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A Republican plan to add five congressional seats in Texas has moved outside the state's borders and even beyond the state's Democrats' exodus.

Banner Planes above state houses, California highway banners

Banner planes with the phrase "Mess with Texas" flew over several state capitols Monday afternoon, including Annapolis, Albany and Sacramento, a push from a "group of democracy advocates."

In phone calls to companies that were chartered to fly the planes in New York and Maryland, they were not able to say who was leading the group behind the signs, just that they were hired by another company to fly.

The banners were a play on the Texas Department of Transportation's "Don't Mess with Texas" anti-litter campaign that started in the 1980s.

The message is a clear message to Dem

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