Democratic Texas Rep. Nicole Collier spending night on state House floor after refusing GOP demand for law enforcement escort

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Texas State Rep. Nicole Collier of Fort Worth on Monday remained on the House floor overnight after refusing to sign a permission slip to leave the floor, instead stating that she would not sign away her dignity as a duly elected representative.

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Texas State Rep. Nicole Collier of Fort Worth on Monday remained on the House floor overnight after refusing to sign a permission slip to leave the floor, instead stating that she would not sign away her dignity as a duly elected representative.

This comes after <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.improvethenews.org/story/2025/texas-democrats-end-walkout-as-redistricting-battle-spreads">Texas House Democrats returned to the state Capitol on Monday</a> after fleeing to other states for two weeks to prevent a vote on a Republican redistricting plan that would create five more GOP-leaning congressional seats for the 2026 midterm elections.

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This comes after Texas House Democrats returned to the state Capitol on Monday after fleeing to other states for two weeks to prevent a vote on a Republican redistricting plan that would create five more GOP-leaning congressional seats for the 2026 midterm elections.

House Speaker Dustin Burrows required returning Democrats to sign written permission and accept Department of Public Safety escorts to leave the House chamber, with officers ensuring their return when the House reconvenes Wednesday morning.</span

House Speaker Dustin Burrows required returning Democrats to sign written permission and accept Department of Public Safety escorts to leave the House chamber, with officers ensuring their return when the House reconvenes Wednesday morning.

The Texas House established a quorum Monday afternoon for the first time since most Democratic members fled the state 15 days earlier, allowing Republicans to potentially advance the new congressional maps.</span

The Texas House established a quorum Monday afternoon for the first time since most Democratic members fled the state 15 days earlier, allowing Republicans to potentially advance the new congressional maps.

State Representatives Gene Wu and Vince Perez planned to stay on the House floor with Collier overnight, with Wu posting photos of their snacks including dried peaches, freeze-dried grapes, popcorn and ramen.</span

State Representatives Gene Wu and Vince Perez planned to stay on the House floor with Collier overnight, with Wu posting photos of their snacks including dried peaches, freeze-dried grapes, popcorn and ramen.

The redistricting effort was launched at President Donald Trump's urging and has triggered a nationwide gerrymandering response, with California Governor Gavin Newsom proposing retaliatory maps that could help Democrats gain five seats.</span

The redistricting effort was launched at President Donald Trump's urging and has triggered a nationwide gerrymandering response, with California Governor Gavin Newsom proposing retaliatory maps that could help Democrats gain five seats.

This whole situation shows how far Democrats will go to avoid doing their actual jobs. They ran away from the state like children throwing a tantrum, and now one of them is camping out on the House floor rather than follow basic security protocols. The escort requirement is completely reasonable given they already proved they can't be trusted to show up and do what voters elected them to do.

This whole situation shows how far Democrats will go to avoid doing their actual jobs. They ran away from the state like children throwing a tantrum, and now one of them is camping out on the House floor rather than follow basic security protocols. The escort requirement is completely reasonable given they already proved they can't be trusted to show up and do what voters elected them to do.

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Republicans are literally holding elected officials prisoner and forcing them to sign "permission slips" like they're schoolchildren. This is straight-up authoritarianism - locking lawmakers in chambers and demanding police escorts just because they oppose gerrymandered maps designed to silence minority voices. If this happened in any other country, we'd call it what it is: a dictatorship.

Republicans are literally holding elected officials prisoner and forcing them to sign "permission slips" like they're schoolchildren. This is straight-up authoritarianism - locking lawmakers in chambers and demanding police escorts just because they oppose gerrymandered maps designed to silence minority voices. If this happened in any other country, we'd call it what it is: a dictatorship.

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