AUSTIN (Nexstar) — Texas House Democratic leader Gene Wu, D-Houston, said the caucus's eventual return is based on what Gov. Greg Abbott, R-Texas, decides to put on the second special session's call sheet.

"What happens next is entirely up to Greg Abbott," Wu said in a statement. "After deliberation among our caucus, we have reached a consensus: Texas House Democrats refuse to give him a quorum to pass his racist maps that silence more than 2 million Black and Latino Texans — in keeping with our original promise to Texans, the First Called Special Session will never make quorum again, defeating Abbott’s first attempt at passing his racial gerrymander."

Wu has led over 50 Texas House Democrats over the last two weeks, after they fled to Democratic states across the country to prevent the

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