Welcome to the commentary magazine daily podcast.

Today is Tuesday, July 13th, 2021. I am John Pauldhurtz, the editor of Commentary Magazine,

Christine Rosen is out today and our guest in her place, Washington Freebeacon editor,

Eliana Johnson. Hi, Eliana. Hi, John. Thanks for having me.

Of course. And with us as always, executive editor, A Greenwald Hyabe.

Hi, John. And associate editor, Noah Rothman, Hi, Noah. Hi, John.

So, you know, one thing you can say about democratic state legislatures, they love to run away.

They're like, they're like Arthur and the night to the round table in, in Monty Python and the Holy Grail.

Whenever they get in trouble, they're not things are going to happen that they don't want to have happened

at the end in a legislative session. They shout, run away the 2011, I think it was 2011,

the Wisconsin state legislature ran to Minnesota to motel.

Illinois, I think.

Was it Illinois?

Other way over the border yet.

Yeah.

Rand Taylor, Illinois, to get themselves away from trying to prevent a quorum to vote on Scott Walker's budget.

And this is either this for the second, this and now in Texas, Noah, illuminate the wonders of the Texas,

the Democrats in the Texas state legislature.

This is truly incomprehensible, misadventure.

Except for the time of time.

They're getting a vacation on somebody's dime and we don't know who's, but please.

They're having a grand old time and they want everyone to know it and it is strategically inept.

...