(Headline USA) Texas Democrats who hurriedly fled to Washington — maskless, on two chartered jets, carting at least one case of beer — to block new election integrity laws back home acknowledged Tuesday they can’t stay away forever and urged Congress to act on voting rights. Meanwhile Republican Gov. Greg Abbott threatened them with arrest the moment they return.
As Democrats gathered at the U.S. Capitol, Republicans in the unusually skeletal Texas House of Representatives authorized finding and bringing back more than 50 lawmakers “under warrant of arrest if necessary.” However, state troopers have no jurisdiction beyond Texas, making it unclear what if any actions would immediately be taken.
Abbott has already threatened Democrats with arrest once they come back home, which may not be until the current 30-day special session ends in August. Though that would successfully stymie the GOP’s current............
