One of the Texas Democrats who fled her state over a GOP plan to draw new state House district lines said rhetoric from the right is putting a “dangerous target” on state lawmakers’ backs.

“I'm terrified at the rhetoric coming from both my colleagues, the governor, the attorney general and the president. It’s putting a dangerous target on our backs,” Democratic state Rep. Mary González said on a call with reporters.

“Words have consequences. And in a moment in time like right now, when you're saying, ‘Hunt them down. Here's [their] location. Go get them,’ what do they think is going to happen?”

More than 50 Texas Democratic state legislators broke quorum over the weekend, depriving the state House of the numbers it needs to move forward with a redistricting proposal backed by President

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