Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) has sued to remove Texas Home Democratic Caucus Chair Gene Wu from his seat amid a battle between Texas Democrats and Republicans over redistricting.
“What’s at stake right here? Nothing lower than the way forward for Texas. If a small fraction of recalcitrant lawmakers select to expire the clock in the present day, they’ll accomplish that for any, and each, Common or Particular Session, probably bankrupting the State in an try and get their means,” the Texas Supreme Court docket suit from Abbott reads.
Texas Home Democrats left the state Sunday to disclaim Republicans a legislative quorum as a part of an effort to stop Republicans from redrawing Texas congressional maps.
“On the bottom in Chicago… Combating for the rights of Texans and all People. #txlege,” Wu stated in a publish on the social platform X later Sunday.
Wu beforehand brushed off a threat from Abbott to take away Democrats from the Texas Legislature after they left their state
“Frankly, Democrats say, ‘Come and take it,’” Wu stated in a Monday CNN interview, speaking about threats geared toward lawmakers’ seats.
Abbott’s swimsuit argues that the Democrats who left Texas “have deserted their official duties required by the Structure, which might permit laws to go in a 30-day session that’s very important to Texans’ wants, similar to flood aid, property tax aid, and public-school reforms.”
“Public information recommend that the absconding Democrats even solicited cash to pay the fines incurred for his or her absence,” the swimsuit continues. “The issue right here is that the hurt these members have inflicted can proceed perpetually. They might return from a quorum break for a number of days after which abscond as soon as once more if laws that doesn’t please them is put to a vote.”
The Hill has reached out to Wu and the Texas Home Democratic Caucus for remark.
“Lawless Texas Governor Greg Abbott can mimic Donald Trump all he desires, however his baseless lawsuit to take away Texas Home Democratic Chief Rep. Gene Wu shouldn’t be solely morally repugnant, it’s a weak try at Trump-style intimidation,” Democratic Nationwide Committee Chair Ken Martin stated in a Tuesday assertion.