Is this from a funeral?
So there's a confirmed text to a reporter saying it wouldn't happen. I wonder how the democrats would've assumed anything if they weren't told anything.About the vote: He said, he said
Democrats say the heart of the issue isn’t what was written on the calendar, but what they were told by House GOP leadership. House Democratic leader Darren Jackson of Wake County said he was told by Republican Rep. David Lewis, of Harnett County, that no votes would be held during the morning session. So Jackson told the Democratic caucus that they didn’t need to be there.
Lewis, who presided over the House Tuesday, denied that claim during the GOP press conference.
He acknowledged texting a WRAL reporter Tuesday night to tell her he thought there would be no votes during the Wednesday morning session. But Lewis didn’t relay that prediction to anyone else, he said.
“At any time that there has been a no-vote session scheduled, the chair has either announced that from the dais, or has sent an email, or both,” Lewis said. “None of those occurred yesterday.”
And yet, Democrats say they got the impression they didn’t need to be in attendance.
>>>> "impression" does not equal CONFIRMATION.
If they failed to realize that, that's their problem.
I agree that if no plans on a later vote were ever said or agreed upon, this would be a nothingburger. But Im preeeetty sure the democrats werent protesting or on strike, or just not showing up from stupidity, ignorance or laziness.
