Democrats in Texas go to Illinois to deprive Republicans in the legal quorum to redress the circles
Chicago – In an extraordinary step to counter the division of the Republican circles in Texas, dozens of Democrats in the Government House of Representatives go here on Sunday to deprive the necessary quorum for the Republican Party to move forward in those efforts.
About 30 Democrats for the week are expected to remain in an average plan with Illinois Governor JB Pritzker, who met the Texas gathering late last month and ordered employees to provide logistical support for their stay. A press conference with the ruler and Democrats Texas It is expected later on Sunday.
“We leave Texas to fight for Texas.” “We will not allow the disaster relief settings to host Trump. We are not out of our responsibilities; we are walking on a forged system that refuses to listen to the people you represent. As of today, this corrupt special session has ended.”
Last week, the Republicans in Texas issued a new proposed map of Congress that would give the Republican Party a way to capture five seats in the renewal elections next year. This was followed by the general pressure of President Donald Trump on a new map in the state, as it works to maintain a majority in Congress in a difficult historical general of the party carrying the White House.
The proposed map will change the boycott lines in ways that would target the current Democratic members of the Congress in Austin, Dallas and Houston, as well as two democratic Democrats already at risk who represent the provinces of South Texas that Trump carried last year.
The House of Representatives Committee agreed to GerryMandored congressions to vote on the party line on Saturday morning. After voting, the head of the committee, Republican Cody Vasot, told NBC News that the maps had been drawn to help the Republicans win more seats.
“This map was politically dependent, and this is completely legal, completely permitted and completely just.” “I got states like California, New York and Illinois, which really has these large margins between the percentage of seats they have and the percentage of the voices they get, and Texas is a performance in it. Therefore, it is completely wise, so that Texas is able to respond and improve the political performance of its map.”
Bayan Wu said that the Democrats’ step “is not a decision that we made lightly, but this is what we make with absolute moral clarity.”
“The ruler has turned the victims of a historical tragedy into political hostages in his introduction to Donald Trump,” Wu continued. “He uses a racist map intentionally to steal the voices of millions of black and Latin Texas, all of them to implement a corrupt political deal. The indifference indifference, and we will not sympathize with the silence of the societies that work hard and that have spent decades of fighting for the power that Trump wants to steal.”
Politically, this step is Pritzker in a high -level national battle center. The ruler, who is running for his third term in office, is widely seen as a 2028 presidential competitor. Democrats have appealed to resist Trump’s agenda.
Pritezker’s assets began when the ruler gave a major speech to Democrats in Oklahoma in June. Pritzker met separately in a “strong” meeting with the party leader to talk about the re -division of regions in Texas, according to a person close to the ruler. When Pritzker later met with the Democrats in Texas, he assured them that they could come to his mandate and find support, including finding hotels, meeting spaces and other logistical assistance.
However, the Democrats in Texas He faced a fine of $ 500 a day Until possible arrest to flee the state. The Republican -controlled legislative body approved this measure in 2023, after two years of Democrats in the state He left the country for three weeks To prevent the election bill from progressing.
“This is not normal. This is not democracy. “
Johnson said: “I got these Republicans in Texas rolling and giving Trump what he wanted because he asked for it,” Johnson said. “It is an insult to every citizen, not only in Texas but the nation.”
The Texas house is scheduled to lead at 3 pm on Monday. The draft law re -dividing circles is the only element in the calendar.
Natasha Koriki of Chicago, Ryan Chandler of Austin, Texas.