In an effort to prevent the Republican-led Texas state legislature from redrawing congressional maps, more than 50 Democrat representatives left the state on Monday to prevent an official vote from taking place.

While Gov. Greg Abbott has threated those absent Democrats with arrest, Texas State Rep. Brian Harrison, R-Waxahachie, told Newsmax on Tuesday that the public should have “anger at both parties.

“The sentiment [in the Texas State House] is one of outrage, disappointment, frustration and, quite frankly, anger at both parties. Here’s the reality — everybody across America should be angry at the Democrats who fled their constitutional responsibilities and are hiding behind Governor [J.B.] Pritzker in Illinois, the most gerrymandered state in the country. But my constituents are equally furious at the weak establishment, feckless Republican leadership in the state of Texas who allowed this to happen,” Harrison said during an appearance on “National Report.”

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