Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton outlined a “new approach” — that he wrote four years ago — which could force the hand of dozens of self-exiled Democrats who fled Texas to block legislation, telling Newsmax on Monday that state Republican leaders are “open to doing it.”

In August 2021, Paxton authored Opinion No. KP-0382, which could be used as the foundation of removing Democrats from membership in the Texas House for not showing up to work.

Nearly 60 Texas Democrats left the state Sunday afternoon — most headed for Illinois, New York and Massachusetts — so the Texas House wouldn’t have a quorum to vote on the redistricting that could net Republicans five additional congressional seats ahead of the 2026 midterms. 

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