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to a month left on the clock, and according to texas house rules, lawmakers, at least theoretically, can be compelled to come backre to the state capitol if they are not present during the session. in other words, republicans maybe can sic the state capitol public safety office on them to track them down and round them all back up and, what, force them back to austin? in 2003 when texas democrats staged a similar protest out of state the texas governor ordered state troopers to go find the democrats and bring them back t texas. that said texas state troopers can t arrest somebody anywhere outside of texas including in washington, d.c.d t neither can the capitol public safety officer for that matter. that s why democrats left the state.ic that s why democrats fled texas this time. to indefinitely deny republicans a quorum in an effort to block these voting restrictions from becoming law. nbc news is reporting tonight that before texas democrats picked d.c. as their safe harbo they had o
they have. now, this is a little different than we saw back in may. last time democrats staged that walkout two hours before the end of a legislative session. there wasn t any time to round them up and force them back into the chamber in austin. this time around there s close to a month left on the clock and according to texas house rules, lawmakers at least theoretically can be compelled to come back to the state capitol if they are not present during the session. in other words, republicans maybe can sic the state capitol public safety office on them to track them down and round them all back up and, what, force them back to austin? in 2003 when texas democrats staged a similar protest out of state the texas governor ordered state troopers to go find the democrats and bring them back to texas. that said texas state troopers can t arrest somebody anywhere outside of texas including in washington, d.c. neither can the capitol public safety officer for that matter. that s why democrats