As the state’s redistricting fight continues to unfold on the national stage, former U.S. Representative Beto O’Rourke stopped in Abilene today as part of a statewide tour of town halls. His mission: to rally support for the 52 Texas Democrats who could face potential federal arrest for delaying a vote on

The order came at the request of Attorney General Ken Paxton, who O’Rourke accused in a separate lawsuit of going on a “fishing expedition, constitutional rights be damned.”