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WASHINGTON - Sen. John Cornyn said FBI Director Kash Patel accepted his request for federal officers to work with Texas state law enforcement in tracking down the Democratic lawmakers who fled the Lone Star State to try to block Republicans’ redistricting efforts.

More than 50 Texas Democrats left their state on Aug. 3 in order to deny Republicans the quorum they need to move ahead with their plan to carry out an unusual mid-decade redistricting. The effort could give Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives up to five more seats in the 2026 midterms. The legislators fled to blue states, including Illinois, Massachusetts and New York.

House Minority Leader Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, D-New York, fired back on X.

"Shouldn’t the FBI be tracking down terrorists, drug traffickers and child predators? The Trump administration continues to weaponize law enforcement to target political adversaries. These extremists don’t give a damn about public safety. We will not be intimidated," he wrote.

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[–] FuglyDuck@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

no. I'm saying if the FBI needs to expend more than a few hours skiptracing, they absolutely suck at their jobs.

And I'm only giving them a few hours because it takes time for the orders to percolate and emails to be responded to.