Texas Democrats Reject Republican-Imposed Police Supervision

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Texas Democrats Reject Republican-Imposed Police Supervision

State representatives ripped up permission slips that Republican House leaders gave Democratic lawmakers trying to leave the Capitol building. One even spent the night sleeping inside the chambers.

“Our house.” “Never let them forget that.” “This is what democracy looks like.” “So they’ve closed the gallery. They’ve locked the doors. They’ve turned off the cameras in here. And I hear people yelling, ‘let her out.’” “Let them out.”

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