Texas Democrats End 2-Week Standoff, Return for Trump-Ordered Redistricting Vote

| Importance: 9/10 | Status: confirmed

Texas House Democrats return to Austin after 2-week quorum break in Illinois, ending resistance to Trump-ordered congressional redistricting. Republicans impose 24-hour security surveillance requiring DPS escorts and “permission slips” to leave chamber. Rep. Nicole Collier refuses, remains locked in chamber overnight calling herself “political prisoner.”

Key Actors

Texas House Democrats Nicole Collier Dustin Burrows Greg Abbott Ken Paxton Donald Trump Texas DPS

Tags

redistricting gerrymandering quorum-break trump-interference democratic-surveillance authoritarian-tactics political-prisoner

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