One of Texas Democrats Who ran away from the state with more than 50 others To deny the Republican, his quorum this week said about the threat that he and others would have to pay a fine and face possible arrests: “I will pay that price for America.”
“Now, there are people saying that we have gone out. I think everyone will say behind me that we are standing, and as Texas will say, we are standing long,” Texas State Rape Ramero Junior (D), Chairman of the Mexican American Legislative Cocks, Texas, during, during, during, during, during, A press conference in Illinois On Tuesday.
He said, “There are other people who are telling us and warning that they are going to arrest us or are paying us a fine. I will pay that price for America,” he said, he believes that “Everyone behind me will say that they will do the same.”
Texas Democrats, President of the Democratic National Committee (DNC), Kane Martin, Illinois village. Participated in a press conference with JB Pritzkar (D), Illinois Lieutenant village Juliana Starton and others.
Texas MPs traveled to Illinois, New York and Massachusetts – some of which were criticized for having a Gerimander map first – so Democrats could deny the Texas Republican, who may present the minimum number of MPs required to do business, otherwise known as a quorum.
President Trump Republican is carrying forward his house map in Loan Star State to re -prepare his home map for five pickup opportunities before 2026 midnight. The current Texas map is already very favorable for Republicans, but this map will increase the profit of GOP even further.
The Texas House panel carried forward the new map last week, although legalists cannot bring it to the floor for a house vote as Democrats have left the state.
By breaking the quorum, the Democrat is a daily fine of a daily $ 500 fine and arrest. Texas village. Greg Abbott (R) and Texas’s Attorney General Kane Pasteon (R) have called Democrats to arrest, while Sen John John Cornin (R-Texas) has asked the FBI to help Republicans in bringing back the Democrats that flee Democrats escape to Texas.
Texas Democrats are likely to try and run the clock in the first special session, albott is called, although it is not clear how long the law maker will stay outside the state.
At the same time, Democrats have argued that if the Republicans are ready to perform the remarriage of the mid -decade to take the seats next year, they need to follow the suit to level the playground.
“In Illinois, we don’t sit on the edge. In Illinois, we do not take kind to the dangers, and in Illinois, we fight back,” Straton said. “If Trump and Texas Republican rules, we will look at every option available to prevent their extreme power grab, and nothing will go away from the table.”
