Texas governor threatens to remove Democrats who left state over Trump-backed redistricting
Republican Texas Gov. Greg Abbott says he will begin trying to remove Democratic lawmakers from office if they don’t return after dozens of them left the state in a last-resort attempt to block redrawn U.S. House maps.
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