AUSTIN (KXAN) — Texas Governor Greg Abbott released a letter Sunday night in which he said that he would seek to remove "derelict Democrats" from their elected offices in the Texas House of Representatives if they fail to return by Monday afternoon.

"Real Texans do not run from a fight. But that’s exactly what most of the Texas House Democrats just did," Abbott's letter reads. "Rather than doing their job and voting on urgent legislation affecting the lives of all Texans, they have fled Texas to deprive the House of the quorum necessary to meet and conduct business."

In the letter, Abbott cites an opinion written by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton. Such opinions do not carry the weight of law, but do signal a willingness of the AG's office to prosecute.

"The Attorney General concluded

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