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Greg Abbott's Threat BLOWS UP In Brutal Takeover Scheme Escalation Against Democrats
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August 4, 2025
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3:40Now PlayingTexas Governor Greg Abbott blows up in terrifying escalation of his outrageous election scheme to turn against his own state's residents in order to rig elections to his and Donald Trump's benefit, with an alarming threat against Texas Democrat leaders who have fled to Illinois in protest of gerrymandering vote. John Iadarola and Jayar Jackson break it down on The Damage Report. Leave a comment with your thoughts below!
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Greg Abbott Escalates War With Democrats Over Gerrymandering Plan
"Texas Governor Greg Abbott is threatening to expel any Democratic legislators who don’t show up to the Texas Capitol by Monday afternoon—after Democrats fled the state to stop a vote on Republicans’ obviously gerrymandered congressional maps.
Fifty-one Texas Democrats left the Lone Star State over the weekend, thus denying Republicans the two-thirds quorum needed for votes in the state’s 150-member legislature. They plan to stay away for the duration of the two-week special legislation in which the House is scheduled to vote on the GOP’s new congressional maps.
“We’re walking out on a rigged system that refuses to listen to the people we represent,” said state Representative Gene Wu, who chairs the Texas House Democratic Caucus. “As of today, this corrupt special session is over.”
In a statement Sunday, Abbott fulminated against the Democrats. “This truancy ends now,” he wrote. “The derelict Democrat House members must return to Texas and be in attendance when the House reconvenes at 3:00 PM on Monday, August 4, 2025.”"
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