A bomb threat reportedly sparked an evacuation at a Chicago-area hotel where some of the Texas Democrat lawmakers who left the state to prevent their Republican colleagues from voting on a redrawn map of congressional districts were staying.

Texas Democrats protesting a redistricting bill were temporarily evacuated on Wednesday morning from the Q-Center hotel and convention center in St. Charles, Illinois — roughly 40 miles west of Chicago — due to a bomb threat, according to a report by CBS News.

The St. Charles Police Department reportedly said authorities arrived at the hotel around 7:15 a.m. and “conducted a thorough search,” but “no device was found.”

“In response to the threat, 400 people were immediately evacuated and the area was secured as bomb squad units conducted their inv

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