GOP legislators unveil redistricting map as Dems flee Texas Democrats left the state Sunday in hopes of derailing a mid-decade redistricting plan, The Dallas Morning News reported.
State Rep. Gene Wu, D-Houston, announced the Democrats departed Texas to break the quorum and stymie a vote in that chamber.
“This is not a decision we make lightly, but it is one we make with absolute moral clarity,” Wu said in a statement. “Governor (Greg) Abbott has turned the victims of a historic tragedy into political hostages in his submission to (President) Donald Trump.”
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