Today, we're going to talk about Texas Democrats fleeing the state to block Republicans from

passing their voter suppression bill, and what came of a highly anticipated meeting with

Joe Manchin.

I interview one of the Texas Democrats himself, James Telarico, about his viral interview

with the Fox News host, his response to Ted Cruz's criticism, and the likelihood of

he and his colleagues getting arrested if they return home.

And finally, I sit down with epidemiologist Dr. Abdul El Sayed to talk about COVID, and

whether Republicans are ultimately just hurting themselves by opposing the vaccine.

I'm Brian Telarcoin, and you're listening to No Lie.

So yet again, Texas Democrats have been forced to break Coram this time leaving the state

during a special legislative session called by Republican Governor Greg Abbott, who is hell-bent

on passing his party's voter suppression bill.

The Texas delegation went to Washington, D.C. to put pressure on national Democrats to

pass the For the People Act, which would protect against some of the worst effects of the

bill in Texas.

Meanwhile, Texas Republicans have ordered a call of the House, which authorizes Department

of Public Safety Troopers in the state to arrest members of the state house who break

Coram.

And Governor Greg Abbott has even said outright that they will be arrested, but so long

as they're in D.C., they're safe since Texas's troopers don't have jurisdiction outside

of the state.

Now, something else that Governor Abbott did was veto the legislature's funding as a way

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