Reaction to Democrats leaving Texas
We ran the numbers: There are 4304 news articles covering this topic. 61% (2626) are left leaning, 28% (1219) are center, and 11% (459) are right leaning.
On Tuesday, the Texas House voted to have law enforcement track down Democratic lawmakers who fled the state to deny a quorum needed to pass a controversial elections bill. While left-leaning articles highlight that Democrats in the Texas House of Representatives were preparing to leave Texas for days, right-leaning articles highlight that a number of Texas Democrats may face arrest after fleeing the state.
A left-leaning article by The Washington Post highlights that Democrats in the Texas House of Representatives were preparing to leave Texas for days. They chose to flee to Washington to garner national attention and escalate the stakes in a long-running effort to pressure Congress and Biden to approve federal voting-rights protections.
The Hill published a centrist article reporting that the chamber voted by a 76-4 margin to authorize law enforcement to return the Democrats to Austin. The gambit left 80 members present in the House.
A right-leaning article by Fox News highlights that a number of Texas Democrats may face arrest after fleeing the state. Senator Ted Cruz said that state law provides the House speaker authority to arrest fleeing House members.
From the left
The Washington Post
From the right
Texas law 'explicitly' gives House speaker authority to arrest fleeing Dems: Ted Cruz
Fox News