Texas Democrat says GOP redistricting push is a 'coup for President Trump'
Source: Scripps News
Posted 3:01 PM, Aug 05, 2025 and last updated 3:31 PM, Aug 05, 2025
Texas Democratic state Rep. Ann Johnson doesn’t appear concerned about the possibility of being arrested after leaving the state to block a Republican-led effort to redraw congressional districts.
On Monday, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott called on state troopers to locate and arrest any Texas Democrat involved in the walkout, which denied the state House a quorum and halted action on the redistricting plan.
"The threat of arrest, to the other threats that have been made with regard to us losing our positions and losing our jobs, I think shows how desperate Texas Republicans are to try to pull off this coup for President [Donald] Trump," Johnson said in an interview with Scripps News. "He has demanded of them that they go find five congressional seats because he is desperately afraid of the will of the voters coming up next November 2026."
"Republicans are doing everything they can to try to help him," she added. "But that's why Democrats are breaking quorum. We are taking a stand and recognizing that voice of voters is what's going to be silenced if they go through with this [redistricting]."
Read more: https://www.scrippsnews.com/us-news/we-are-taking-a-stand-texas-democrat-stands-firm-after-leaving-state-over-redistricting-fight
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