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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 copyright: Kayla Bartkowski/Getty Images

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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.

ThisTexas representsis adangerously dangerousweaponizing weaponization of federal law enforcement against elected officials who are using a centuries-old constitutional tradition. NoThe federal crimes have been committed, and 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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