Texas Democratic lawmakers are criticizing fellow party members who returned to the Texas House this week, allowing the chamber to resume business.
Democrats are concerned that the GOP-backed election bill will curb voting rights.
"We took the fight for voting rights to Washington, D.C. and brought national attention to the partisan push in our state to weaken ballot access. Our efforts were successful and served as the primary catalyst to pushto take action on federal voter protection legislation. Now, we continue the fight on the House Floor," they stated.
With COVID-19 cases mounting throughout the state, the legislators said it was time to"move past these partisan legislative calls, and to come together to help our state mitigate the effects of the current COVID-19 surge." Walle, Hernandez and Coleman weren't the first Democrats to return to the statehouse—several others had come back earlier this month, theRepresentatives for the Democrats who returned to the Texas House, as well as the Democrats who have yet to do so, did not immediately respond to requests for comment from
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