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WTH?!? ‘Locked on the House Floor’: Texas Democrats Held Hostage in ‘Unlawful Detention’
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8:36Now PlayingTexas Democrats were literally locked inside the House chamber, with doors barred and forced “permission slips” to leave.
What GOP leaders tried to frame as a “security detail” amounted to an unlawful detention — lawmakers held hostage in plain sight.
🔥 Texas Democrats **locked inside the House chamber**, doors barred shut.
🔥 Forced to sign **permission slips** just to leave.
🔥 Republicans called it a “security detail” — but it was **unlawful detention**.
🔥 Democracy was **held hostage on the House floor**, exposing the extreme lengths GOP power will go.
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