Texas Republicans insisted that Democrats have around-the-clock police escorts to ensure they wouldn’t leave again.

The standoff began on Monday, when Democratic members returned to the Capitol after being out of the state for more than two weeks due to a controversial redistricting map. Rep. Collier refused to agree to leave the chamber under the surveillance of the Department of Public Safety.

Texas Republicans are likely to pass their redistricting plans on Wednesday following weeks of Democrat protests

Texas Republicans mandated that Democratic lawmakers not be allowed to leave the state house without a permission slip and a police escort.

Nicole Collier is being courageous in the face of authoritarianism, but what’s happening to her a story of “resistance.”

Other Texas Democrats, including from DFW, joined Rep. Nicole Collier after they tore up their “permission slips” to leave the chamber.

State Rep. Nicole Collier can’t leave the Texas Capitol building because she won’t sign a paper agreeing to a state police escort.