Source: Washington Post
“Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) asked the state’s high court Friday to expel 13 Democratic lawmakers who fled Texas this week in an effort to prevent the GOP-controlled legislature from redrawing congressional district maps to create five new safe seats for Republicans. Paxton’s office said in a news release that he was focusing on 13 of the more than 50 Democrats who left the state because they had made ‘incriminating public statements regarding their refusal to return’ to the Texas Capitol. Democrats called the lawsuit baseless, saying Republicans were trying to undermine the will of voters by removing them from office.” (08/09/25)