Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) has sued to remove Texas House Democratic Caucus Chair Gene Wu from his seat amid a battle between Texas Democrats and Republicans over redistricting. “What is at stake here? Nothing less than the future of Texas. If a small fraction of recalcitrant lawmakers choose to run out the clock today, they can do so for any, and every, Regular or Special Session, potentially bankrupting the State in an attempt to get their way,” the Texas Supreme Court suit from Abbott reads.

Texas House Democrats left the state Sunday to deny Republicans a legislative quorum as part of an effort to stop Republicans from redrawing Texas congressional maps. “On the ground in Chicago… Fighting for the rights of Texans and all Americans. #txlege,” Wu said in a post on the social platform X

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