Texas Reopens the Gerrymander Wars
Many of the fleeing Democrats are choosing to bivouac in Illinois, where they held a presser with Gov. JB Pritzker, who has promised to protect them. If they'd stayed in Texas, state police could have been sent to retrieve them to the capitol. They're facing fines of $500 a day, but Democratic donors will gladly pick that up. Republican Texas Gov. Greg Abbott is threatening to ask the courts to find that they've abandoned their offices.
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