{"id":2471447,"date":"2025-08-06T10:35:02","date_gmt":"2025-08-06T14:35:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-delivers-bad-news-to-absconded-texas-democrats-you-cant-just-sit-it-out\/"},"modified":"2025-08-06T10:36:22","modified_gmt":"2025-08-06T14:36:22","slug":"trump-delivers-bad-news-to-absconded-texas-democrats-you-cant-just-sit-it-out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-delivers-bad-news-to-absconded-texas-democrats-you-cant-just-sit-it-out\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump Delivers Bad News to Absconded Texas Democrats: &#8216;You Can&#8217;t Just Sit It Out&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftrump-delivers-bad-news-to-absconded-texas-democrats-you-cant-just-sit-it-out%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2471447&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>former President Donald Trump suggested that the FBI might need to get involved in locating Texas Democratic lawmakers who fled the state to block a Republican-backed redistricting plan. The texas Democrats left to break the legislative quorum, preventing the vote on new congressional maps that could increase Republican portrayal. Texas Governor Greg Abbott has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/serious-disregard-for-these-childrens-welfare-biden-admin-policies-could-place-migrant-kids-in-homes-with-sex-offenders\/\" title=\"\u2018Serious Disregard For These Children\u2019s Welfare\u2019: Biden Admin Policies Could Place Migrant Kids in Homes With Sex Offenders\">ordered law enforcement<\/a> to arrest the absent legislators based on civil warrants, but uncertainty remains about cooperation from the states where the Democrats have traveled.Senator John Cornyn also called on the FBI to assist in finding the lawmakers,emphasizing they may be violating the law by avoiding their constitutional duties. Trump criticized the Democrats for fleeing and praised Texas&#8217;s pro-business approach, contrasting it with policies in Democrat-led states.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>President Donald Trump said Texas Democrats who fled the state in a stunt to avoid voting on a redistricting measure that could reduce their party&rsquo;s power may face visits from the FBI.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Although the Democrats are a minority in the Texas legislature, their absence prevents the legislature from having a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/texas-democrats-consider-fleeing-state-bid-block-republican-redistricting-efforts\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">quorum<\/a>, which means no business gets done. As noted by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2025\/08\/04\/nx-s1-5492114\/quorum-break-texas-democrats-walkout\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NPR<\/a>, the stunt was done in 2003 and 2021, with the end result of delaying the eventual passage of the legislation <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/court-rules-runaway-texas-democrats-can-tracked-arrested\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Democrats<\/a> wanted to block.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>During a media event on Tuesday, Trump was asked, &ldquo;Should the FBI get involved?&rdquo;<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>&ldquo;Well, they may have to,&rdquo; he said, according to a <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/FoxNews\/status\/1952854737004482887\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">post on X<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">President Trump says FBI &ldquo;may have to&rdquo; get involved in locating Texas Democrats who fled the state to prevent vote on new redistricting maps. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/1ER4W6tkpL\">pic.twitter.com\/1ER4W6tkpL<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Fox News (@FoxNews) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FoxNews\/status\/1952854737004482887?\">August 5, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;They may have to. No, I know they want them back. Not only the attorney general, the governor wants them back. If you look, I mean the governor of Texas is demanding they come back. So, a lot of people are demanding they come back,&rdquo; Trump continued.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>&ldquo;You can&rsquo;t just sit it out. You have to go back. You have to fight it out. That&rsquo;s what elections are all about.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} else { \t\t\t\tdocument.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\", function() { \t\t\t\t\tfunction loadScript(src) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst script=document.createElement(\"script\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.src=src; \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.async=true; \t\t\t\t\t\tdocument.body.appendChild(script); \t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\tfunction findPreviousParagraph(selector, x) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst targetElement=document.querySelector(selector); \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!targetElement) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Target element not found.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Get all <\/p>\n<p> elements in order as they appear in the document \t\t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphs=Array.from(document.querySelectorAll(\"p\"));  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the index of the last <\/p>\n<p> before the target element \t\t\t\t\t\tlet targetIndex=paragraphs.findIndex(p=> p.compareDocumentPosition(targetElement) & Node.DOCUMENT_POSITION_PRECEDING);  \t\t\t\t\t\tif (targetIndex===-1 || targetIndex <x) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Not enough paragraphs before the target element.