Texas Republicans assigned law enforcement to escort specific Democrats to and from the statehouse after dozens left to block a vote on redistricting.
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Collier said in a statement she refused to “sign away my dignity as a duly elected representative just so Republicans can control my movements and monitor me with police escorts.”
The caucus’ statement said Collier did not sign a “permission slip” for an escort conducted by Texas Department of Public Safety officers.
Texas House Speaker Dustin Burrows, a Republican, assigned DPS officers to escort the Democrats who fled the state this month and returned to the chamber Monday, ending a two-week standoff over a proposed congressional redistricting likely to give the GOP an additional five seats in the U.S. House.
Collier, who was initially confined to the House chamber, will be able to leave the floor to go to her capitol office but will not be able to do so without a DPS escort, according to a 7:42 p.
