Texas Democrats who left the state in a bid to block redrawn U.S. House maps have responded to Republican Governor Greg Abbott's threat to remove them from office if they don't return by Monday afternoon.

"This is ridiculous and absolutely unacceptable," Texas state Representative Elizabeth Campos wrote on X early Monday. "Threatening legal action against lawmakers for standing up to protect our democracy is not leadership, it's intimidation. We have every right to fight. Fighting for fair representation is not running from a fight, it's standing up."

Abbott's threat came after dozens of Texas Democrats left their home state and traveled to Illinois in an effort to prevent the state legislature from holding a vote that would approve redistricting maps that President Donald Trump wa

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