During the standoff

A Democratic state legislator spent the night on the floor of the Texas House, rejecting Republican-imposed police escorts to prevent her and her Democratic colleagues from leaving the state again as Republicans hope to re-report Congressional District.

Democratic Rep. Nicole Collier stays Texas Capitol Monday night and Tuesday. The house was not intended to be called again until Wednesday, before the map was scheduled to be voted on.

Collier, representing a minority district in Fort Worth Fort, said she was “refusing to sign dignity” and called herself a political prisoner. FOX4 Dallas-Fort Worth Report.

Democratic lawmakers at the state capitol said Texas Department of Public Safety officials followed them around Monday, either guarding their offices or staying in them and then delaying them as they leave. They said they had to sign a “permit form” and be monitored to leave the building.

Texas Senate passes new Republican maps to congressional as House people stay in the woods

This is after a two-week standoff between Republican leaders in Texas and dozens of Texas Democratic caucus members who fled the state to deny the legislature’s adoption President Donald Trump supports the redivision billwhich could provide the Republicans with five congressional seats.

State Rep. Nicole Collier is one of the Texas Democratic State lawmakers who oppose the re-division bill supported by the state’s Republican Party. (Texas Rep. Gene Wu via AP)

After Democrats fled, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott and other Republican leaders vowed not to back down, threatening to evacuate them from the office and arrest them.

Texas Dems also skipped town in 2021 to avoid voting and caught Covid-19 in DC

For its part, the AWOL Democrats promised not to return until another democracies moved back to the new Republican seat in Texas. The same goes for Democrats Swear they won’t come back To Texas, until the governor calls for the passage of a special legislative session of the redistricting bill and other priorities ends.

State Rep. Nicole Collier said she rejected Republican-mandated police escorts and chose to stay in the House Monday and Tuesday. (Texas Rep. Gene Wu via AP)

Click here to get the Fox News app

The special meeting ended Friday; however, Abbott played a second special meeting and began immediately. The Texas Senate has voted to pass the measure.

Peter Pinedo of Fox News Digital and the Associated Press contributed to the report.