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\treturn paragraphs[targetIndex - x]; \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Set up IntersectionObserver \t\t\t\t\tfunction observeElement(element) { \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!element) return;  \t\t\t\t\t\tconst observer=new IntersectionObserver( \t\t\t\t\t\t\t(entries)=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tentries.forEach(entry=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tif (entry.isIntersecting) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.log(\"Paragraph is now visible:\", entry.target.textContent.trim()); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tloadScript(\"https:\/\/embed.sendtonews.com\/player3\/embedcode.js?fk=s28Az7AY\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.disconnect(); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t}, \t\t\t\t\t\t\t{ threshold: 0.5 } \/\/ Adjust threshold as needed \t\t\t\t\t\t);  \t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.observe(element); \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the 1st paragraph before #stnvideo and observe it \t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphToObserve=findPreviousParagraph(\"#stnvideo\", 2); \t\t\t\t\tobserveElement(paragraphToObserve); \t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<div>\n<p>&ldquo;Well, I think they&rsquo;ve abandoned the state,&rdquo; Trump said, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/watch-trump-says-fbi-may-have-to-help-texas-round-up-awol-dem-lawmakers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fox News<\/a>, adding, &ldquo;Looks very bad.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>When asked if the Texas plan, which would potentially give Texas Republicans five new House seats, would spark retaliation from Democrat-run states, Trump said, &ldquo;They&rsquo;ll do it anyway.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>&ldquo;Look, a lot of these states, you know, I watched this morning as Democrats are complaining, and they&rsquo;re complaining from states where they&rsquo;ve done it, like in Illinois, like in Massachusetts,&rdquo; he continued.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>&ldquo;The Democrats have done it long before we started. They&rsquo;ve done it all over the place. They did it in New York. They did it in a lot of different states,&rdquo; Trump said.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Trump noted that despite Democrats&rsquo; hand-wringing, Texas is booming.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>&ldquo;Texas is a place that&rsquo;s done very well with a free enterprise kind of an attitude, with the exact opposite of what&rsquo;s happening in New York with a communist mayor. And they know what they&rsquo;re doing. And they&rsquo;re doing the right thing,&rdquo; he explained. &ldquo;So, we&rsquo;ll see what happens. We have a wonderful governor in Texas. He feels strongly about it. It&rsquo;s going to be up to him.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Earlier Tuesday, Sen, John Cornyn of Texas raised the concept of the FBI intervening, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/news\/politics\/2025\/08\/05\/donald-trump-fbi-texas-democratic-lawmakers-arrest-redistricting\/85531774007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">USA Today<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>&ldquo;In a representative democracy, we resolve our differences by debating and voting, not by running away,&rdquo; Cornyn wrote in a letter to FBI Director Kash Patel, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/senate\/5436818-texas-democrats-cornyn-fbi\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Hill<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>&ldquo;I request the FBI&rsquo;s assistance, as federal resources are necessary to locate the out-of-state Texas legislators who are potentially acting in violation of the law,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;The FBI has tools to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/exclusive-video-texas-national-guard-to-begin-turn-back-program-at-rio-grande-says-governor\/\" title=\"EXCLUSIVE VIDEO: ... National Guard to Begin &#039;Turn Back&#039; Program at Rio Grande, Says Governor\">aid state law enforcement<\/a> when <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/texas-gop-senator-drops-bomb-runaway-dems-could-be-guilty-of-bribery-now-he-wants-the-fbi-involved\/\" title=\"... GOP Senator Drops Bomb: Runaway Dems Could Be Guilty of &#039;Bribery&#039; \u2013 Now He Wants the ... ...\">parties cross state lines<\/a>, including to avoid testifying or fleeing a scene of a crime.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>&ldquo;These legislators have <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >committed potential criminal acts<\/a> in their rush to avoid their constitutional responsibilities and must be fully investigated and held accountable,&rdquo; Cornyn continued. &ldquo;I urge you to work with Texas public officials to provide them the support they need.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>On Monday, Texas Gov. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/gov-abbott-responds-crocketts-hot-wheels-mockery-left-dust\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Greg Abbott<\/a> ordered the Texas Department of Public Safety to arrest legislators, based on civil arrest warrants issued by the legislature.<\/p>\n<p>Because Democrats have fled to blue states such as Illinois, Massachusetts and New York, it is uncertain how cooperative those states would be in executing arrest warrants from Texas, USA Today noted.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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