Ken Paxton, the Attorney General of Texas, has called for the "immediate" arrest of all the Texas state Democrats who fled Austin in order to block the GOP vote on the proposed redistricting plan.

Gov. Greg Abbott says the dozens of Democrats who fled the state to block a redraw of the state’s congressional maps could also be charged with bribery or be removed from their seats. Ethics experts question his threats.

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has signaled he supports the “immediate” arrest of the Texas Democrats who fled the state in order to halt a vote on a GOP redistricting plan. Earlier on Sunday, more than 51 Texas Democratic lawmakers flew to Chicago in order to break quorum,