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A showdown in Texas.

Texas House Speaker Dustin Burroughs says Democrats are shirking their responsibility

by staying away from today's special session.

Denying the state legislature, the quorum needed to vote on a new congressional map

backed by President Trump.

Return now.

Show the courage to face the issues you were elected to solve.

Come back and fulfill your duty.

Because this House will not sit quietly while you obstruct the work of the people.

The people of Texas are watching, and so is the nation. And if you choose to continue down this road, you should know

there will be consequences. Texas Republicans have voted to issue civil arrest warrants for

Democrats who have fled out of state to cities including Boston, Chicago, and New York.

Andrew Schneider is with Houston Public Media and has more on what Texas Democrats are saying about that new congressional map.

They say it's an openly discriminatory gerrymander aimed at rigging the congressional map already heavily slanted towards Republicans and at disenfranchising non-white Texans.

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