The Texas GOP is looking for a civil arrest of DEMS which fled the redistribution vote

Texas Republicans, General prosecutor Ken Paxton And the president of the Chamber, Dustin Burrows, is looking for civil arrest mandates for the Democrats of the Texas Chamber who broke the quorum when they fled the State for Illinois and California.

In the latest climbing of the debate on redistribution storming national policy, Paxton and Burrows seek to “domesticate” civil arrest mandates in Illinois and California for the Democrats in Texas who fled the only Star State in the State to block most of the Chamber of the United States.

“We are continuing each legal appeal at our disposal to keep these liable thugs legislators,” said Paxton in a statement. “Texas deserves representatives who do their job instead of fleeing at the request of their billionaire managers. If there is one thing that Texans cannot bear more than losers, they are cowards.”

Burrows stressed that “all the options are on the table” to ensure that the members of the chamber return home to Texas to “fulfill their constitutional obligations”.

Texas asks Illinois runs to enforce the mandates against democratic legislators

Ken Paxton, Attorney General of Texas, during the National Republican Convention (RNC) at the Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Tuesday July 16, 2024. (Hannah Beier / Bloomberg via Getty Images)

“The State has no other choice than to pursue additional legal remedies to oblige its return to other states. Our goal is to put an end to this lack of duty and restore the quorum in the Maison du Texas as soon as we can return our time, our attention and our resources where they count the most – on the critical problems of the Special Session Call,” said the speaker of the Republican Chamber.

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Burrows issued arrest warrants on August 4 for the Democrats who fled Texas, under article III, article 10 of the Constitution of Texas and Rule 5, article 8, of the rules of the House of Representatives of Texas.

According to the Office of the Attorney General, it allows “(a) absent for whom no sufficient excuse is made, to the order of the majority of those present, be sent and arrested, wherever they are found”.

More than a week later, as the Democrats have not yet returned, Paxton and Burrows seek to implement their mandates in Illinois and California, through the Clause of faith and full credit of the American Constitution.

The governor of Illinois JB Pritzker pronounces his annual budget address before the president of the Emanuel Chamber “Chris” Welch, on the left, and the president of the Senate Don Harmon, Wednesday, February 19, 2025, at the Capitol of the State of Illinois in Springfield, Illinois. (Brian Cassella / Chicago Tribune via AP, swimming pool)

While Texas Republicans argue that other states are forced to respect the official acts of the Texas State, the two Govs. JB Pritzker de l’Illinois and Gavin Newsom from California came out to support Texas Docrats, while their original states float their own redistribution plans to balance the scales if the Texas Republicans succeed.

Democrats will not be detained and escorted to Texas unless a state court of Illinois and California accepts the civilian arrest mandates of Texas.

Once the legislators leave the State, they go beyond the legal jurisdiction of the authorities of Texas who can oblige their return Non -partisan educational resource This explains the legality of the American government.

California Governor Gavin Newsom attended a press conference on July 2, 2025 in Burbank, California. (CARLIN STIEHL / LOS Angeles Times via Getty Images)

However, if they were to return to Texas, the Constitution of Texas would allow legislative leaders to “physically compel the attendance” of the members who have disappeared through civil arrest mandates, allowing the police to find the missing democrats and to return them to the Capitol.

Paxton also filed a complaint with the Supreme Court of Texas, asking that 13 seats in the Chamber of Democrats be declared vacant because they fled the State to avoid the remiscover vote supported by Trump.

The conservative general prosecutor also filed a complaint against the former American representative Beto O’Rourke, D-Texas, for having allegedly conspired to help and approach the efforts of the Democrats to break the quorum.

Former American representative Beto O’Rourke speaks to participants during a rally “Our Fight, Our Future” at Millennium Bowling, October 2, 2024, in Austin, Texas. (Brandon Bell / Getty Images)

According to the Information Service of the courthouseTarrant County Republican Judge, Megan Fay, made a temporary ban on O’Rourke and his Super PAC, powered by people, after the deposit of the prosecution “to stop using funds to pay for democrats’ travel costs and carry out funds to pay such expenses in the future”.

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When he was contacted to comment, a pritzker spokesperson indicated his past commentsTackling the threat of civil arrests on a national level, in which he said that Illinois law enforcement will protect “everyone” in Illinois.

And a Newsom spokesman Faculty SES X messagesdragging the republicans of Texas and urging them to “come” democracy.

O’Rourke did not immediately respond to the request for comments from Fox News Digital.