Texas State Rep. Nicole Collier spent the night in the Texas State House chamber in Austin after being literally locked inside for refusing police monitoring required by the Republican majority. Collier was one of 51 Texas lawmakers who fled the state in order to prevent a radical redistricting plan that would eliminate five Democratic congressional seats from Texas.

Upon returning to the capitol, the Democrats were forced to agree to a mandate by Texas House Speaker Dustin Burrows that they be monitored 24/7 by state troopers leading up to the vote on redistricting on Wednesday to prevent them leaving again. Collier wasn't permitted to leave the building after she refused to give her permission for monitoring, calling it a "permission slip" and a "hall pass."

"I refuse to sign away my d

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