Texas Democrats Flee to Block Redistricting Plan

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Texas Democratic lawmakers said they left the state in an effort to temporarily block Republicans from redrawing its congressional maps — a redistricting initiative pushed by President Donald Trump to help retain GOP control of the US House of Representatives in the midterms.

Many have gone to the Chicago area, selecting a location where local and state governments are led by Democrats. Some the politicians also went to Boston and Albany, New York. 

“I’m going to do everything I can to make sure that they’re welcome here, that they have the ability to stay as long as they need to and want to,” Illinois Governor JB Pritzker said at a press conference in Carol Stream, flanked by the Texas lawmakers.

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