US EditionGovernor Abbott orders arrest of absent Texas House Democrats
- Texas Governor Greg Abbott announced on Monday he will try to remove Democratic lawmakers who left the state to block voting on Trump-backed congressional maps.
- This action follows dozens of Democrats fleeing Sunday to Illinois and New York to deny a quorum ahead of a Monday House vote on maps aiming to add five GOP-leaning Texas seats.
- Texas's 150-member House requires two-thirds presence to conduct business, but at least 51 Democrats holding 62 seats left the state, preventing votes and delaying disaster aid after recent catastrophic floods.
- Abbott referenced a 2021 legal opinion from Republican Attorney General Ken Paxton—though not legally binding—to assert that Democrats had lost their legislative seats and might have committed felonies, while Democrats dismissed his claims as baseless distractions without legal merit.
- The dispute escalated nationally with New York Governor Kathy Hochul supporting the Texas Democrats and Democratic governors considering retaliatory map redrawing amid a wider partisan power struggle.
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Gov. Greg Abbott Orders Arrest Of Texas Democrats
Source: The Austin American-Statesman/Hearst Newspapers / Getty The Texas redistricting saga escalated on Monday evening after Gov. Greg Abbott ordered the civil arrest of the Texas Democrats who fled the state to block progress on a new electoral map. According to CBS News, the Texas Democrats broke quorum by fleeing the state. This move prevented debate on the new map, which would add five new Republican seats and create a primary between Demo…
‘Wasn’t This You?’: Texas Governor and AG Condemn Democrats for Fleeing State Then Social Media Drops Receipts of Their Own Dirty Escapes
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott says Democratic lawmakers who skipped town to thwart a controversial redistricting vote deserve to be hunted down and arrested. Attorney General Ken Paxton agrees — though not long ago, both men were accused of dodging accountability themselves. The latest standoff erupted after more than 50 Texas House Democrats fled the state, aiming to block a gerrymandering effort that could net Republicans five more U.S. House seats a…
Nearly 60 democratic deputies want to prevent a vote on the redeployment of the constituencies by leaving the state. Bill and Hillary Clinton have been summoned by a control committee on the Epstein affair.
Texas Dems Offer Fiery Response After Abbott Threatens To Arrest And Expel Them For Leaving The State
After Texas GOP Governor Greg Abbott said he would move to arrest and expel from the state legislature those Democrats who left the state to avoid voting on a new heavily-gerrymandered redistricting map, Democrats responded with a brief statement indicating they will not capitulate to his threats.The Texas House Select Committee on Congressional Redistricting advanced the proposed new House maps on Saturday, setting the stage for a full House vo…
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