Governor J.B. Pritzker (D) announced Sunday that his state would offer protection to Texas Democrats who fled to Illinois in protest of Republican-led efforts to redraw Texas’s congressional districts.
“They’re here in Illinois. We’re going to do everything we can to protect every single one of them and make sure that — ’cause we know they’re doing the right thing, we know that they’re following the law,” Pritzker told reporters at a press conference Sunday night held alongside the Texas state lawmakers, per The Hill.
“It’s Ken Paxton who doesn’t follow the law. It’s the leaders of Texas who are attempting not to follow the law,” he claimed. “They’re the ones that need to be held accountable.”
