Texas Democrats who fled the state to postpone a GOP redistricting plan are blasting the recent involvement of the FBI to “hunt us down,” accusing Republicans of amping up rhetoric and putting a “dangerous target” on their backs.
On a call with reporters, Democratic state Reps. Armando Welle and Mary Gonzalez, along with state Sen. Molly Cook, said that the FBI has “no authority” to locate and forcibly bring them back to Texas. The agency approved Sen. John Cornyn’s (R-TX) request to locate the “runaway” Democrats, the senator announced Thursday.
“They have no authority to hunt us down,” Welle said. “They just don’t.”
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Welle said lawmakers who have fled the state received a security briefing on the FBI joining the Texas Rangers and the Texas Department
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