'House Democrats are standing up': Texas lawmaker defends leaving state to block GOP
MSNBCยท2025-08-04 15:40
Mhm. >> We turn now to the situation in Texas where that state's governor, Greg Abbott, is threatening to remove from office Democratic lawmakers who have fled the state to block redistricting efforts. More than 50 Democrats left the state yesterday afternoon, a move that will prevent the Texas House from having enough members needed to consider and pass legislation.They say they plan to stay out of Texas until August 19th when the special session called by the governor comes to an end. Abbott added redistr ...