Texas GOP seeks to ‘domesticate’ rogue Dems for breaking quorum through nationwide civil arrest warrants

Texas Republicans, Attorney General Ken Paxton and House Speaker Dustin Burrows are seeking nationwide civil arrest warrants for the Texas House Democrats who broke quorum when they fled the state for Illinois and California. 

In the latest escalation of the redistricting debate taking national politics by storm, Paxton and Burrows are seeking to "domesticate" civil arrest warrants in Illinois and California for the Texas Democrats who fled the Lone Star State to block a Republican-led redistricting plan that could protect Republicans' slim U.S. House majority. 

"We are pursuing every legal remedy at our disposal to hold these rogue legislators accountable," Paxton said in a statement. "Texas deserves representatives who do their jobs instead of running away at the behest of their...