Pritzker calls the “undesirable” FBI in Illinois in pursuit of the Democrats of Texas
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The Illinois Democratic Governor JB Pritzker said on Wednesday that the FBI would be “undesirable” to continue the legislators in Texas who fled in his original state to block a re -cutting vote.
In an interview with “News Not Noise with Jessica Yellin”, Pritzker argued that the legislators of Texas had not violated any federal law and, consequently, the FBI does not have jurisdiction. Senator John Cornyn, R-Texas, does not agree, sending a letter to the director of the FBI, Kash Patel, earlier this week, asking the office to help locate or stop “potential counterfeits” which fled Texas in a maneuver to avoid the legislative responsibilities “in violation of their oath”.
“They are large. There are literally no federal law applicable to this situation. said to the podcaster Wednesday. “They can say that they send the FBI. That our state legislators here, the legislators of the States of Texas can be arrested. “”
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Illinois governor JB Pritzker speaks at a press conference with the Democrats in Texas who left their state in protest on August 5, 2025 in Aurora, Illinois. (Scott Olson / Getty Images)
Pritzker classified Cornyn’s plea as a political theater, noting that the Attorney General of Texas Ken Paxton disputes his seat in the American Senate. The Governor of Illinois also scanned on President Donald Trump and the Governor of Texas Greg Abbott.
“We follow the law,” said Pritzker. “But as you know, Donald Trump does not follow the law. Indeed, he is a condemned criminal. And in Texas, they do not follow the law either. They thwart the constitution with the law on voting rights and make threats that they cannot carry out. John Cornyn, of course, which can be difficult to be difficult on this subject. Result of these quarrels. “”
Abbott summoned a special session to try to advance a redistribution plan of the Congress which could add five new republican house seats before the middle of next year.
Trump pushes the Republican states to open the redistribution process in the middle of the cycle in order to give the GOP a better chance of maintaining the chamber control in the mid-term elections of 2026. In Texas, more than 50 Democratic legislators fled the state earlier this month to prevent a quorum necessary in the Texas Chamber, which forces at least 100 members of the organization of 150 members.
The legislators of the State of Texas embark a bus after a press conference at the headquarters of the Damage Deputé Party on August 3, 2025 in Carol Stream, Illinois. (Scott Olson / Getty Images)
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Pritzker and his Democratic colleagues, California Governor Gavin Newsom and New York Governor Kathy Hochul offered a sanctuary to these Texas Democrats, applauding blocking as a struggle to save democracy. Newsom and Hochul have sworn to “fight fire with fire”.
Meanwhile, the Republicans of the State of Texas voted to issue civil arrest warrants and daily fines of $ 500 for democratic colleagues who have abandoned their functions.
Trump told journalists on Tuesday that the FBI “may have to” intervene.
President Donald Trump speaks to journalists after having signed an executive decree during a ceremony in the building of the Eisenhower executive office on August 5, 2025. (Win McNamee / Getty images)
In a telephone interview on “The Squawk Box” by CNBC on Tuesday, Trump argued that the Democratic States, including Massachusetts, California and Illinois, have already pushed the redistribution for the benefit of their own party, so the Republicans will do the same.
“In Illinois, where you probably have the stupidest of all governors, Illinois. This guy really sends – I mean, the company comes out of its state. It is terrible. It is a terrible thing that Pritzker does.” But in Illinois, what happened is terrible what they do – you notice that they are going to Illinois for security. But it’s all Gerrymandered. ”
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“California Gerrymander,” continued the president. “We should have many more seats in the congress in California. Everything is Gerrymandered. And we have the opportunity in Texas to take five seats. We have a very good governor, and we have good people in Texas. And I won Texas. I had the highest vote in Texas history, as you probably know. And, we are entitled to five other seats.”
