Texas state Republican Rep. Briscoe Cain told Newsmax on Tuesday that the runaway Democrats who fled his state’s legislature in hopes of defeating a new GOP-friendly congressional map are to be commended for giving Republicans time to make additional changes before the map’s passage.
“They certainly actually gave us time to make some extra tweaks to the map and make it even better,” Cain said on “Wake Up America.” “So, had we not had that extra time, we wouldn’t have a better big, beautiful map. So, thank you, Democrats.”
Texas Democrats who fled the state on Aug. 3 to prevent a quorum were shadowed by law enforcement Tuesday after being forced by Republicans to agree to around-the-clock surveillance by the state Department of Public Safety to leave the House floor.
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