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Salon owner jailed for refusing to shutter her business during COVID
lockdown wins seat in state legislature
By Jon Levine
Published Nov. 9, 2024, 7:44 p.m. ET
Salon owner Shelley Luther walking towards the media and supporters
after her release from jail in Dallas for refusing to keep her business
closed due to COVID-19 concerns
Salon owner Shelley Luther walking towards the media and supporters
after her release from jail in Dallas for refusing to keep her business
closed due to COVID-19 concerns
AP
A Texas woman jailed for operating her salon despite COVID-19 pandemic
lockdowns is moving from the big house to the state house.
Shelley Luther was ordered to jail for seven days in 2020 after Dallas
County judge found her guilty of civil and criminal contempt of court,
according to Fox 4 Dallas.
Salon owner Shelley Luther holding a citation and speaking to media
after refusing to close her reopened Salon A la Mode in Dallas, amid
virus outbreak.
3
Shelley Luther is heading to the Texas state legislature after being
jailed for violating covid lockdowns.
AP
Luther had refused to shutter the business during lockdown. She was only
released from jail after the personal intervention of Texas Gov. Greg
Abbott.
Now, however, she’s moving to the Lone Star state legislature, where she
was elected this week to represent the northeast 62d district. Luther, a
Republican, defeated Democrat Tiffany Drake with roughly 75% of the vote.
The video player is currently playing an ad.
Kristi Lisenbee from Keller, Texas, protesting with sign outside Dallas
Municipal Court for release of jailed salon owner Shelley Luther
3
Luther defeated her challenger with 75% of the vote.
AP
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“After about a month, my hairstylist were calling me saying I can’t feed
my kids, I don’t know what to do, so we just made the decision to open
back up, and I ended up in jail,” Luther told Fox and Friends.
“I wasn’t super political before any of this, but I’m like, you know,
somebody has to do something about this. And so we ran for our first
office shortly after that.”
Host Rachel Campos-Duffy noted that during the pandemic, some salons
were allowed to stay open — specifically those which catered to
Democratic leaders like then-Speaker Nancy Pelosi and former Chicago
mayor Lori Lightfoot.
Dallas officials issuing a citation to salon owner Shelley Luther for
reopening her Salon A la Mode against COVID-19 regulations, April 24, 2020.
3
Luther was only released from jail when Gov. Abbott personally intervened.
AP
Luther said she was lucky to be alive after having suffered a brain
injury during the campaign.
“I had a brain aneurysm a month and a half ago and almost died. And so
for me to walk out of that, being in the ICU for almost 30 days, the
recovery from that, and then putting my name in to run … I knew it was
my time,” she said.
Salon owner jailed for refusing to shutter her business during COVID
lockdown wins seat in state legislature
By Jon Levine
Published Nov. 9, 2024, 7:44 p.m. ET
Salon owner Shelley Luther walking towards the media and supporters
after her release from jail in Dallas for refusing to keep her business
closed due to COVID-19 concerns
Salon owner Shelley Luther walking towards the media and supporters
after her release from jail in Dallas for refusing to keep her business
closed due to COVID-19 concerns
AP
A Texas woman jailed for operating her salon despite COVID-19 pandemic
lockdowns is moving from the big house to the state house.
Shelley Luther was ordered to jail for seven days in 2020 after Dallas
County judge found her guilty of civil and criminal contempt of court,
according to Fox 4 Dallas.
Salon owner Shelley Luther holding a citation and speaking to media
after refusing to close her reopened Salon A la Mode in Dallas, amid
virus outbreak.
3
Shelley Luther is heading to the Texas state legislature after being
jailed for violating covid lockdowns.
AP
Luther had refused to shutter the business during lockdown. She was only
released from jail after the personal intervention of Texas Gov. Greg
Abbott.
Now, however, she’s moving to the Lone Star state legislature, where she
was elected this week to represent the northeast 62d district. Luther, a
Republican, defeated Democrat Tiffany Drake with roughly 75% of the vote.
The video player is currently playing an ad.
Kristi Lisenbee from Keller, Texas, protesting with sign outside Dallas
Municipal Court for release of jailed salon owner Shelley Luther
3
Luther defeated her challenger with 75% of the vote.
AP
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Furious Dem official brands Harris campaign a ‘$1 billion disaster’ in
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working class amid Harris election loss
“After about a month, my hairstylist were calling me saying I can’t feed
my kids, I don’t know what to do, so we just made the decision to open
back up, and I ended up in jail,” Luther told Fox and Friends.
“I wasn’t super political before any of this, but I’m like, you know,
somebody has to do something about this. And so we ran for our first
office shortly after that.”
Host Rachel Campos-Duffy noted that during the pandemic, some salons
were allowed to stay open — specifically those which catered to
Democratic leaders like then-Speaker Nancy Pelosi and former Chicago
mayor Lori Lightfoot.
Dallas officials issuing a citation to salon owner Shelley Luther for
reopening her Salon A la Mode against COVID-19 regulations, April 24, 2020.
3
Luther was only released from jail when Gov. Abbott personally intervened.
AP
Luther said she was lucky to be alive after having suffered a brain
injury during the campaign.
“I had a brain aneurysm a month and a half ago and almost died. And so
for me to walk out of that, being in the ICU for almost 30 days, the
recovery from that, and then putting my name in to run … I knew it was
my time,” she said.