California Democrats are moving full steam ahead on their efforts to counter Texas's mid-decade redistricting plan despite Lone Star State Republicans escalating their crackdown on absent state Democrats who fled the state.

Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA) and former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), along with congressional and state leaders from California, held a press conference on Friday to provide further details on California's redistricting plan and offer support to the Texas Democrats who left the state last weekend. Over a dozen Texas state leaders were in attendance.

It came just hours after the Texas state Legislature once again did not have a quorum or the attendance needed to conduct business for its scheduled session on Friday. State Speaker Dustin Burrows gave absent

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