Runaway Texas Democrats file lawsuit against Gov. Greg Abbott for causing them ‘anxiety, discomfort and distress’

• More than 50 Texas Democrats fled the state on July 12 to block Republican voting reform bills
• Republican Gov. Greg Abbott has blasted the leftwing lawmakers and threatened to arrest them when they return to the state 
• On Friday, 22 of the Democrats filed a suit against Abbott and two other Republican officials 

Almost two dozen Texas Democrats who fled to Washington, D.C. last month in order to block two ‘restrictive’ voting reform bills proposed by Republicans have now filed a lawsuit against Gov. Greg Abbott.

Abbott  – who is Republican – threatened to arrest the lawmakers when they eventually return to the Lone Star state after they packed onto private jets and flew to the nation’s capitol on July 12.