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Keith Edwards discusses Texas Governor Greg Abbott’s escalation amid the redistricting battle: on August 4, 2025, Abbott ordered civil arrest warrants for over 50 Democratic state lawmakers who fled Texas—largely to Illinois, New York, and Massachusetts—in an effort to break quorum and stall a GOP plan to redraw congressional districts in the Republicans’ favor.
Rep. Greg Casar joins the show to explore the fallout, condemning Abbott’s actions as authoritarian overreach, defending the lawmakers’ walkout as a critical defense of democratic representation, and to answer your questions.
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