{"id":42648,"date":"2021-07-17T21:38:16","date_gmt":"2021-07-18T01:38:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=42648"},"modified":"2021-07-17T21:38:16","modified_gmt":"2021-07-18T01:38:16","slug":"interesting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=42648","title":{"rendered":"Interesting"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2021\/07\/17\/3-texas-dems-who-fled-state-maskless-to-block-gop-voting-bill-now-have-covid\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The New York Post<\/a> is reporting today that three of the Texas Democrats who fled the state rather than vote on the voting regulations bill have tested positive for the coronavirus. All three of them were vaccinated.<\/p>\n<p>The article reports:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>Chris Turner, chairman of the Texas House Democratic Caucus, said Saturday that the three unnamed members, who <a href=\"https:\/\/www.statesman.com\/story\/news\/politics\/state\/2021\/07\/17\/texas-democrats-walk-out-three-test-positive-covid-in-washington-dc\/8002121002\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">tested positive on Friday night and Saturday morning,<\/a> would self-isolate for 10 days. One of the three is experiencing mild symptoms of COVID-19.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>All three members had been fully vaccinated before they and nearly 60 other representatives <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2021\/07\/12\/texas-democrats-planning-to-flee-state-to-block-voting-bill\/\">crowded onto buses and chartered planes<\/a> Tuesday to deny a quorum in a special legislative session called by Gov. Greg Abbott.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>In the days since, the group has made the rounds on Capitol Hill to lobby for passage of the For the People Act and the John Lewis Voting Rights Act, Democrat-pushed bills that would federalize elections and override GOP state laws targeting voter fraud.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>The runaway Dems <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2021\/07\/14\/kamala-harris-compares-courageous-texas-dems-to-frederick-douglass\/\">held a non-socially-distanced meeting<\/a> with Vice President Harris, visited Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer in his office, and <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2021\/07\/13\/texas-democrats-defy-arrest-threat-by-governor-call-for-federal-election-reforms\/\">crowded together<\/a> to sing an off-key version of \u201cWe Shall Overcome\u201d for the press.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The article concludes:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>The coronavirus cases drew mockery on social media.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>\u201cThis is a group of people who said Greg Abbott was going to kill Texans by reopening the state and tossing the mask mandate,\u201d conservative commentator <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EWErickson\/status\/1416462203134353409\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Erick Erickson tweeted<\/a>. \u201cThen they went to DC and didn\u2019t wear masks.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I am sorry that they have come down with the coronavirus, but this raises more questions than answers. They were all vaccinated. If the vaccine does not protect you, why is there such a push to get it? How many people did they spread the virus to while they were in Washington?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The New York Post is reporting today that three of the Texas Democrats who fled the state rather than vote on the voting regulations bill have tested positive for the coronavirus. All three of them were vaccinated. 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