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Signed warrants. lawmakers would not be jailed if arrested, they could be brought back into the state capital then giving republicans that quorum. the post is reporting just five more lawmakers are needed back in austin for the state to move ahead with its voting restriction legislation. joining our conversation, texas state representative jasmine crockett, who remains in d.c. claire mccaskill is still with us. how are you? do you fear arrest? >> we said we would stay here so long as the senate ...

Law enforcement after their democratic colleagues who are absent from the house and drag them back to the capitol to make quorum so they can do legislative business. whats different this time, though, is that while there are more than two dozen texas democrats still in the nations capital, trying to lobby congressional lawmakers to pass civil votes rights legislation, many have returned to the lone star state. this does put them at arrest for arrest. those civil arrest warrants are only good wit...

The supreme court of texas reversed that and now overnight apparently the house voted 82-12 in texas to issue arrest warrants which will be delivered to the sergeant of arms in texas this morning. brian: i have a suggestion. how about this? no arrest, show up to work. there is another session still in session. vote. what happens. steve: they have to arrest them. brian: when you are in the minority, its frustrating. ask any republican in the house, its frustrating but you have to watch legislatio...

When i spoke with some of the texas democrats, especially those in the lone star state right now, theyre not exactly sure what the next steps look like. they dont know if law enforcement can come to their homes, if they can find them in public and take them essentially and drag them back to the capital or how this will work. one told me that they felt like they were in uncharted territory right now. there is a hearing for that temporary restraining order that was issued by the district court jud...

Democratic state lawmakers could be arrested and brought back to the house chamber by force after the republican house speaker issued civil arrest warrants for 52 who wont come back to the capitol. lawmakers fled the state last month to block the passage of restrictive voting bills. governor greg abbott called a second session to get the bills through, but they still dont have a quorum because many of those democrats still wont take part in the proceedings, but now they could be arrested because...

Youre going to have to come get us. come and get us. were going to use every tool we have to fight this. were not going to let texans voting rights be taken away just because you feel like it. being arrested, being put in jail, being anything, all these things that theyve threatened us with is nothing. what really should matter to texans right now is whats happening under their nose, under governor greg abbotts watch. >> that was texas state representative gene wu reacting to arrest warrants bei...

Office of representative thompson who obviously wasnt there. while many democrats plan to stay in d.c., at least four have returned to texas, meaning the house is just a few votes short of a quorum. the republicans are so focused on reaching a quorum that one of the representatives, infected with coronavirus, has been voting from a quarantine room. so after doing everything that you can, texas republicans, yall are the absolute worst. joining me now is one of those texan fugitives from the long ...

Sentiment. never got a meeting with the president. one was caught or two were caught over in spain. ainsley: in portugal. brian: near spain according to the maps and globe i checked right before i came out. which is much smaller portugal. part of the land there so now they have been embarrassed. just get what you want and move. dont make them martyrs. steve: they are not going to get what they want because they want their bill, the bill in texas to fail. and its going to pass. ainsley: they are ...

But i dont want to get primaried. >> do you think that average texan voters know this and understand what republicans are up to? >> i think they do now. thats why we broke quorum and left the state. it made our constituents, it made americans stop and pay attention and ask why are these texas lawmakers leaving the state? why do they have to leave the state? whats going on. were all awake now to how fragile this democracy is. after january 6th when they could not take control of our government by...