that they'll understand!" WE THE PEOPLE!🧐
the Republicans always try to exercise the constitution to benefit them,what about the constitution where it states that all people have fair and equal rights when if comes to voting, without having their voting rights suppressed
You "the people" are a disgusting minority who are in for a rude awakening. 🤣 Republicans make .e SICK!
As Captain said, "What we've got here is failure to communicate."
There is no failure of communication when they didn't show up. This is not away to run a state, no matter how much one doesn't agree with the other.
A written permission? The more I watch these things the more I realize that children are running the country.
It’s essentially what you see in the military with AWOL or UA. The military sometimes sends law enforcement after people for being absent from their duties. Good to see others on the tax payers payroll get the same treatment. Restores some faith in the system being equal
It's almost as if bipartisan ruins our ability to progress in this country by ten fold.
Arrest them all I say, I'm a born and raised Texan and I approve!
They should be arrested and never allowed to work in government again.
Texas knows how to take care of business!
Treason charges would be nice, plenty of subject matter there…..
Yeah! Go Texas! Charge them with spending tax dollars for expenses, like using the states plane, etc. Talk about "in your face"
misuse of "the peoples taxes/funds."
How insulting and arrogant. That should be Criminal.
I'd like to hire him for my carpentry work..
I bet he could play that gopher game at the fair, where you pound the gophers with a hammer lol
If any other corrupt government employee did this. They would be fired without ability to appeal. :)_;
They have the right to do this as it's their right to fight for fair voting process for all the Texas people. Do you even know why they are doing all this??
@@kimberlyguillen7324 Yes, Cause they are entitled political elite. Corruption is RAMPANT in all aspects of government Their blatant abuse of their position is a perfect example of time theft. They didn't even follow their own mandated mask LAW that citizens have gone to jail for. Also several of them HAVE tested positive for the virus. Government is corrupt & the only thing that can fix it is reducing government, period. :)_;
Was that aggression against the gavel necessary???
One seems more concerned about the striking of a gavel than the indisputable destruction of the Constitution.
I feel like we don't see enough state congress videos
Compared to the national congress, state legislatures are more interesting, because to me at least, they are on a more detailed and local scale.
Seems to me that if you're that. interested, you could seek out the live or source video for your source. No?
Maybe actually go look for things instead of waiting to be fed what to see like a mindless puppet
As soon as I hit play from his body language I really thought this was a Saturday night live parody and almost changed it 🤦
Yes!! Get them in there and complete the process then FIRE them as any of us would be if we just leave work!!! We pay for this, get it done!!
And arrest them? Yeah.
They should be fired, you don't go to work the boss has the right to fire you.
I agree that they should be fired. But weren't they elected? If so, then it's gonna be a LONG process of getting them out of office and then having an emergency elect. To get all members of the house to full cap.
Don't Mess With Texas !! Play with the Bull you get the "HORNS"
Texas is not a bull. It's a place where people live and are divided and conquered. When Texas was freezing who did you take issue with? Who's side were you fighting for? You stand with people against humanity.
I hope you find happiness cause happy people don't cheer for harming others.
Oh cry me a river. Hypocrisy at its best.
Love how he smacks that gavel as though it were Mjölnir and expects thunder and lightening to follow
@@Will_Russell I've honestly never seen a Speaker of the House smack that gavel that way. I'm used to the U.S. House of Representatives' way of smacking the gavel so I was surprised when I saw him smack it so aggressively-
@@trangvophuong6919 I want a woman to slam a gavel on my balls the way he slams it down
That state is growing some cojones...
They growing dumber is the problem they have no jurisdiction outside of Texas meaning they can't do ANYTHING to these people if they are found.
Don’t agree with what dems are doing but man this seems like it’s gonna go south fast if this slips up
I happen to be OK with this. I might have felt differently if the Congressional Republicans in DC weren't resting on a filibuster right now. It kinda sets a tone.
It is the only avenue available to them. When faced with an unconstitutional and unethical bills that are clearly meant to limit the right of citizens, you play whatever card you have. I'm sure the dems hate doing it too, but they've been forced into such position. Hearing Republicans crying that Democrats are trying to push through bills and not working with them and negotiating with them so we can see bipartisan process. Yet when the shoe is on the other foot, they do the same. The only difference being, Democrats are pushing through social benefits, and Republicans are trying to restrict voting.
🤣 gotta love people who say they are serving the people but really serving themselves
@@Abe18874 please explain your reasoning, or learn your place deadbeat.
Wow what is happening in America? These last few years have made me so ashamed I fought for this country.
Ill tell you what is happening everyone has turned their back on God, and good people have submitted to appeasing the bad and taking a knee to crime and just letting evil run rampant. Thanks for your service my friend.
2021(G) “Respect and dignity.” Furthermore:
good to see politicians with a backbone! GOD bless you all! hold them accountable
Aside from the boarder crisis, Texas will be the most successful state in the US soon all together with its jobs, security, and order of law.
ARREST THEM ALL!!! AND PAY ALL THE MONEY ITS BEEN SPENT ..
That bell represents the cash flowing into every politician pocket under the table to get some law approved that benefits their homies ....
Everything is bigger in Texas, even the hammer used in this video. WHAM!
