U.S. Sen. John Cornyn, a Republican from Texas, sent a letter to FBI Director Kash Patel this week asking for assistance in tracking down Democratic lawmakers who fled the state to avoid voting on a congressional redistricting plan.
Cornyn cited how the 50 Texas House Democrats were trying to deny Republicans a quorum in an attempt to block the new district map. The redistricting push could add as many as five seats to the Republican total in the House of Representatives next November.
The move — though legal — was seen by some Democrats as underhanded.
It later triggered several outbursts, along with threats of political retaliation from left-leaning states.
Many of the Democrats fled to one such state, Illinois, with the help of Illinois
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