Texas Democrats to return after governor ends special session that included redistricting, sources say.

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1. Seems dangerous. I would put money on them being arrested and dragged into the capital in chains, with that somehow counting as quorum re-established.

2. Won’t Abbott just call a new special session after they return? And then make sure they can’t leave again?

3. Maybe the Repubs in TX finally did the math and realized that if they got rid of Blue districts in TX, Blue states would follow suit and get rid of the Red districts in their states, resulting in a net loss of Red seats nationally.

4. It’s a trap.

5. Odds on them being arrested once in the state? I’m going to say they odds are pretty high.

6. Sounds like a trap to me.

7. This is a game of Charlie Brown football if I’ve ever seen one

8. People are saying that Abbott will just have them dragged to the capital in chains to force the vote.

   Guys, if he’s willing to do that wouldn’t it be easier and less of a fuss for him to just rule that their seats are vacant and that means they don’t need them to vote?

   If he’s at the point of kidnapping people and holding them against their will it’s pretty silly to think he’s still going to worry about procedures like getting a quorum.

9. Abbott will call another special session as soon as they return. And this time they’ll have the Gestapo waiting to arrest them. It’s a fucking trap, idiots!!!

10. They should not trust Abbott & Co.

11. They have each won a boat in the Austin police raffle

12. Better get ready for that Uno Reverse

13. I fully expect Abbott to pull some bs.

14. Conservatives are under the impression they won..

15. The way I see it, if Republican policies were so good for this country, Republicans would be running on their record instead of having to gerrymander to get votes.

16. Everyone hold your horses. The first special session is over on Friday and that is when Texas Dems will return: after they successfully killed the first session. However, they say their plans are fluid and they will plan on leaving and breaking quorom again if Texas Republicans attempt another corrupt special session. The fight is not over!

    Here is a better article by another abc about it: https://abcnews.go.com/amp/Politics/texas-democrats-return-after-governor-ends-special-session/story?id=124592449

    What I’m worried about is if Texas Republicans are better prepared and have Dems detained somehow before they can break quorom.

17. Well now that California is going to redistrict they have no reason to hold out. Go home and see if Abbot still wants to do it knowing it’s all for nothing. Go ahead and risk spreading your GOP districts so thin that in a wave the gerrymander gets cracked, while Cali picks up an additional 5 seats. Now suddenly it’s high risk, low reward for Texas and Trump.

18. Fuck Greg Abbott. Roll yourself into heavy traffic if you really want to help Texans.

19. Looks like they’re taking Newsom seriously. But how long until they just lock them in and do it anyway?

20. I hope they have an escape plan if they return to the state. You can bet the Republicans are going to wait til they return Reinstate special session and lock down the state with state police and others with orders to physically return the representatives to the session.

21. It’s a trap, they come back, get captured, and dragged to the Capital in cages.

22. This ought to be a lesson to the entire Democratic Party that they need to pick every fight everywhere for any reason. I applaud the backbone it took for those Texas reps to pull this off. Great job.

23. Keep your bags packed and be ready to leave

24. Definitely a trap.

25. A main goal of a break in quorum is to bring attention to the matter at hand. This did just that.

26. California should still go through with redistricting because we can’t trust these fucks

27. California must go ahead with its redistricting regardless of what these traitors do. They absolutely must.

28. They better prepare to leave again he is not going to stop pushing this and it’s far from over.

29. In the words of a famous admiral… “It’s a trap!”

30. I wouldn’t be going back. They’ll find a way to jail them for 30 days.

31. Gotta play the hard game now that we are in a dictatorship. Peaceful protests and trying to educate are not working. So we have to resort to playing the same games the GOP does to protect democracy.

    This. Is. Insane.

32. They’re going to pull a switcheroo just as soon as they return to Texas.

33. With all of that posturing and Greg Abbott still doesn’t have a leg to stand on.

34. Won’t he just make a new surprise session and do it last minute so it’s too late for California or any other state to do the same ?

35. I wish the Democrats would pull an Uno reverse card and return with a demand for Abott’s arrest for his illegal actions. Him and the other Texas Republicans that pushed for this illegal gerrymandering need to be immediately arrested and tried for their TREASON against the United State.

36. That’s bait.

37. This feels like a trap.

38. So, wait… Democrats tried something? And they were successful? Huzzah!

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