Texas House Democrats departed the state Sunday in an attempt to halt a redistricting Monday vote, claiming that the legislation is "using an intentionally racist map" to undermine the voices of Black and Latino voters in the state of Texas. In July 2021, more than 50 Democrats also left the state of Texas and headed to Washington, D.C., to tie up Texas legislation that would implement new voting restrictions in the aftermath of President Donald Trump’s loss of the 2020 election, which some Republicans claimed was "stolen." "Rather than doing their job and voting on urgent legislation affecting the lives of all Texans, they have fled Texas to deprive the House of the quorum necessary to meet and conduct business," Abbot said in a statement late Sunday.
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