Rep. Nicole Collier gets phone call from VP Kamala Harris

There’s loads of discuss as of late about “standing on enterprise” however what if “standing” meant you needed to sleep? Sleep in a chair. Sleep on the ground. Sleep on a sofa. Standing on enterprise isn’t nearly being resolute in your stance, it’s about sacrificing for what you consider in. Rep. Nicole Collier from the good state of Texas is doing simply that.

BOSSIP beforehand reported on Rep. Collier’s refusal to signal Texas Home Speaker Dustin Burrows’ mandated “permission slip” with a view to go away the Home ground whereas accompanied by a police officer. In line with NBCDFW, the state consultant spent a second evening sleeping within the Home chambers as a part of her protest towards the racial biased gerrymandering being suggest by Republicans. The “permission slip” is a infantile and petty transfer by Burrows’ however Collier is aware of that one thing extra insidious can be afoot…

“I didn’t really feel like I needs to be obligated to signal a bit of paper to have the ability to go away the ground, as a result of we’re all adults right here. It’s a present of energy over individuals, and that’s what they’re doing now. They’re displaying that they’ve energy over us, and that’s why they’re utilizing the drive of legislation enforcement,” Collier mentioned.

Collier’s Democratic colleagues haven’t joined her in sleeping on the Home ground however a number of of them have joined in solidarity by “ripping the slip”, tearing up the doc that they signed in compliance with Burrows’ inflammatory order.

Texas Rep. Cassandra Garcia Hernandez stood alongside her Democratic constituents in protest of Collier’s confinement.

Voters like the girl in black pictured above, Ruth (she didn’t really feel comfy giving her final title and who can blame her?) have additionally taken up area on the Texas Capitol constructing to protest the best way that Collier and her colleagues are being handled.

Rep. Collier additionally obtained a stunning cellphone name from former Vice President Kamala Harris to provide encouragement that the sacrifice is being seen, felt, and appreciated.

“Once you’re in these rooms, and it feels such as you’re the one one there, we’re all in that room with you,”