Ex-congressman’s Powered by People fundraised for lawmakers who left state to prevent redistricting vote

A Texas judge has expanded a restraining order against former congressman Beto O’Rourke and his political organization over its fundraising for Democratic state lawmakers who left Texas to prevent a legislative session on congressional redistricting.

Tarrant county judge Megan Fahey, a member of the conservative Federalist Society and past president of the Fort Worth Republican Women’s Club, said in a four-page order published on Saturday that O’Rourke and his political group, Powered by People, are barred from sending money out of Texas.

Fahey found that “harm is imminent to the State, and if the Court does not issue this order, the State will be irreparably injured” because “defendants’ fundraising conduct constitutes false, misleading, or deceptive acts under the Texas Deceptive Trade Practices Act”.

  • Alexstarfire@lemmy.world
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    11 hours ago

    Sounds like those of us outside of Texas should pitch in because FUCK YOU. I guess money is free speech only when it benefits Republicans.

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      8 hours ago

      That’s purely how Republicans work, when something benefits them then it’s perfectly okay, but once anyone else benefits then it’s suddenly the worst thing ever done by a human. It’s absolutely disgusting how they’ll do it to your face and then deny they ever benefited from it before.

  • jcb20165@kbin.melroy.org
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    7 hours ago

    Speaking of courts… Y’all Libs where having a field day when Trump was being persecuted and prosecuted… Y’all hoped he got put under the jail… Didn’t work. This was the whole Dem machine… Yea you got a conviction but was it really a conviction… Trump is president and controls the greatest military in the world with a security clearance…

    Take the L and regroup y’all have to try and win another election