Jailed, Hospitalized, Elected Representative-Elect Shelley Luther of Texas
The Michele Tafoya Podcast
Salem Podcast Network
2.4 • 590 Ratings
🗓️ 21 November 2024
⏱️ 38 minutes
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Summary
Shelley Luther owns a hair salon. During Covid, she wanted to keep it open. The result? She went to jail. Then she decided to run for office. That’s where the story gets even more remarkable. Hear directly from Shelley about her days in jail, her days in a coma, and her days ahead.
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| 0:00.0 | So the judge during COVID had us come in. |
| 0:14.1 | He asked me to apologize for not just opening, but embarrassing the politicians, the local politicians for going against |
| 0:25.7 | their orders. |
| 0:27.4 | I just want people to hear that again. |
| 0:29.9 | They wanted her to apologize to the people that taxpayers pay, including Shelly as a taxman, because they, she embarrassed them for a |
| 0:42.6 | horrible decision. |
| 0:43.8 | That's insanity. |
| 0:45.3 | And I was treated like any inmate in there. |
| 0:48.2 | I had full cavity shirt searches and all of the things when you get. |
| 0:52.5 | Seriously? |
| 0:53.5 | Oh, yeah. |
| 0:55.8 | Mm-hmm. shelly luther has had one heck of a life and i cannot wait for you to hear her story |
| 1:06.4 | running for office three times now she is is representative elect in Texas of District 62. |
| 1:15.1 | Third times a charm, they say. |
| 1:17.2 | She's been jailed during COVID. |
| 1:20.0 | She's had a health issue that is beyond, it's beyond belief that she looks and speaks and moves as well as she does today. |
| 1:31.3 | I mean, seriously, I don't want to give everything away. What I do want to encourage you to do is to |
| 1:36.9 | subscribe because we don't want you to miss these incredible interviews we find with some |
| 1:42.4 | sort of everyday people in America who go on to do |
| 1:46.3 | amazing things. |
| 1:47.3 | Shelly Luther is one of those people. |
| 1:49.0 | So please subscribe. |
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