As Texas House Democrats hunker down in Illinois to try to stop a Republican-led redistricting plan in their state, national Democrats and Gov. JB Pritzker ratcheted up their rhetoric.

Dozens of Texas Democrats have left the state in a bid to block a vote on redrawn U.S. House maps sought by Trump.

Texas Republicans have escalated the penalties against Democrats as they enter a second week camped out in states across the country to block new U.S. House maps pushed for by President Donald

In Texas and beyond, the party has adopted a newly combative posture following months of internal conversations. Now, they face an uphill climb.

Texas Democrats on Saturday again prevented their state’s House of Representatives from moving forward with a Trump-backed plan to redraw Texas' congressional map. That redistricting plan would give Republicans an advantage in keeping control of the House of Representatives in D.