Today’s notice: Quorum-busting Texans talk to NOTUS. An ad in the Virginia governor’s race is confused about the bio of the candidate it’s supporting. RFK Jr.’s SNAP project has bipartisan support. And: Air Bresnahan.
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Texas Democrats on FBI threat: “They have no authority to come and hunt us down. They just don’t,” state Rep. Armando Walle told reporters on a video call Thursday after Sen. John Cornyn said Kash Patel had agreed to use FBI resources to find Democrats who fled the state.
Behind the stoicism, the Republican pressure is taking its toll. Walle wouldn’t disclose his location — or the details from a security briefing he and his colleagues had just been given.
“I’m terrified that the rhetoric coming from both my colleagues, the governor, the attorney general and the president is putting a dangerous target on our backs,” state Rep. Mary González told us. “When you’re saying, ‘Hunt them down, here’s our location, go get them,’ what do they think is going to happen?”