photos from the democratic filibuster in texas

[rdking647]

i was at the filibuster in the texas senate in support of senator wendy davis. a long line of people waited to get into the packed gallery to show their support

heres some photos i took from the gallery

heres a GOP senator reading the manual of legislative procedure to try and figure out a way to stop the filibuster
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the texas state senate. senator davis is on the lower right
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senator davis and her orange shoes. the dems chose to wear orange and so did their supporters
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senator ( hopefully the next governor) davis
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the line to get into the gallery. around the rotunda and down the hall
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a protestor being escorted out
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[thelordofhell]

1. Watchin' it live...........

http://www.democraticunderground.com/1017127755

[blogslut]

2. Thank you!

Thank you for being there, for the photos and for keeping us updated!

[octoberlib]

3. Thanks for the pics and Bravo to Senator Davis! nt

[Lucinda]

4. Thank you! I did a little reading about her earlier today.

She sounds pretty amazing.

[fredamae]

5. Senator Davis

Should go to DC and teach the Dems there how to Be Dems!

[Tx4obama]

8. No. We need to keep her here in Texas and vote a bunch more Texans Democrats into office.

The only way to turn Texas blue is to KEEP the Democrats that we now have and find more of them!


Edited to fix typo.

[fredamae]

9. Ok, you win--

I'm sure it warms her heart to know folks are now "fighting" over where she can best serve...
All joking aside-She's a winner-TX is better off because of her service.
She really is an "old school Dem", imo.
Good luck to you all

[derby378]

10. That woman on the Senate floor is going to be Texas' next governor

The ghost of Ann Richards is going to be so proud of her.

[fredamae]

11. If I lived there

I'd definitely recruit, support and vote for her...

Best of luck to all of you!

[Tx4obama]

13. More than likely Julian Castro (mayor of San Antonio) will be running for Texas governor.

Both Castro or Davis would be much better than Perry.

I think we need to keep Davis in the Texas legislature for awhile so she can kick ass there

[rdking647]

25. a dirty sock would be better than pointy boots

[Iliyah]

12. The the Supreme Court ruling

of VRA, sections 4 and 5, good luck with that. I'm in 100% support of Dems in Texas but y'all have an up hill battle cause your fellow GOPer are RED re-districting as we speak. More lawsuits on the way.

Cheers to Ms. Davis!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

[rdking647]

6. the GOP did acomplish one thing today

i signed up to make a monthly contribution to planned parenthood.

[Teamster Jeff]

7. Way to go Texas Dems! nt

[Iliyah]

14. Status?

[blogslut]

23. Texas Tribune is liveblogging the filibuster

http://www.texastribune.org/2013/06/24/dems-approach-abortion-victory-special-session-wan/#liveblog

Also, there's a live feed on the Trib's main page:

http://www.texastribune.org

[libodem]

15. Twelve hours

No potty breaks and no leaning on anything.

Goddess, be with this brave woman who is speaking out for the right to chose what we do with our own bodies. She must prevail for all the women in Texas.

[Iliyah]

16. YES

[Iliyah]

17. And

stay on subject, yahoooooooo

[kalli007]

18. My cousin is there

tweeting and updating on FB.

I cant wait to move to Austin next year, actually getting to be a witness to things in action!

[Iliyah]

19. Star Wars

stay on target

[pacalo]

20. K&R!

[SunSeeker]

21. Amazing, beautiful, inspiring woman. And kudos to all the supporters!

[Iliyah]

22. Young people

history for TX

[mountain grammy]

24. Sit up and pay attention! This is an American woman

speaking for all of us.

[TorchTheWitch]

26. can someone explain to me why she has to do this by herself?

I don't get it that other Dems can't take over for her or why in the world she can't lean on anything or for heaven's sake go to the bathroom. How in the world does anyone go 13 hours without needing to use the bathroom???

[rdking647]

27. its the filibuster rules in the texas senate

i addition she has to remain on topic for the whole thing. no reading named from the phone book etc....
if she receives 3 warning the senate can vote to stop her from talking

[TorchTheWitch]

28. thanks!

That's just crazy though. It's pretty much torture to have a rule where only one person can filibuster and they can't even go to the bathroom in all that time. It's pretty amazing that she's doing this considering these barbaric rules.

[NoPasaran]

29. The point of a filibuster is it's not supposed to be easy

Harry Reid, hint hint.

[RILib]

37. If the movies are right

Last edited Wed Jun 26, 2013, 04:42 PM - Edit history (1)

in the U.S. Senate, people can change back and forth to keep a filibuster going.

edit: Yes, I mean the way it was.

[NoPasaran]

38. Currently in the US Senate all they have to do is say they want to filibuster

No need to actually speak, much less wear a catheter.

Anyway, each body that allows a filibuster has its own rules.

[colorado_ufo]

31. No shame in using Depends!

I can easily stand on my feet for 13 hours, even at my age, but the speaking would be difficult - the voice would probably go. She needs to depend on the microphone and conserve her voice. She's already wearing the right shoes It also appears from the photo that she very smartly is wearing support stockings to help her legs. It is terrible that they have given her a hand-held microphone - those things are heavy! They should have provided a microphone on a stand.

She can do this - it's written in her face.

[Coyotl]

30. I #standwithwendy photo

[Moostache]

43. Warren - Davis 2016 (n/t)

[Fire Walk With Me]

32. K&R!

[ctsnowman]

33. K & R

[AzDar]

34. Senator Davis!!

[Scurrilous]

35. K & R

[grantcart]

36. very inspiring

[midnight]

39. Thank you for sharing photos..

[avaistheone1]

40. Kudos to this amazing woman.

[BrotherIvan]

41. Now THOSE are COMFORTABLE SHOES!

That was a serious old school lesson in showing those pigs how it's done.

[Moostache]

42. I was thinking two things last night watching this...

#1 - Wendy Davis is so awesome that she does not need me to say it....that's like saying the sun is really hot - its just self-evident!

#2 - I would cackle my ass off and fly to Washington to watch ANY old white man GOP senator attempt anything even CLOSE to that kind of restrictive filibuster.

Eh-hem, paging Harry Reid...Mr. Reid, this fine woman from Texas has just shown you exactly how it looks to have a pair of brass balls...and hers are waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay bigger than yours.

[Ohio Joe]

44. K&R - nt