One of the Texas Democrats who fled the state with more than 50 others to deny Republicans their quorum this week said of the threat that he and others would have to pay fines and face possible arrest: “I’ll pay that price for America.” “Right now, there's folks saying that we walked out. I think everyone behind me will say we're standing up, and as Texans would say, we're standing tall,” said Texas state Rep. Ramon Romero Jr. (D), chair of Texas’ Mexican American Legislative Caucus, during a press conference in Illinois on Tuesday.

“There's others that are saying and warning us that they're going to arrest us or make us pay fines. I'll pay that price for America,” he said, adding that he believed “everyone behind me would say they would do the same.” Texas Democrats participated in a pre

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