For Immediate Release
Monday, July 12, 2021
Contact: Sam Quigley
sam@patrioticmillionaires.org

Patriotic Millionaires Cheer On Texas Democrats as They Flee State to Block GOP Voting Restrictions

“Democrats in the US Senate could learn a lot from these Texas Democrats – sometimes you have to pull out all the stops to protect democracy.”

Washington, DC – This evening, as the Texas legislature prepares to vote on a bill that would significantly restrict voting rights in the state, a group of Democratic lawmakers are planning to flee the state to Washington, DC to block the bill by preventing the State House from having the quorum required to conduct state business.

In response to this plan, Morris Pearl, former managing director at BlackRock, Inc., and Chair of the Patriotic Millionaires, released the following statement:

“This evening, Texas Democrats are setting a bold example for lawmakers in the dozens of other states where voting rights are under attack and in the US Capitol, where legislation to protect voting rights has yet again stalled. In Austin and all across the country, our democracy is being systematically and strategically undermined, and it’s time for lawmakers to treat this assault on our democracy as the emergency it is. Democrats in the US Senate could learn a lot from these Texas Democrats – sometimes you have to pull out all the stops to protect democracy.”

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