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Pritzker Slams Trump as Texas Democrats Flee to Illinois
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0:51Now PlayingTexas Democratic lawmakers said they left the state in an effort to temporarily block Republicans from redrawing its congressional maps — a redistricting initiative pushed by President Donald Trump to help retain GOP control of the US House of Representatives in the midterms.
Many have gone to the Chicago area, selecting a location where local and state governments are led by Democrats. Some the politicians also went to Boston and Albany, New York.
“I’m going to do everything I can to make sure that they’re welcome here, that they have the ability to stay as long as they need to and want to,” Illinois Governor JB Pritzker said at a press conference in Carol Stream, flanked by the Texas lawmakers.
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