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Governor 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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Texas moves to arrest Democrats who fled to block redistricting plan
Texas Governor Greg Abbott and Attorney General Ken Paxton called for the arrest of Democratic lawmakers who fled the state to block a Republican-led redistricting plan. The Texas House later voted to authorize their arrest. “Texas House Democrats abandoned their duty to Texans,” Governor Abbott said in a statement on Monday. “To ensure compliance, I ordered the Texas Department of Public Safety to locate, arrest, and return to the House chamber…
BREAKING: Texas Lawmakers Pass Motion to Arrest Democrats - Abbott Orders Texas DPS to "Arrest and Return Every Derelict House Democrat"
Texas legislators voted 85-6 on Monday to pass a motion to issue arrest warrants for the Democrat lawmakers who fled to Illinois to block GOP redistricting efforts.
Texas governor orders Dems arrested as showdown escalates
Gov. Greg Abbott (R-TX) has ordered the arrest of Democratic lawmakers who left the state to avoid a quorum over a redistricting map they claim amounts to gerrymandering.According to his X account, the governor ordered the arrests shortly after the Texas legislature cleared the way with a vote on Mo...
Texas Gov. Abbott orders arrest of Democrats who skipped town to avoid redistricting vote
Texas Republican Gov. Greg Abbott ordered state authorities Monday to arrest dozens of House Democrats who fled to Illinois rather than stay for a vote on redrawing the state's congressional map.
The Republican Governor of Texas gambited with ousting Democratic Congressmen, who prevent Republicans from moving forward with district manipulation
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