Nationwide—and here in New Hampshire—Democrats are cheering the Texas legislators who fled their state to stop action on a plan to redraw congressional district maps. Their tactic is simple: deprive the GOP-controlled House of a quorum, preventing the body from conducting the people’s business.

Democratic National Committee Chair Ken Martin said the DNC “is standing shoulder to shoulder with them every single step of the way.”

“This is not the Democratic Party of your grandfathers, which would bring a pencil to a knife fight,” Martin added. “This is a new Democratic Party. We’re bringing a knife to a knife fight, and we’re going to fight fire with fire.”

New Hampshire Democratic Party Chair Ray Buckley also praised the walkout in a post on social media.

“Texas Democrats are doing their

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