James Taliko is running
Somewhere in Illinois, James Taliko, a Texas state representative, who is located between unknown places, is working on hell.
He is trying to refrain from constituent services while finishing the clock at a special session in the Texas Legislative Assembly. She is also out of clean clothes and cannot tell her about her place of residence or security threats against her and more than 50 of her colleagues.
Technically, he is in Lam-a nineteenth-century folk term for the quick leave of a place, and his favorite among the editors of the old school-because he and his party seek to thwart the Texas Republicans from the approval of an unprecedented reconstruction program in the mid-decade. If successful, Texas Republicans can get five seats in Congress before the 2030 census. In the mid -decade, the front can face several Republican -controlled seats with a reaction to California, Illinois and New York.
In response, and in order to prevent the new map, democratic representatives fled Texas from the state. Their goal is to break the quota in the legislature to prevent a new map before the end of August 19. The situation is still intensified: Texas Governor Wolf Abbott threatened with $ 500 daily, Republicans declared civil arrest guarantees, and President Donald Trump said FBI may be “may be involved.
Living alone, Talariko left his home to fly the charter from Austin last week. With only a small bag of clothing, Talarico says he didn’t even know where he was going until he got on the plane.
We talked to Talarico that everything goes from here, how bad it can be, and whether Republicans can overshadow their hands with this unprecedented maneuver.
This interview is slowly edited for style and clarity.
Wired: What happens when you knew you might really leave the government? What did you pass through your mind?
James Talariko: When the first report was released that they might try to take power in the middle of the decade, I knew it could be, but I didn’t know we had numbers and were ready for about 24 hours from time.
And it took me to pack my bags and do the settings and all that. I didn’t even know where we were going, but they told me the place of meeting, which was a union hall in Austin, not far from Capitol. And then we went to the airport, and until I got on the plane, I realized that we were going to Illinois.
Can you go through me because your average day looks like you and the Democratic compatriots have left the state?
Well, the days have been non -stop. Early in the morning, late in the evenings – we do a lot of interviews because we are trying to shine a national focus on this deformation power in Texas, and why this is very important, not only for Democrats, but also independent and Republicans to protect their voices in the democratic process.
