AUSTIN (Nexstar) — On Monday the Texas House officially came to a standstill, as over fifty Democratic House members fled the state to prevent the House from getting the 100 members needed to convene. Their primary intention is to stop the redrawing of Texas' U.S. Congressional map, a map President Donald Trump hopes will flip five U.S. House seats from Democratic to Republican.

In the leadup to the quorum break, Republican Governor of Texas Greg Abbott threatened lawmakers by saying he'd vacate their seats and have them charged with bribery — for soliciting funds to support their trip. After the vote, he followed through, asking Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) officers to bring back missing House members by force, and asking the Texas Rangers to look into bribery charges.

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