Texas Democrats leave the state to block vote on redrawn House map backed by Trump
Texas Democrats left the state on Sunday to prevent the state house from voting on Monday New Congress Maps The Republicans hopes that a few US houses will clarify them in the 2026 midterm elections.
It can make dramatic movement Expose democrats to fines and other penalties – The State Chief Public Prosecutor threatened to arrest them if they had taken such an action before. However, it is a civilian violation to refuse to participate in the legislative session, so the democrats cannot legally imprisoned, and it is uncertain who is the power to realize the warrants.
The state of democrats is a Last trench effort Republicans that hold the full control of the Texas government Reducing the congress map for mid -ten years President Donald under the direction of Trump.
“This is not a decision we make slightly, but a decision we make with absolute moral clarity,” the President of the Democratic Caucus Assembly said.
At least 100 members of Texas House, a 150 -member Texas House, must be present for official business. The Democrats are in 62 seats in the majority-cumhurist room. Josh Rush Nisenson, a spokesman for democratic Caucus Assembly, said at least 51 democratic members left the state.
“The swelling is complicated, and we will not be a criminal partner in silenceing hardworking communities who spend for decades of Trump’s power that Trump wants to play,” he said.
The movement points to the second time that the Texas democrats have escaped from the state in four years to prevent votes. One in 2021 38 days standoff The Democrats took place when Washington was separated from DC against new voting restrictions.
Cumhuriyet Gov. Greg Abbott It was called a special session of the legislature that started to assume the redistribution effort and started last month to answer. Flood at Texas Hill Country This July killed at least 135 people. Trump urged Texas Republicans to re -draw the map to help a handful of seat networks in midterm exams next year.
Democratic Party President Ken Martin said in a statement, “For weeks, if the Republicans in Texas want a reckoning – if they want to delay the flood relaxation to protect Donald Trump from an inevitable interim melting – then we gave them this showdown.” He said. He said: “This is exactly what the Texas democrats do today: Republicans in Kerr County’deki flood victims of the victims of the fake special session almost ignores the air.”
Speaker Dustin Burrows said Texas House will meet as planned in the afternoon on Monday.
“If there is not enough inadequacy, all options will be on the table to borrow the last speech points from some of my democratic colleagues.” published X.
The Chief Public Prosecutor in X said that the state should use every vehicle we have to hunt those who think they are above the law ”.
“There should be democrats trying to escape like cowards in the Texas house, arrested and immediately brought back the capital” written.
Abbott’s office did not immediately respond to comments on Sunday afternoon.
Texas Republicans introduced the new US home maps, which were planned to form five new republican -oriented seats last week. Republicans now have 25 of the state’s 38 seats.
The Democrats want to leave the state from the necessary competence to vote on the map set on Monday. Texas House There are rules They are sentenced to $ 500 for MPs every day. If Paxton previously broke the inadequacy of the Democrats, he said, “It doesn’t matter where they went, they should be found and arrested”.
Most of the Texas Democrats, Democratic Gov. JB Pritzker is going to Illinois, where he had quiet talks for weeks to offer support if they choose to leave the state to leave to leave the state. Pritzker, a Potential 2028 presidential contestant, became one of Trump’s most openly Critics.
Last week, Pritzker hosted several Texas democrats in Illinois to openly oppose the redistribution efforts. California Gov. Gavin Newsom also organized a similar event in his state.
Pritzker also met with Texas Democratic President Kendall Scudder to plan the possibility of deputies for Illinois if deputies decided to break the core to block the map, according to a source with direct information requesting anonymity to discuss private talks.
Now, as Texas Democrats gathered in Illinois and block the Trump -supported congress map, the scene can be adjusted for a high -profile reckoning between Pritzker and the president.
Trump wants to avoid his repetition first periodWhen the Democrats turned the house to the presidency for two years and hopes that the new Texas map will help this effort. Trump officials also looked Reduction lines in other statesLike Missouri, a person familiar with conversations, but unauthorized to talk about them openly.
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Nadia Lathan, Associated Press writer in Austin, contributed to this report.
