“I am tired of sitting as a hostage in a Texas House of Representatives while Republicans strip away the rights of my constituents to vote.”

— TX State Rep. Senfronia Thompson (D), who flew into D.C. last night with TX Democrats to prevent GOP from passing voting restrictions.
“Texas, the Republican legislature, decided that your right to carry a gun was more important than your precious right to vote.”

— TX State Rep. @NicoleCollier95 (D)
@NicoleCollier95 Gov. Greg Abbott responds to TX Dems fleeing: “I can, and I will, continue to call special session after special session ..."

"As soon as they come back in the state of Texas, they will be arrested, they will be cabined inside the Texas Capitol until they get their job done.”
@NicoleCollier95 Gov. Greg Abbott (R-TX): “Isn’t that the most un-Texan thing you’ve ever heard? Texans running from a fight.”

(Ted Cruz 👀)
@NicoleCollier95 TX State Rep. @jasminefor100 says she's not worried about Abbott’s threat of arrest:

“I know the law. And the governor knows the law ... the most that could happen is I could be detained. And it’s not the governor who gets to make that decision, it’s the Speaker of the House.”

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