A Texas woman jailed for operating a salon despite the coronavirus pandemic lockdown is moving from her mansion to the state Capitol.
Sherry Luther was ordered to serve seven days in jail in 2020 after a Dallas County judge found her guilty of civil and criminal contempt of court, according to reports. fox 4 dallas.
Mr Luther had refused to close his business during the lockdown. She was later released from prison. Texas Governor Greg Abbott's personal intervention.
But now she's moved on to the Lone Star State House, where she was elected this week to represent the Northeast 62nd District. Republican Luther defeated Democrat Tiffany Drake with about 75% of the vote.
“About a month later, the hairdresser called and said she couldn't feed her children and didn't know what to do. So we decided to reopen and ended up going to jail. ,” Luther said. Fox and friends.
“I wasn't very political before this happened, but I think someone has to do something about this. So we ran for office in the first place right after that.”
Host Rachel Campos-Duffy said some salons, especially those catering to Democratic leaders such as then-House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and former Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot, have been able to stay open during the pandemic. He pointed out that it was allowed.
Luther suffered a brain injury while campaigning, but said he was lucky to be alive.
“A month and a half ago I had a brain aneurysm and almost died. And I came out of that situation, spent almost 30 days in the ICU, recovered from it, and put my name forward. “Running…I knew it was my turn,” she said.
