With Texas Republicans using every lever of power in their attempt to give themselves five new House seats, state Rep. Trey Martinez Fischer told Salon that it’s time for national Democratic leaders to either “do something — or get out of the way.”

Earlier this week, Democrats in the Texas state legislature left their homes behind in order to deny Republicans the quorum needed to force through new House maps, maps which would deliver Republicans five new, safe Republican seats in the 2026 midterms.

To prevent Republicans from pushing through the new maps, state Democrats have fled the state, breaking quorum, and preventing the Texas House from taking up business while they are gone. Many of the state representatives have gone to states like New York and Illinois, where local leaders have

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