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Texas Home Democrats have made it clear that they’re preventing for greater than Texas. The state Home members who left the Lone Star State to disclaim Republicans a quorum to have the ability to cross a racially gerrymandered redistricting map are additionally preventing for the nation.
Texas Home Democrats are doing one thing else. They’re altering the principles of engagement in American politics.
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Texas state Rep. Ron Reynolds mentioned on MSNBC’s The Weekend when requested how lengthy the state’s Democrats can maintain out and keep away:
It’s a sacrifice. And I might be mendacity to you if I mentioned, oh, without end. However I can inform you proper now, our resolve is stronger than it is ever been. We’re digging in and we’re preventing the American individuals. And Texans need to see Democrats combat. They’re sick of seeing the bully, authoritarian president run over Democrats. And we mentioned, no, no, no, no, not you ain’t handled Texas but. So we’re saying, come and get it. We will maintain out so long as it takes.
And we have already seen that we have been a catalyst for change. We noticed California Governor Newsom yesterday say that they’ll put a poll referendum on the poll for November to redistrict in California. So we’re making an attempt to carry out so long as we are able to to get different blue states like New York and Maryland and different locations that they do the identical factor. We bought to vary the principles of engagement and never enable President Trump to proceed to deliver have us deliver a knife to a gunfight. So if it is good for the goose, it is good for the gander. We’ll do no matter it takes for nevertheless lengthy it takes.
