Democrats are brushing off attacks from Texas Governor Greg Abbott, who has said he will expel Democratic members of the Texas State Legislature if they fail to show up to vote on a partisan redistricting plan Monday afternoon — and potentially arrest them.
“Frankly, Democrats say, ‘Come and Take It,’” Gene Wu, the state’s House Democratic Caucus chair, told CNN. “It’s all bluster. Sound and fury signifying nothing.”
Many of Texas’ Democratic lawmakers fled the state over the weekend to stop a vote Monday on a redistricting plan that would redraw the Texas congressional map in Republicans’ favor. The new map would make it more difficult for some congressional Democrats, like Rep. Jasmine Crockett, to be reelected.