Texas
“If the majority is going to cheat, the minority is not going to play, and I think most people can understand that,” Texas state Rep. James Talarico said.
"This is what happens when Republican state leaders publicly call for us to be 'hunted down,'" one Texas Democratic lawmaker said Wednesday.
Two prominent Democratic governors also warned they were ready to trigger redistricting in their states if Texas' off-cycle remap proceeds.
Abbott's petition identified Gene Wu as the "ringleader" in the Democrats' "hijacking of Texas government."
WHAT'S HAPPENING
Democrats who denied Republicans a quorum for a redistricting vote are "potential lawbreakers," Sen. John Cornyn claimed.
The move is an attempt to push back at President Donald Trump and Texas Republicans' shady efforts to gain more control in the U.S. House.
The two states' existing maps putting Democrats within just three seats of reclaiming a U.S. House majority in the midterms.
Mike Nellis, who served as a senior adviser to the former VP's 2020 campaign, explained one way Republicans are running "scared" ahead of the midterm elections.
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has made threats about removing some members of the opposition from their seats.
The former congressman spoke to MSNBC about what Democrats need to do to stop GOP lawmakers from redistricting Texas’s Congressional map.