"Abbott’s emergency petition was an effort to ratchet up the pressure on the Democratic state lawmakers who remain out of the state as they try to prevent Republicans from passing a new congressional map."

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"Make no mistake: The intention of the redistricting bill is explicitly political gerrymandering aimed at maintaining Republican power at the national level, during a time when Trump’s approval rating is approaching a historic low."

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"Democrats, who have historically abstained from the most glaring, self-serving forms of gerrymandering, insist they are now going to re-draw maps in states they control to help them offset their potential loss of seats from the GOP-drawn maps."

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"Texas Democrats are taking extreme measures to prevent Republicans from gerrymandering the state, as tensions escalate over the future of electoral representation in Texas."

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"Legal experts and even Republican state Attorney General Ken Paxton say it would be difficult to enforce consequences against the Democratic lawmakers while they are safely camped out in sympathetic Democratic-controlled states and effectively out of reach of Texas law enforcement looking to bring them home."

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"Attorney General Ken Paxton has announced that the continued refusal to perform legislative duties by Texas House Democrats who broke quorum constitutes abandonment of office and that he will pursue a court ruling ensuring that their seats are declared vacant."

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"The House-issued warrants are largely seen as symbolic since they’re only actionable within Texas state lines, and most of the missing legislators are currently in other jurisdictions."

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"The House Democrats’ decision to flee the state and deny majority Republicans a quorum comes as the state’s legislature seeks to redraw the Texas congressional districts to make five seats more favorable for the GOP."

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"The proposed map would bring the number of likely Republican-held seats to 30, bolstering the chances of the GOP maintaining control of the House in next year's midterm elections and beyond."

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"Nothing could be more un-American than that."

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"The controversy in the conservative-leaning state has dominated the political conversation in the country, more than a year ahead of the November 2026 midterm elections."

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"Abbott’s threats were met with skepticism and criticism from Democratic lawmakers, who argued that his claims lacked legal basis and were fundamentally undemocratic."

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"The arrest warrants and Abbott’s order are largely for show."

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"Democrats were adamant they would hold the line, despite Abbott’s order as well as $500 daily fines while they’re gone."

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"The Texas House voted Monday afternoon to track down and arrest more than 50 Democratic lawmakers who were not present when the chamber gaveled in."

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"The confrontation has effectively frozen the Texas legislature."

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"Moments ago, Texas House Speaker Dustin Burrows announced passage of a motion to have Democratic reps arrested."

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"The Texas House Democratic Caucus said in response: “Come and take it.”"

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"Despite this reality, Democrats are jumping onto the hopes that the planned tweaks to districts in Houston, Dallas, and Austin, and along the U.S.-Mexico border might be a step too far for centrist voters who just want the government to function normally."

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"Texas Democrats are holding their ground against what they blasted as a racist gerrymander meant to rig the 2026 midterms and called the threats 'smoke and mirrors.'"

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"The Texas legislature, meanwhile, is at a standstill after House Democrats fled the state in a bid to block the Republican effort to redraw congressional districts in the GOP’s favor."

CNN

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"Texas Gov. Greg Abbott doubled down on his promise to expel Texas Democrats from the legislature if they do not return to the state for its ongoing special session."

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"The decision by Texas Democrats to go to blue states like Illinois, New York, and Massachusetts underscores how nationalized this battle has become compared to the last time Democrats left the state to attempt to block a mid-decade redistricting plan."

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"We’ve been here before."

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"Democratic lawmakers from Texas are doubling down on their refusal to return to Austin to vote on a highly controversial redistricting map, even after threats from Governor Greg Abbott."

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"Pritzker described their actions as “a righteous act of courage”, saying that they “were left no choice but to leave their home state, block a vote from taking place, and protect their constituents”."

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"Effective or not, Abbott’s rapid escalation of the partisan warfare in Texas could have an impact on Democratic-controlled states mulling retaliation, most notably California."

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"Abbott added the potential of felony charges to his own ultimatum, writing that Democrats who solicited or accepted donations to help cover fines incurred by their absence may have committed felonies, and “violated bribery laws”"

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"The only thing we should be discussing now should be flood relief, emergency management, rebuilding, but instead we are talking about redistricting, which is racially gerrymandered."

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"Abbott filed an emergency petition Tuesday to remove Democratic Texas House Minority Leader Gene Wu from his post."

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"Paxton has admitted that the process of replacing Democrats would be laborious and tedious."

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"Republican Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s office released a statement Tuesday that “he will pursue a court ruling ensuring that their seats are declared vacant” if they do not return for legislative work by Friday."

