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Gov. Greg Abbott: Texas Democrats left to block redistricting, are "holding hostage" flood-relief measures
Summary
In a televised interview, Governor Greg Abbott said a group of Texas Democrats fled the state to protest redistricting and are preventing legislation, including flood-relief measures, from advancing. He said the lawmakers "have forfeited their seats" for failing to do their jobs.
Governor Greg Abbott said a group of Texas Democrats left the state to protest redistricting and are preventing needed legislation, including relief for flood victims, from moving forward. "They're very untexant. Texans don't run from a fight," Abbott said, adding that some lawmakers "have forfeited their seats in the state legislature because they're not doing the job they were elected to do."
Abbott framed the departures as a political protest he called out-of-state,…
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