AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas Democrats who ended a walkout found themselves shadowed by law enforcement officers to keep them from repeating the protest that stalled Republican efforts to redraw congressional districts and fulfill President Donald Trump’s desire to reshape U.S. House maps.
Republicans in the Texas House forced returning Democrats to sign what the Democrats called “permission slips,” agreeing to around-the-clock surveillance by state Department of Public Safety officers to leave the floor. However, Democratic Rep. Nicole Collier, of Fort Worth, refused and remained on the House floor Monday night.
The Democrats’ return to Texas puts the Republican-run Legislature in position to satisfy Trump’s demands, possibly later this week, as California Democrats advance new congressional boundaries in retaliation.
Why the fuck did they go back already, idiots.
Texas representatives get paid peanuts which means that they still need day jobs to support themselves and their families. It’s a system 100% designed to be friendly to the rich.
So what?
They were being babysat by a billionaire in Illinois. JB Pritzker couldn’t sacrifice 0.0000001% of his income to house these guys in order to slow down the speedrunning of fascism?
He’s a billionaire. Of course he couldn’t be bothered.
they were helping the texans with covering their expenses; some just decided that it was the right thing to do.
a liberal is texas is no different than a maga anywhere else.