Texas House Democrats Say 'What Happens Next Is up to Abbott'
- Texas Democrats who left the state may face felony bribery charges for disrupting redistricting, according to Republican Governor Greg Abbott's interview with Fox News Digital.
- Governor Abbott stated that an investigation is ongoing to determine if lawmakers violated bribery laws by accepting money to break quorum.
- Abbott noted that Democratic lawmakers must return to face the consequences of their absence.
- California Governor Gavin Newsom urged President Donald Trump to intervene, claiming that Abbott's actions threaten democracy in Texas and beyond.
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'Darkest moments': NC's stunning lesson spurs stark warning for Texas Dems
GREENSBORO, N.C. — The Texas GOP’s hugely controversial push to draw five new U.S. House seats, thereby ejecting Democrats and protecting the Republican majority in Congress ahead of the 2026 midterms, has lit up national media amid high drama as Lone Star Democrats flee the state and GOP leaders de...
Democrats Headed Back to Texas, “Mission Accomplished”
Texas Democrats are reportedly headed back to Austin, prepared to hand Republicans five congressional seats in redistricting. Their return ends the party’s insurrection against democracy and its fight to preserve racially gerrymandered maps that experts say have given them an unfair advantage for decades.Did anyone actually think they’d risk their benefits for something this dumb?ABC 13:AUSTIN, Texas (KTRK) -- ABC13 has confirmed with multiple s…
While defining a plan to return to their state, Texas House of Representatives state Democratic legislators agreed not to return to Texan territory until the end of the first special session called by Governor Greg Abbott to redraw electoral districts.Read more]]>
Texas House Democrats say 'what happens next is up to Abbott'
AUSTIN (Nexstar) — Texas House Democratic leader Gene Wu, D-Houston, said the caucus's eventual return is based on what Gov. Greg Abbott, R-Texas, decides to put on the second special session's call sheet. "What happens next is entirely up to Greg Abbott," Wu said in a statement. "After deliberation among our caucus, we have reached a consensus: Texas House Democrats refuse to give him a quorum to pass his racist maps that silence more than 2 mi…
‘We are still in discussions’ over when to return, top Texas House Democrat says
Texas House Democratic Caucus Chair Gene Wu joins Meet the Press NOW to discuss next steps after he and fellow Democrats fled the state, saying the move succeeded in ending the first special session without a quorum.
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