Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton continued his fight against those Texas House Democrats who have fled the state by filing a lawsuit on Friday to vacate the seats of 13 lawmakers.

Posting on X to announce the lawsuit, Paxton wrote: “I’ve filed a historic lawsuit against Democrat runaways in SCOTX [the Texas Supreme Court] to secure an order declaring their seats vacant. These cowards deliberately sabotaged the constitutional process. Their out-of-state rebellion cannot go unchecked, and the business of Texas must go on.”

In an effort to prevent the Republican-led Texas Legislature from redrawing congressional districts, more than 50 House Democrats left the state on Monday to prevent an official vote from taking place.

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