http://twitchy.com/dougp/2025/08/06/guess-whos-paying-for-the-runaway-texas-democrats-attempt-to-stop-gop-redistricting-n2416816
Aside from the "we're saving democracy by trying to stop the democratic process from playing out in the state legislature" lunacy from many Texas Democrats, they're also making it clear they also don't believe all their "existential threat from climate change" warnings:
Townhall.com (@townhallcom) ~ TX Rep. Sheryl Cole is "heading to Chicago" to join Democrats in breaking quorum.
It appears she's traveling in a Embraer ERJ-145 Jet.
The rate for those private jets range between $6,000-$9,000 per flight hour.
Average CO2 emissions per flight hour are 1.4-1.6 tonnes.
They're all hypocrites, both on gerrymandering and "climate change."
On Fox News, Dana Perino saw nothing but downside for the Texas Dems taking their tantrums to other states:
TV News Now (@TVNewsNow) ~ Fox News’ @DanaPerino calls out fleeing Texas Democrats: “Do they really think they are going to stay in Pritzker hotels eating continental breakfasts for the rest of their lives? It doesn’t look too good for them.”
Video ~ http://twitter.com/i/status/1952842628594389303
Yep ... and when you slimy lil' cowards set foot back home - we gotcha!
So, the Texas Dems got a little vacation on a chartered private jet, but who's paying for it?
The answer might not shock you:
Tom Bevan (@TomBevanRCP) ~ Beto O'Rourke and George Soros PACs are funding the Texas Dems quorom break.
Not even Jamie Lee "Karen" Curtis is surprised!
According to the Texas Tribune:
The expenses are mounting fast for the more than 50 Democrats in the Texas House who left the state Sunday to prevent the Republican-controlled chamber from having enough members to conduct business. Most lawmakers traveled to the Chicago area by way of a private plane from CommuteAir. They are now on the hook for lodging, meals and the $500-a-day fines they will each accrue for every day of the special session they miss.
National Democratic organizations have been eager to pick up the tab for what they see as a last-ditch effort to stop a nationwide redistricting war that threatens to upend the 2026 midterms. O’Rourke’s organization, armed with a $3.5 million war chest, has covered much of the costs so far — including air transport, lodging and logistical support, a person involved with the fundraising said — though other groups have been in the mix.
Texas Majority PAC, a group backed by Democratic megadonor George Soros and formed by alums of O’Rourke’s 2022 gubernatorial bid, is coordinating with national Democratic groups to solicit fundraising from the party’s regular big-dollar donors, according to two people with knowledge of the internal dynamics.
Our fake Mexican, Robert Francis "Beto" O'Rourke, acquired his wealth in the only manner a dipsh!t of his meager abilities could - he married it.
We look forward to the "fact checkers" to try and explain why Soros is actually NOT helping fund any of this.
The Inflationlands (@apparentlyexemp) ~ Why is it always Soros? LMFAO!
Georgy Porgy is the Daddy Warbucks of choice for Communists all over the globe!
American (@AmericanEighth) ~ Beto O’Rourke has a political group? I thought he just had a rich wife.
A rich wife ... who helped fund his political group. And now her money is being pissed away paying for a group of cowardly derelicts to play hooky ... instead of just one idiotic derelict (her husband) to play "political hopeful."
Robert Myers (@Rondo2) ~ Following the money ... Soros and progressives sow discord and chaos.
They're "saving democracy" by trying to stop the democratic process from taking place, or something like that.
The essential American soul is hard, isolate, stoic, and a killer. It has never yet melted. ~ D.H. Lawrence
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