Reference News, August 7 report. According to EFE news agency on August 6, some Democratic legislators who "left" Texas to protest the Republican Party's redistricting plan were forced to evacuate their hotel in Chicago on June 6 due to bomb threats.
The Democrats stated that these legislators are now safe, but this threat has intensified the tension in the political conflict between the two parties. The bomb threat occurred after the Texas government issued arrest warrants against these legislators and initiated a recall procedure against one of its leaders.
On the 3rd, at least 50 Democratic state legislators from Texas decided to collectively "leave" in order to protest the redistricting plan aimed at benefiting the Republicans in the 2026 midterm elections.
As a retaliatory measure, and to end this boycott, Texas Governor Greg Abbott, a staunch ally of Trump and a far-right conservative, filed a lawsuit with the Texas Supreme Court on June 6, requesting the removal of the position of Democratic leader Wu Yuanzhi.
Abbott accused the Democratic leader of "abandoning his post" and alleged that he sought and accepted financial support to be absent from meetings, which Abbott considered as "bribery". (Translated by Wang Meng)
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