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Democratic MPs in Texas leave the state in a last attempt to prevent the Republicans from manipulating their constituency cards at the request of US President Donald Trump. If the GOP succeeds, up to five additional seats could be obtained in the 2026 cuts.
Democrats speak of “attack on our democracy”
In view of the possibility of an arrest on the order of the Republican governor Greg Abbott and high financial punishments for their absence, 30 Texas Democrats fled to Chicago, Illinois. Due to its absence, the necessary quorum is withdrawn from the Texas Parliament to continue a session. A strategy that they had (little successfully) used in 2021 against an aggressive constituency of the Republicans.
“The decision was clear. Watching how Abbott does notify millions of black and Latin American voters. Or use every available means to stop this attack on our democracy. This corrupt special session is over,” said the Texas Democrats in the House of Representatives on Sunday afternoon in a statement on X.
Meanwhile, the Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) threatened to re -bring the MPs to the Capitol. “Democrats in the Texan House of Representatives who run away like cowards should be found. And immediately brought back to the Capitol. We should use any means to hunt those who believe that they are above the law,” he wrote the republicans of the state only enforced every ten years under the guise of a special meeting in a special meeting. With little time for public examination.
Democrats want to answer with countermeasures in blue states
Since Trump and the Republicans are trying to secure their majority in congress through the redistribution into Texas, the Democrats, for their part, are considering similar measures in Democrats conducted by Democrats such as California and Colorado.
The chairman of the Democratic National Committee Ken Martin announced to News Nation on Sunday. “We will fight fire with fire. If Texas wants a confrontation – and that is obvious – then we will give you this confrontation. I have spoken to several democratic governors all over the country. And you are already preparing to do it equally.”
House Democrat Gene Wu: “We do not leave an office, but a manipulated system”
The Texas MP and Chair of the Democratic Group in the House of Representatives, Gene WU, spoke on Sunday. “This is not a decision that we make lightly. But it is a decision that we make with absolute moral clarity.”
“We do not run away from our responsibility. We run in front of a manipulated system that refuses to listen to the people we represent,” he said. “From today this corrupt special meeting is over.”