Greg Abbott Claims He’ll Call “Special Session After Special Session” Until Redistricting Is Accomplished

NBC News reports:

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott vowed to call “special session after special session after special session” in response to Democratic lawmakers who have fled the state to block redistricting legislation, saying they’ll have to stay out of Texas for years to prevent it becoming law.

“We are in the process as we speak right now of searching for, preparing to arrest Democrats who may be in Texas, may be elsewhere,” Abbott, a Republican, told NBC News in an interview at the governor’s mansion Thursday evening.

“But I’ll tell you this also, Democrats act like they’re not going to come back as long as this is an issue,” Abbott said. “That means they’re not going to come back until like 2027 or 2028, because I’m going to call special session after special session after special session with the same agenda items on there.”

Read the full article. In the video below, Abbott calls Texas Democrats “the antithesis of true Texans.” On Tuesday, Abbott gave Texas Democrats until today to return to the Capitol or else he’ll declare their seats vacant.