AUSTIN (Nexstar) — Gov. Greg Abbott filed an emergency petition Tuesday in the Texas Supreme Court, asking it to remove Rep. Gene Wu, D-Houston. The petition comes after Wu's move to break quorum by leaving the state over mid-decade redistricting, along with fellow Democrats.

In the statement, Abbott called Wu the "ringleader of the derelict Democrats."

"This case is not a political dispute; it is a constitutional crisis," the lawsuit reads. "The current Special Session is set to expire in just two weeks. But Wu apparently has no intention of returning. Instead, he claims the 'special session is over.' Permitting him to continue occupying his office so that he can abdicate the duties of that office will only enable future legislators to grind state government to a halt."

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