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The Texas governor is threatening Democrats who don’t show up to the Capitol to vote on his gerrymandered maps.
Of course this gerrymandering plan is about keeping power. But it’s about keeping power to a specific end: to pass laws ...
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TX governor threatens to arrest Democrat lawmakers

Texas Governor Greg Abbott is now threatening to arrest Democratic lawmakers who have fled the state as part of an ongoing ...
Illinois Lt. Gov. Juliana Stratton (D) said on Tuesday that “nothing will be off the table” in response to the plan by Texas Republicans to redraw their congressional boundaries in a way they hope ...
Shortly after the vote, Texas Republican Gov. Greg Abbott said he ordered the Texas Department of Public Safety to find and arrest the Democrats who fled the state, an order which will remain in ...
"Real Texans do not run from a fight. But that’s exactly what most of the Texas House Democrats just did," Gov. Greg Abbott said in response to Dems breaking quorum.
On Tuesday morning, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott threatened to arrest Democratic lawmakers who fled to Illinois to block a ...
Most Texas House Democrats remain out of the state, depriving the Legislature of its ability to pass new congressional maps ...
Democratic lawmakers left a special session in the Lone Star State in effort to block a vote on a Republican congressional ...
Texas Democrats grapple with legal, political, and personal pressure as they protest Republican efforts to rewrite the state's congressional map before next year’s elections. Gov. Greg Abbott (R-TX) ...
In response to Abbott’s initial statements, Texas House Democratic Caucus Chair Gene Wu said, “Come and take it.” State Rep. Jolanda Jones, D-Houston, expanded on the sentiment in a Monday morning ...