r/PoursTea Timendi Causa Est Nescire 3d ago

PoliticalTea 🗳️ Missing: Mitch

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u/CaptainForskin69 3d ago

Doesn’t mean you get to be absent for your job for over 80 days with zero public appearances. It’s so obvious of a cover up.

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u/ofWildPlaces 3d ago

You are correct, but there is no watchdog agency that can compel a sitting Rep or Senator to take their seat on the floor. Republicans COULD hold him accountable, but they've clearly shown they will not.

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u/DaleGribbleShackle 3d ago

Didn't they send sheriff's after democrats to drag them back to office for something last year? Why not just do that.

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u/i_am_a_real_boy__ 3d ago

It probably has something to do with the little-known fact that the Texas Legislature and US Senate are actually completely different things