One of the Texas Democratic lawmakers who fled the state amid the GOP’s push to pass friendlier House maps condemned the use of the FBI to track them down.

“The Texas Governor has threatened our elected office. The Texas Attorney General has called for us to be ‘hunted down.’ And now, the FBI Director — handpicked by Donald Trump — appears to be doing just that,” said state Rep. John Bucy III (D) in a statement on Thursday.

“Let’s be clear: using federal law enforcement to track down political opposition is the tactic of a collapsing........

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