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"Democrats have abandoned their offices by fleeing Texas, and a failure to respond to a call of the House constitutes a dereliction of their duty as elected officials."

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"In the end, we know how it's going to turn out, because Governor Abbott is not going to back down, and he'll just keep calling them back until they show up."

The Blaze

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"Gov. Greg Abbott on Monday evening said he’d directed the Texas Department of Public Safety to arrest the missing members and bring them back to the Texas Capitol."

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"Abbott threatened lawmakers with criminal bribery charges for receiving help to pay the fines and getting other kickbacks, including fundraising."

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"Democrats must reassess the failed federal-first strategy and rebuild the party from the ground up in order to achieve lasting success."

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"Governor Abbott and the speaker of the Texas house of representatives Dustin Burrows are ordering law enforcement officials to arrest Democratic members of the legislature in order to force their attendance."

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"Texas will continue to fight for what is right, and that’s exactly what we are doing."

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"It’s imperative that they be swiftly arrested, punished, and face the full force of the law for turning their backs on the people of Texas."

Western Journal

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"The Texas House of Representatives passed a resolution Monday afternoon calling for the arrest of dozens of Democratic lawmakers who fled the state to prevent a congressional redistricting vote from going forward."

Western Journal

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"Texas Democrats defied Gov. Greg Abbott’s call to return to the state for an Aug. 4 hearing on redrawing congressional district lines, setting up a showdown between the two sides."

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"The Texas House of Representatives voted Monday to force Democrats who fled the state in an attempt to prevent congressional redistricting to return to the state Capitol under threat of arrest."

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"The redistricting legislation would shift Democrat voters from toss-up districts into ones that are more solidly Republican, and also move other Republican voters into districts that lean more toward Democrats — ultimately paving the way for more GOP seats."

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"The Texas House passed a motion calling for the arrests of over 50 state Democrats who left the state, denying the governor a quorum for the legislative session."

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"House Democrat members have fled the state in a cowardly desertion of their responsibilities as elected officials."

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"The warrants only apply within Texas state lines, making them largely symbolic."

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"fleeing to Illinois was “a bad look” for the Democratic Party because he said the state engages in egregious gerrymandering."

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"Abbott would extradite any potential out-of-state felons to Texas to face trial, he said."

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"Texas is doing the right thing to counter what the Democrats have already done."

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"Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker, a Democrat, has vowed to protect the cadre of Texas Democrats who fled to his state to prevent the Legislature from redrawing the Lone Star State's congressional map."

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"Gov. Greg Abbott threatened to expel and potentially prosecute Democratic lawmakers who have fled Texas to stop Republicans from moving ahead with efforts to redraw the state's congressional districts."

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"The decision by most of the Democratic lawmakers to head to Illinois - with a few others decamping in two other blue states, New York and Massachusetts - was "cartoonishly dumb.""

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"This is a war,” she declared. “We are at war, and that’s why the gloves are off and I say, ‘Bring it on.’"

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"This is a war. We are at war. That’s why the gloves are off, and I say, bring it on."

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"Democratic Texas State Rep. Sheryl Cole also posted on X about leaving Texas for Illinois, stating that she and her colleagues will not allow Trump’s “steal” to occur."

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"The House used the same tactic to force Democrats back to work in 2021, when a majority left for Washington, D.C., to protest GOP voting reforms."

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"Democrats will never take that deal, and we know why: outrage is easier than self-restraint."

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"The courage, conviction and character Texas Democrats are displaying is the embodiment of good trouble as we collectively push back against the extremism Donald Trump has unleashed on the American people."

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"Hochul vowed to "fight fire with fire" amid Republican efforts to enact redistricting in Texas on Monday, condemning the move even while promising to pursue it herself."

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"This is a war. We are at war. And that’s why the gloves are off, and I say, bring it on."

Washington Examiner

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"Pritzker touted his gubernatorial campaign on a wall behind him, emblazoned with “Governor JB” and his campaign website."

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"Abbott's threats to remove and prosecute Democrats who refuse to return to Texas reflect a highly confrontational and negative tone regarding the ongoing political standoff."

Western Journal

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"Texas Democrats are once again neglecting their responsibility to serve the people of the Lone Star State by engaging in absurd theatrics intended to mislead the public into believing they are upholding their values."

The Blaze

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"Abbott also said the Democrats could be in violation of felony bribery charges if they receive funds "to evade the fines they will incur under House rules.""

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"Governor Abbott threatened Sunday to remove dozens of House Democrats from office after they fled to the state to block a GOP-led redistricting plan during a special session of the legislature."

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