Dem Texas lawmaker spends night on state House floor after refusing GOP-mandated police escort

A Democratic state lawmaker spent the night on the Texas House floor, refusing a Republican-imposed police escort to prevent her and her Democratic colleagues from leaving the state again as the GOP looks to redraw congressional districts.

Democratic state Rep. Nicole Collier stayed on the House floor in the Texas Capitol on Monday night and Tuesday. The House is not set to convene again until Wednesday, when a vote on the maps is scheduled.

Collier, who represents a minority-majority district in Fort Worth, said she "refuses to sign away her dignity," calling herself a political prisoner, FOX4 Dallas-Fort Worth reported.

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