Texas governor threatens to defund state legislature after Democrats block voting bill

Greg Abbott excoriated for bizarre threat after Democrats thwart 11th-hour attempt to pass bill that would have made voting harder

Voting rights advocates on Tuesday excoriated Texas governor Greg Abbott's bizarre threat to defund the state legislature after Democratic lawmakers thwarted an 11th-hour attempt to pass his priority bill that would have made it even harder for the public to cast a ballot in elections.

At the end of the day, it's so embarrassing that our governor can't take a setback without throwing a tantrum about it," Emily Eby, staff attorney at the Texas Civil Rights Project, told the Guardian.