Texas Democrats are facing a full-blown retaliation campaign after fleeing the state to block a Trump-backed redistricting plan including lawsuits, potential arrests, and even calls for the FBI to track them down.

Texas House Democrats who have gone to other states as a way to break quorum — a tactic to prevent the Legislature from approving new and further gerrymandered congressional districts designed to hand five seats to Republicans — need to return to Austin and fight.