By Mariana Alfaro and Hannah Knowles

The fight over Texas’s congressional map “could literally last years,” Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) said Sunday, while defending his call to arrest Texas Democrats who fled the state to stall the GOP’s redistricting efforts. Subscribe for unlimited access to The Post You can cancel anytime. Subscribe

Texas Democrats are preventing the Texas House from achieving the quorum necessary to move ahead with legislative business in the state legislature. They are trying to run out the clock on Republicans’ special legislative session and draw attention to their cause, even as they are unlikely to stop the redraw — because Abbott can keep calling more special sessions. Advertisement

Speaking to “Fox News Sunday,” Abbott threatened to do so — repeatedly

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