Reality Bites…..
Abbott probably will get what he wants in the end…
But the ‘END’ IS up in the air…..
And?
Abbott HAS emboldened Democratrs to met his challenge on this….
The fight over Texas’s congressional map “could literally last years,” Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) said Sunday, while defending his call to arrest Texas Democrats who fled the state to stall the GOP’s redistricting efforts.
Texas Democrats are preventing the Texas House from achieving the quorum necessary to move ahead with legislative business in the state legislature. They are trying to run out the clock on Republicans’ special legislative session and draw attention to their cause, even as they are unlikely to stop the redraw — because Abbott can keep calling more special sessions….
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Abbott said that the Texas Democrats, if and when they return to the state, will be arrested and taken to the Capitol.
“If they want to evade that arrest, they’re gonna have to stay outside of the state of Texas for literally years, and they might as well just start voting in California or voting in Illinois, wherever they may be,” Abbott said….
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Speaking to NBC News on Sunday, Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker (D), who has met with the Texas Democrats staying in his state over the past week, dismissed Republican threats as “grandstanding,” noting that there is no federal law that would allow the FBI to arrest the Texas Democrats, whom he described as “heroes.”….
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Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker (D) said Sunday it would be illegal for President Trump to order the FBI to arrest Texas state Democratic officials for fleeing their state to halt Republican redistricting efforts.
“Well, first of all, Texas law does not apply in the state of Illinois, and there’s no federal law that would allow the FBI to arrest anybody that’s here visiting our state. So, it’s a lot of grandstanding,” Pritzker said to host Kristen Welker on NBC’s “Meet the Press.” ….
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