Trump Says FBI ‘may Have To’ Help Bring Texas Democrats Back To State

AP – After Republican Sen. John Cornyn of Texas called on the FBI to help locate and arrest Democrats who left the state to block a vote on a new congressional map, Trump said, “They may have to.”

“A lot of people have demanded they come back,” said Trump. “You can’t just sit it out. You have to go back, you have to fight it out.”

Legal experts and even Republican state Attorney General Ken Paxton say it would be difficult to enforce consequences against the Democratic lawmakers.

Texas House rules allow for fines of $500 every day the Democrats are absent. The House also issued civil warrants for the missing lawmakers to be arrested and returned to the House.

Source: The Associated Press