TX Gov Orders Arrest Of Dems Who Fled State Over Redistricting
Erin Burnett OutFront
CNN
3.9 • 715 Ratings
🗓️ 5 August 2025
⏱️ 49 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | Out front next, breaking news. |
| 0:06.0 | Arrest the Democrats, the Texas governor ordering the arrest of lawmakers who have fled |
| 0:11.0 | the state to avoid a vote on a Republican redistricting map. |
| 0:14.5 | One Democrat on the run is out front. |
| 0:16.7 | How long can he actually keep it up? |
| 0:18.8 | Plus more breaking news this hour, Epstein victims speaking out, accusing the DOJ of protecting, |
| 0:23.8 | quote, wealthy men as questions grow over what led to Galane Maxwell's incredible prison |
| 0:30.2 | upgrade. |
| 0:31.2 | And she's the daughter of an Episcopalian priest, a South Korean student at Purdue University. Tonight, though, she's in |
| 0:39.4 | ICE custody. What happened? We'll tell you, let's go out front. And good evening. I'm Aaron |
| 0:47.6 | Burnett, and we begin out front tonight with breaking news. Texas Governor Greg Abbott, ordering |
| 0:52.4 | the arrest of 56 Democratic state representatives |
| 0:55.5 | who have fled the state of Texas. |
| 0:58.1 | The Democrats refusing to show up for a vote to redraw congressional districts in Trump's favor. |
| 1:04.3 | Now, the plan, obviously backed by Trump, would give Republicans five more Trump-friendly seats |
| 1:10.5 | in the House, and that's crucial at any time, but especially ahead of the midterm. would give Republicans five more Trump-friendly seats |
| 1:10.9 | in the House, and that's crucial at any time, |
| 1:13.3 | but especially ahead of the midterm elections. |
| 1:16.1 | Democrats say the plan is both corrupt and racist. |
| 1:19.6 | Republicans say that Democrats aren't showing up for work, |
| 1:21.8 | and because they're not showing up for work, |
| 1:23.3 | they should be arrested. |
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