A Texas district judge on Friday temporarily barred former Rep. Beto O’Rourke and his political group from helping to fund the Democratic legislators who have left the state to prevent Republicans from pressing forward with a redistricting plan aimed at expanding the GOP’s narrow majority in the U.S. House.
The ruling is a victory, albeit potentially a temporary one, for Republican Attorney General Ken Paxton, who sought the temporary restraining order accusing O’Rourke and his group of a bribery scheme, accusations the Democrat has vigorously denied. And it could deal a significant financial blow to the state Democratic lawmakers, who are facing financial penalties and other costs related to their “quorum break.”
Ohh man, it’s a real shame that Beto keeps sending money to all those clumsy people who love to walk around Illinois hotel lobbies. Clumsy, nearsighted people who are walking around Democratic legislators and constantly stumbling and dropping their big wads of cash on the floor. Why don’t they ask for help? Why do they shrug it off and pick themselves up and just walk away? Perhaps we’ll never know…
