US EditionSeveral Texas Democrats Join Rep. Nicole Collier in Chamber Protest
Texas Democrats led by Rep. Nicole Collier reject surveillance agreements, remaining inside the House chamber to oppose a Republican redistricting plan creating five GOP-favored seats.
- On Tuesday, several Texas Democrats joined Rep. Nicole Collier, ripping up their police-surveillance agreements and remaining confined in the state House chamber in solidarity.
- President Donald Trump requested the redraw in July, prompting Texas Republicans' new map adding five House seats and more than 50 Texas Democratic legislators fleeing earlier this month to deny quorum.
- Refusing the terms, Rep. Nicole Collier was detained and many Democrats criticized the policy as wasteful; mainly women colleagues then pledged to rip up their permission slips for police surveillance in solidarity.
- Republicans responded by ordering arrests, filing a lawsuit to remove Rep. Gene Wu, and asking the FBI to find fleeing Democrats, while former Vice President Kamala Harris and national Democratic legislators offered support to Rep. Nicole Collier.
- Last Friday, Gov. Greg Abbott called another special session, with a vote expected on Wednesday, while California Gov. Gavin Newsom introduced the Election Rigging Response Act last week ahead of the Nov. 4 California special election.
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Even As They’re Poised to Pass Gerrymandered Maps, Texas GOP Finds Ways to Threaten Dems
Texas Democratic Rep. Nicole Collier made headlines this week when she chose to sleep in the state capitol building rather than be bullied into accepting a police escort in order to leave.
Op-Ed: Democrats Should Not Romanticize What's Happening To Nicole Collier In Texas
Source: The Austin American-Statesman/Hearst Newspapers / Getty Much as I believe that Texas State Representative Nicole Collier’s story warrants front-page news treatment in every major American newspaper and wall-to-wall coverage across cable news and other news media, I’m already growing weary of some of the lessons being taken away by select national Democrats and of her growing number of supporters. Collier is one of the more than 50 other…
"Who's ready to tear up this slip?": Texas Democrats reject police escorts
Several Texas Democrats have revoked written agreements that limited their movement around the state Capitol and returned to the House chambers to stage a “sleepover” protest on Tuesday. The so-called “permission slips” were issued to Democrats who broke quorum and fled the state in a 15-day fight over GOP gerrymandering. The slips, which they were forced to sign in order to leave the Capitol grounds, required them to have a police escort at all…
Democrats 'Adjust' Livestream After Texas Voice Complaint
The Texas House Democratic Caucus was forced to update their sleepover stream with a disclaimer after Texas Voice publisher Mark McCaig filed a Texas Ethics Commission (TEC) complaint.On Monday night, Texas House Democrats livestreamed Rep. Collier’s overnight capitol sleepover when she refused to go home with a DPS escort.Not missing a chance to fundraise or for media attention, House Democrats livestream included a scrolling banner at the bott…
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