The Texas Democrats’ distant

When Mihaela Plesa, vice chairman of the Democratic caucus in Texas, arrives earlier this month, whether she will join dozens of fellow Democratic lawmakers to decide whether to flee the country. On the one hand, Texas Governor Greg Abbott proposed a radical plan to remake the state’s congressional map in support of Republicans. By leaving the state, Plesa and her colleagues could deprive Texas of two-thirds of the quorum of approved people. Plesa, on the other hand, wondered how she would explain a step that might have weakened calls for a bipartisan system that helped her win elections in a politically divided area in the Dallas suburb of Plano. She also suspects that escaping the state is a winning strategy. Any success in denying Republicans is almost certainly temporary.

When Plesa Waffled, her husband put on the song “Should I Stay or Should I Go” in the midst of the conflict. It was a joke, they laughed, but one lyric resonated: “If I go, there will be trouble / If I stay, it will be twice as much.”

Plesa went. This is how she found herself in a Union Hall in the suburbs of Chicago the other day, standing in one Big Lone Star Flagand attack Abbott’s strategy as “power robbery”. The governor’s actions are Donald Trump’s requesta clear strategy that could help the Republicans maintain its narrow majority in the House by increasing the likelihood of the party capturing five congressional seats by mid-2026. The facts of redistricting are the facts that happen before the next census are more controversial. “It’s not just Texas or Texans,” Puresa said in front of the battery of the TV camera. “It’s about the pillars of democracy as we know it.”

More than 50 Democratic lawmakers were called a quorum on August 3. (The tactic is Use first In Texas in 1870 To 13 state senators Oppose radical Republicans plan create National militia and increase the governor’s power A period of time Nothing without heaven and anti-black violence. ) was originally intended to withdraw all the spirit of Paul Revere’s riding to Abbott, forcing Paul Revere to ride, as Texas lawmakers shouted to warn everyone who would listen, that it was a task. “We are no longer on the road of authoritarianism. We are there.” Representative Gina Hinojosa flew from Chicago to Sacramento Nancy Pelosi. “The only way we have hope of getting out of it is that every American who loves freedom will do his best.”

The plan is to stay away from Texas until August 19, Abbott’s 30-day special meeting The plan is over. Plesa comes with a large suitcase, a smaller carry-on and a work bag that includes her rope and charger. She watched the contact number for the public that constituted services and professional clothing. She also made sure to bring a complicated etched Romanian gold coin that once belonged to her grandmother. For Plesa, Abbott and Trump’s recent moves respond to stories she heard when she grew up, with coins sealing their grandmother’s spiritual seals, helping to keep themselves rooted. “She’s kind of like a noisy buzzer, a rule-breaker, and she always tells me, ‘Don’t make yourself smaller or smaller or softer to the world.’ Transparent

Most Democrats in Texas flew to Illinois on rented planes and were headed by bus Conference Center In St. Charles, about 40 miles west of downtown Chicago, Plesa has already commercialized to Albany, where she met with several colleagues at Democratic Gov. Kathy Hochul, New York. Plesa soon discovered that Exodus was big news. She speaks at a press conference Sitting next to Hochuland appeared on several cable TV shows. As a self-proclaimed “Dallas town politician,” she found it surreal. “I mean, people have heard of us,” she said. Pastor Al Sharpton She appeared on his radio show and she thought, “Oh my god, this is crazy.”

Plesa then joined colleagues in Illinois. She arrived late August 5 and fell on the bed of a hotel where many Texas lawmakers stayed, only waking up the bomb threat early the next morning, forcing the building to evacuate. She later said, “I always knew it was serious, but I never thought about it. Wow, my life is actually in danger. “In other forms of intimidation and harassment, this is the first of two bomb threats.

Despite being out there, Texas Democrats say they are working harder than ever. Plesa’s days have been in media appearances and strategy meetings, having two remote meetings with four of her Texas employees and meetings with two groups of lawyers who advised them while at Texas Attorney General, Ken Paxton, Ken Paxton. File a lawsuit 13 Democratic seats, including Plesa, were announced. Gene Wua Houston representative chairperson, the Democratic Caucus chairperson pointed out his current circle and told me that he slept no more than four hours a night. “Every five seconds, either there is a crisis or another interview,” he said. “Everyone is very, very tired.” He pointed out that the legislator is Remunerated He added that only $72 a year – “before tax” – “if they are not at home, they won’t make money.”

From the beginning, as Yape criticize Plesa, known as “abandoned” by the dead Democrat, realized she needed to call voters so they could know “I didn’t give up on them.” She described what she was doing and why she told her about the chair Telephone From Trump. Her court: “Do we work for the people of Texas or for Donald Trump? We have nine hearings on rezoning. We have two flood. This tells you the priorities. “She noted that national attention has been limited to the re-division efforts in North Carolina in 2023 change A delegation of Republicans and seven Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives is a Republican majority of the Republicans’ ten seats, enough to control the House to Republicans. (The opponent is compete The Republicans come in Federal Court. ) “That’s it Famous quotes– You know, “They came first for this group and I didn’t say anything,” she told me.

At a press conference at the United Room, WU carried out its latest developments: U.S. Sen. John Cornyn, a Republican from Texas, announced that the FBI would help locate the Democrats, while Paxton would challenge Cornyn in next year’s primary, announcing that he would seek arrest. Wu called this move “ridiculous”. Plesa points to the vice president JD Vance’s Indiana TourHe lobbies Republicans for re-division, and she points to the Democrats’ counterattacks on running the country, such as Newsom efforts Create new maps that may produce five Democratic chair in California. (A few days later, Newsom confirmed that he would ask voters to abandon the current map of the next three congressional elections in a special election in November. “We can’t unilaterally disarm,” he said.)

To prove that the battle has surpassed Texas, lawmakers brought their media audiences to two large screens that held a press conference in California, where the News Agency, Pelosi and Democratic leaders of the state legislature have just met with six Texas legislators. Representative Ann Johnson, the first Texan to speak, warned that Trump had compared it by appeaseing Trump’s “coming danger” and also Plesa has been asking reporters. “You all remember,” Johnson said, “that Trump calls Georgia said, “Boy, I need a thousand votes.” To their credit, those Republicans said, “No, we didn’t do that. Cross the line. When Trump called Gov. Greg Abbott and Texas Republicans said, “Boy, I need you to steal five seats,” they said, “Does July work for you?” “transparent