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GOP Senator Cornyn Says FBI Approved Request to Arrest Texas Democratic Lawmakers

HeadlineAug 08, 2025

Texas Republican Senator John Cornyn says the FBI has granted his request to track down and arrest more than 50 Democratic state lawmakers who left the state of Texas to block a vote on the GOP’s new congressional map, which could allow Republicans to win up to five additional congressional seats in the midterm elections.

On Wednesday, Texas legislators were evacuated from a hotel in Chicago after a bomb threat. Police did not find a device.

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