Live updates: Texas Republicans push ahead with redistricting after Democrats flee state
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Abbott's decisive action protects democracy by holding lawmakers accountable for abandoning their sworn duties to Texas voters. These Democrats are blocking critical flood relief legislation and property tax cuts while taxpayers foot the bill for their political theater. The governor has every legal right to compel their return since breaking quorum violates their oath of office.
Republicans are weaponizing hollow arrest warrants to bully Democrats who fled to stop an unfair redistricting scheme. Legal experts say these warrants can’t be enforced outside Texas, and defiant governors in blue states have vowed not to cooperate. Democrats are bravely defending voters from a GOP power grab that risks dismantling fair representation and undermining democracy itself.
There is a 50% chance that at least 9.18% of the U.S. population will live in Texas in the next census, according to the Metaculus prediction community.