Texas Democratic legislators flee state to protest GOP's redistricting plan | NYGazet

Texas Democrats fled the state Sunday, aiming to delay a plan to redraw the state's congressional map and give the GOP a bigger edge — an idea blessed by President Trump.

Democratic state legislators fled Texas on Sunday in an attempt to deny a quorum to Republicans hoping to vote on a new congressional map that heavily favors the GOP even more than current districts. "For two weeks, while families in the Hill Country... [8916 chars]