Texas Governor Greg Abbott has called in the FBI to help find the missing legislators who've fled the capitol to avoid a vote on redistricting that could alter the House of Representatives more heavily in favor of Republicans. This has happened before in the Red state of Texas, home to a stubborn class of independent types who like to think they are "special" in some way or another.
Some folks are saying this is an abuse of the FBI's role in America because they are known as crime fighters, not 'dog catchers'. certainly, if the Dems think this tactic will work, then in your face, Greg Abbott. We know this tactic smacks of partisanship in a big, mean way. Voters in Texas are hardly sympathetic to Dems, but they are aware of public opinion in some small way. Will the 'roundup'succeed? Who knows, Governors don't always know the future despite their wish to have a handle on it. Where are the fabled Texas Rangers? Seems that call would generate more hysteria than calling in Feds to do the roundup. But first, they have to find those who fled. Maybe they've donned disguises. Maybe they've gone to Montana to fish; maybe they've gone to Mexico to hideout with cartel members.
The Saga of the Missing Dems continues.
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