Texas Governor Greg Abbott says that the state Democrats who fled to Washington, D.C. in a move to avoid voting on the state’s new election bill will be arrested when they return. The Texas Governor says that Dem’s choice to flee the state to deprive the Legislature of the needed quorum to conduct the vote will face consequences.

According to Fox News:

“Once they step back into the state they will be arrested and brought back to the Capitol and we will be conducting business,” he said.

“We have special sessions that last 30 days,” Abbott said. “And the governor calls them, and I will continue calling special session after special session because over time it is going to continue until they step up to vote.”

As they arrived in Washington Monday evening, the lawmakers said they would not be swayed.

“We are determined to kill this bill,” said state Rep. Chris Turner, who said he and his colleagues were prepared to run out the clock on a special session that ends early next month.

This is the second walkout Texas Democrats have staged over the elections bill. Democrats claim it will make it more difficult for minorities to vote while Republicans argue it will act as a safeguard against fraud.

However, the situation in Texas and D.C. is still developing by the hour as Governor Abbott tries to pull a quorum together in Austin, TX.

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