The FBI is now assisting Texas authorities with finding «rogue» Democrats who fled the state to stall a redistricting effort, according to a bureau spokesperson.
The FBI is now assisting Texas authorities with finding “rogue” Democrats who fled the state to stall a redistricting effort, according to a bureau spokesperson.
Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) had requested FBI involvement after the 57 legislators decamped to blue states — including Illinois, Massachusetts and New York — in the middle of a special session convened to redraw congressional maps.
“I am proud to announce that Director Kash Patel has approved my request for the FBI to assist state and local law enforcement in locating runaway Texas House Democrats,” Cornyn said in a statement after asking the feds to help round up the “potential lawbreakers.”
“I thank President Trump and Director Patel for supporting and swiftly acting on my call for the federal government to hold these supposed lawmakers accountable for fleeing Texas. We cannot allow these rogue legislators to avoid their constitutional responsibilities.”
The Texas Dems’ absence prevented the state legislature from establishing a quorum necessary to consider the redistricting and other bills, with several decrying the GOP’s effort as an attempt to secure more seats in next year’s midterms.
“I will liken this to the Holocaust,” Texas Democratic state Rep. Jolanda Jones said Tuesday, before issuing an apology for the unhinged comparison between partisan politicking and the slaughter of more than 6 million Jews by the Nazis.
