A Democratic Texas state lawmaker who spent the night on the Texas House floor rather than accept a police escort slammed the GOP in an interview as Republicans try to move forward with their plan to redistrict the Lone Star State.

Texas Rep. Nicole Collier was one of the Democratic state legislators who fled earlier this month to break quorum and stall the plan, before returning to the Lone Star State on Monday after a two-week standoff. She opted to spend the night in the state House rather than let law enforcement surveil her as part of Republicans' effort to ensure lawmakers would return to the state Capitol, The Associated Press reported.

“At the moment that the directive was issued, I felt like it was wrong. It's just wrong to require grown people to get a permission slip to roam a

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