A publicity stunt could cost Texas Democrats up to $1.75 million after lawmakers went maskless on their privately chartered planes to Washington, D.C., violating Biden administration regulations on air travel.
ON PLANE TO DC: Texas Democratic lawmakers are leaving state to break quorum to stop Republican voting bill.
President Joe Biden extended the Centers for Disease Control's mask mandate to private charter planes on Jan. 30, one of the first executive orders after he took office.
Biden singled out Texas Republicans in March when he said only "Neanderthal thinking" could lead people to not wear masks.
The Texas Democrats' failure to follow federal law comes at a time of growing concerns about the Delta variant, a more communicable and potentially deadly strain of COVID-19.
The violation of federal law constitutes the latest legal woes for the Texas Democrats after the state's governor, Republican Greg Abbott, said he would order the arrest of the legislators when they return home.
"They will be cabined inside the Texas capitol until they get their job done," Abbott said.
https://freebeacon.com/democrats/unmasked-texas-dems-defy-biden/
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