Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced on Tuesday that he would file to vacate Democrat seats if they did not return to vote by the end of the week.
He declared that breaking quorum constitutes an abandonment of office.
Paxton said this on X:
“I will seek judicial orders declaring that runaway Democrats who fail to appear by the Speaker’s deadline have vacated their office,” Paxton said in a statement.
“The people of Texas elected lawmakers, not jet-setting runaways looking for headlines,” he added. “If you don’t show up to work, you get fired.”
BREAKING: I will seek judicial orders declaring that runaway Democrats who fail to appear by the Speaker’s deadline have vacated their office.
The people of Texas elected lawmakers, not jet-setting runaways looking for headlines. If you don’t show up to work, you get fired. pic.twitter.com/yyPWavY38P
— Attorney General Ken Paxton (@KenPaxtonTX) August 5, 2025
Texas State House Speaker Dustin Burrows has set a Friday deadline for the fleebaggers to return and present themselves before the House.
Paxton previously vowed to ensure the runaway Democrats would face the full extent of the law.
House Democrats have fled the state in a cowardly desertion of their responsibilities.
These jet-setting runaways abandoned Texas and sacrificed their constituents for a publicity stunt. It’s imperative that they be swiftly arrested, punished, and face the full force of the law. pic.twitter.com/1P66QxSJIz
— Attorney General Ken Paxton (@KenPaxtonTX) August 4, 2025
As The Gateway Pundit reported, Texas Governor Greg Abbott on Sunday also threatened to remove from office Democrat lawmakers who fled to Illinois and other states to block GOP Congressional redistricting.
Texas Democrats fled the state to block the Republicans in the legislature from holding a special session and to block a redistricting vote on Sunday.
“Democrats hatched a deliberate plan not to show up for work, for the specific purpose of abdicating the duties of their office and thwarting the chamber’s business. That amounts to an abandonment or forfeiture of an elected state office,” Abbott stated.
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