On 6/25, Texas senator Wendy Davis began a 13 hr filibuster to protest SB5, which would have shut down all but 5 abortion care providers in Texas.
Regardless of political affiliation, those who watched witnessed a gross violation of the rules by conservative senators, led by Texas Lt Gov. David Dewhurst.
The most glaring case of misconduct is that the bill had to come to a vote before midnight. Thousands of viewers witnessed the vote being taken at 12:02am, 6/26, after the deadline had passed. Regardless, conservative senators insisted that the bill had passed, even going so far as changing the online timestamps on the vote.
We call for the resignation of David Dewhurst from office, as the person who presided over these proceedings and responsible for maintaining legal conduct.