U.S. President Donald Trump said he might bring in the FBI to facilitate the return of Texas Democrats who fled the state to delay Republicans’ plans to redraw congressional district lines in a manner that would reduce the voting power of minority groups.

On Tuesday, the president said that he believes those who fled have “abandoned” the state, adding that the FBI “may have to” get involved.

His comments came the same day Texas Gov. Greg Abbott called for the arrest of the dozens of “delinquent” Texas senators currently in other states — namely New York and Illinois — and a letter penned by Republican Texas Sen. John Cornyn called on the FBI to take action.

In it, he asked FBI Director Kash Patel to “take any appropriate steps to aid in Texas state law enforcement efforts to loc

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