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Cornyn: FBI Will Help Locate Texas Democrats Who Fled State

Cornyn: FBI Will Help Locate Texas Democrats Who Fled State

Cornyn: FBI Will Help Locate Texas Democrats Who Fled State
Above: U.S. Sen. John Cornyn during sits in the Hart Senate Office Building on April 7, 2025. Image credit: Kayla Bartkowski/Getty Images

The Spin

The runaway Democrats abandoned their constitutional duties and the taxpayers who elected them. They're using a political stunt to block legitimate legislative business while accepting outside funding that could constitute bribery. Federal involvement is necessary since state law enforcement can't cross state lines to retrieve these derelict officials.

Texas is dangerously weaponizing federal law enforcement against elected officials. The FBI has no legal grounds to arrest lawmakers for exercising their legislative rights and could wind up being guilty of trafficking legislators across state lines. Republicans are grandstanding and intimidating political opponents through authoritarian tactics.


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