We will not back down from this fight.
Listen, all those big blue states, they’ve already gerrymandered.
And know this: If California tries to gerrymander, find more districts, listen, Texas has the ability to eliminate 10 Democrats in our state...
We are in the process ... of searching for, preparing to arrest, Democrats who may be in Texas, may be elsewhere.
Texas House Democrats abandoned their duty to Texans.
The special legislative session cannot last more than 30 days, but I could continue to call new sessions indefinitely.
Texas will continue to fight for what is right.
Real Texans don’t run from a fight.
This order will remain in effect until all missing Democrat House members are accounted for and brought to the Texas Capitol.
For any member who fails to do so, I will invoke Texas Attorney General Opinion No. KP-0382 to remove the missing Democrats from membership ...
Derelict Democrat House members must return to Texas and be in attendance when the House reconvenes at 3:00 PM on Monday, August 4, 2025.