GOP’s House map overhaul: Texas Democrats flee state to block Trump's redistricting; tensions escalate
Monday, 4 August 2025 () Texas Governor Greg Abbott threatens to remove absent Democratic House members who fled to prevent a vote on GOP-backed congressional maps. The Democrats' action halts redistricting plans favoring Republicans, potentially adding five GOP-leaning seats. Abbott demands their return, citing constitutional duty, while Attorney General Ken Paxton advocates for their arrest.
A slew of Texas Democrats have decided to flee the democracy of their own state—which is promising to apply democratic principles to redistrict some of these Texas Dems out of their seats—and take the gold coins of a Leftie billionaire to hide out in Illinois, one of the most gerrymandered states...
A dramatic showdown erupts in Texas as 51 Democratic lawmakers flee the state, heading to Illinois to block a Republican redistricting map backed by former President Donald Trump.
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What happened More than 51 Texas House Democrats left their state Sunday to at least temporarily thwart a Republican plan to redraw congressional districts to... Upworthy
Democrats in the Texas House of Representatives fled the state on Sunday to prevent their Republican colleagues from voting on a redrawn map of the congressional... Breitbart
Texas Democratic lawmakers said they left the state in an effort to temporarily block Republicans from redrawing its congressional maps — a redistricting... Upworthy