Texas GOP Ropes Public Safety Office Into Hunting Democrats

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Anyone can submit tips to help the Texas GOP catch state Democratic lawmakers. The Republican Party has turned to the Department of Public Safety to help them rein in liberal state representatives who fled Texas to avoid a vote intended to redistrict the Lone Star State. Texas House Speaker Duston Burrows revealed Monday that Republicans had tasked DPS to create a tip line—(866) 786-5972, incidentally the same number as the Texas Department of Criminal Justice’s Fusion Center —hoping that

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