That little bell ringing is so asmr
It is odd when the Republicans done this same thing in another state legislation, they wanted the same and it was alright ,but when the shoe is on the other foot it's wrong
Count their seats empty, vote, arrest and prosecute them. Stop their pay. So basically bring them back to vote against the bill. Hold them accountable.
“The earth is given into the hands of the wicked.”
That poor gavel...what did it do to you???🤭🤣
If he were in any more of a hurry to go through the motions of legislating, he would be unintelligible.
Forcing a lack of quorum is a genuine strategy.
Not a NICE one, but a valid one.
No pay for them, when you strike you don't get paid...
They don’t care about the legal paycheck the concern for them is the money they make under the table. The money that makes them millionaires when they leave office.
@@DavidSmith-ps5nd just like when the Republican voted did this two years ago.
When i dont show up for work, I get fired! They are AWAL. Impeach these idiots.
The body language when he removed his glasses. lol
@@MartinGonzalez-sg1hw
How many of your friends and family don't have an ID? How many don't know how to make a copy to mail in? Maybe they don't know how the internet works?
@Eman Rodr not all Americans have id's and that's not a requirement to be an American
This could turn into a grand circus. Complete with the Texas legislative clowns.
Yeah... how dare they compel representatives to do their jobs. Imbecile.
They should all be arrested and fired along with having to pay back all the tax payer dollars spent on this 30 day vacation. Yes that is right they booked hotel rooms for 30 days. Having a good old time on the bus drinking on the job.
Good for them forcing democrats to do their jobs!
WE WILL NOT AGREE TO BRINGING OUR DEMOCRACY THEY ARE REALLY MAD BECAUSE TRUMP GOT LESS VOTES THEN BIDEN BIDEN EVEN THE POPULAR VOTE TO .
Maybe the Hardy Boys are available for hire. Gona need some seasoned pros for this kinda job.
Hold them accountable for their childish behavior. Then do a special election and have removed from office. They are not representing who voted them into to office.
Really need to, but I've never seen a republican held responsible for their attacks on civil rights.
It's not childish it's standing up for what they feel needs to get changed in the voting process. Read the bills in question and know why they are doing all this before calling them out!!!
It’s against the constitution dosent matter why there doing I hope they get arrested
@@kevdints3463 where in the constitution does it say representatives can be declared illegal and arrested by the other party for not stripping voting rights?
They should be fired...
If I walked out of a work meeting saying no I'm going DC with beers instead lol
Fired.
100%
If anyone of us failed to go to work and expected to be paid would be considered time card theft and would not be able to get unemployment because it is "theft".
Way to go!!! Dereliction of duty AND Oath of Office!! Texas, my beloved Texas!! 💗
If they deliberately walk out they should be able to pass it without a quorum
The man behind Will Metcalf should be arrested for that suit that doesn't fit him 🤭
A house divided can not stand. And when it is so there can't be a gov.
Arrest and jail them already. People are getting tired of all talk and no action. They need to learn you don't mess with Texans . Jail for life would be fine.
Good then impeach all of them for failure to do their job..
I can't stop laughing at the way he hits that gavel.
If I didn't show up for work i'd be fired.
Did you say that when 187 Republican Congress people refused to show up to verify Joe Biden as president?????
@@LearnAboutFlow What part of if I didn't show up to work i'd be fired is confusing to you?
@@immortal4471 The part where you failed to explain that these Democrats ARE showing up for work by DOING their job of representing their voters' best interests.
Pretty simple concept.
@@immortal4471 Good for you. Glad you don't know how others do their jobs RIGHT.
Make the dems do their job that they were elected to do or be fired
He is auditioning for the part of Thor in the next marvel movie
maybe they shouldn't hold the same people down that they collect their paychecks from....
Who's holding who down exactly?
Ah yes, the democrats who have run away from their duty, deserters begging for help from people outside of their own state... Because the state disagrees with them.
Sore losers!
@@SeanWinters you just started paying attention to politics?....you have 30 years before this to look at where the problem came from. Learn your history so you don't repeat it.
Get em irresponsible frauds who fled the state that their supposed to work for
If each absent member is forced to pay their share of the cost of the private plane ride which was not sanctioned due to dereliction of duty that would be a good start.
You do that in any job, You should have a good excuse with proof why you didn't make it for work, if not you are gonna be fired immediately. these people must be treated the same way, no exemptions.
They should all be fired and their pay halted immediately, and some jail time wouldn't hurt.
And To The Republic For Which It Stands One Nation Under God indivisible And Justice For All 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸s True Patriots And Only 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
And just like that--they're all fugitives. You gotta love the irony.
They should be forced to give back all their pay and benefits.
I'll bet he used to work in a walnut factory or has a lot of roaches in his home.
The Salty Army supports each item of legislation by the great state of Texas!
That’s why we love TEXAS!!!!
They should be arrested and immediately removed . The Voters should be voting on replacements now.
Wow! Playing hard ball in Texas. Don’t mess with Texas!
@Golli Wog I'm guessing by your idiotic comment that you're for these cry babies leaving the state because they aren't getting their way??
@Golli Wog but they are waiting for them to come back or their votes won't matter after the upcoming election cycle
They live in Texas . They have to come back sooner or later .
They will be arrested
@Golli Wog you do realize that the warrant for their arrest doesn't put them in jail right? They will be arrested and locked in a room until they do the job that they were elected to do. What they have done is actually illegal and what is currently happening is Federal government messing with state rights which is also wrong.