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Musk slams Le Pen ruling, says it will ‘backfire’ like Trump’s as some on global right face legal troubles

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JERUSALEM — The stunning court conviction of popular right-wing politician Marine Le Pen on Monday for embezzlement sparked outrage from President Donald Trump’s Department of Government Efficiency head, Elon Musk, who compared her fate to Trump’s legal troubles.

Musk said after the verdict that, «This will backfire, like the legal attacks against President Trump.» Musk pinned the blame on the left for the conviction of Le Pen. He wrote on X, «When the radical left can’t win via democratic vote, they abuse the legal system to jail their opponents. This is their standard playbook throughout the world.»

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The conviction of Le Pen, which bans her from running for office for five years, comes amid legal prosecutions of other right-wing politicians, ranging from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to Romania’s Călin Georgescu to former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro.

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French right-wing leader Marine Le Pen arrives at a Paris court expected to deliver a verdict in an embezzlement case on Monday, March 31, 2025 in Paris. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)

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Fox News Digital reported last year, after a Manhattan jury convicted then-former President Trump of falsifying business records, that legal experts saw similarities between his case and the ongoing corruption prosecution against Netanyahu.

When asked on Monday about Le Pen’s sentence, Trump told reporters it was «a big deal,» adding, «But she was banned for running for five years, and she’s the leading candidate. That sounds like this country, that sounds very much like this country.»

Other cases where world leaders and politicians on the right have been targeted include Netanyahu, who was charged with fraud, breach of trust and accepting bribes in a legal saga that started four years ago and is still unfolding. Netanyahu has flatly denied all the accusations against him.

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Calin Georgescu, the winner of Romania’s first round of the presidential election, annulled by the Constitutional Court, waves to supporters gathered for a protest outside the Romanian parliament in Bucharest, Romania, on Saturday, Feb. 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Alexandru Dobre, File)

Romania’s right-wing presidential frontrunner, Georgescu, was barred from the race under criminal charges he compared to those Trump faced.

«We are faced with a communist regime as well,» Georgescu told Fox News Digital just before a Romanian electoral bureau barred him from running in a May presidential election rerun. Prosecutors opened a criminal case against him two weeks prior. 

Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has been charged in an alleged coup attempt after his 2022 election defeat. He has been ordered by Brazil's Supreme Court to stand trial.

Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro speaks to the press as he arrives at the Brasilia International Airport in Brasilia, Brazil, on March 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Luis Nova)

Just last week, Brazil’s Supreme Court accepted charges against former President Bolsonaro over an alleged attempt to remain in office after his 2022 election defeat, ordering the former leader to stand trial.

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Italy’s Vice Premier Matteo Salvini, who was cleared in December of illegally detaining migrants, called his case «a declaration of war by Brussels.»

Eugene Kontorovich, a legal expert and senior fellow at the Heritage Foundation’s Margaret Thatcher Center for Freedom, told Fox News Digital, «France follows the pattern of political prosecutions in the U.S. and Israel, where criminal prosecutions for obscure victimless offenses are used to knock out popular leaders of right wing parties, and use to courts to stand between the electorate and their preferred candidates. It is unlikely these cases are all happening within a year of each other: Leftists around the world are learning from, and legitimizing, each other’s tactics.»

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President Donald Trump, right, and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speak during a news conference in the East Room of the White House on Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2025 in Washington, D.C. (Alex Brandon/AP)

The heart of the embezzlement case revolves around accusations against Le Pen and more than 20 other National Rally figures who allegedly used EU funds to hire employees to work for the National Rally instead of matters involving the European Parliament as required by EU regulations in Brussels.

The French court also imposed a four-year prison sentence on Le Pen. The conviction unleashed a political earthquake in France, where the next presidential election is slated for 2027.

Right-wing Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, an ally of Trump, posted in French on social media a solidarity message, «Je suis Marine!» («I am Marine»), an apparent reference to the slogan «Je suis Charlie» that was formulated after radical Islamist terrorists murdered journalists in 2015 from the Charlie Hebdo satirical magazine in Paris.

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Le Pen has transformed the anti-immigration party National Rally (formerly called the National Front) into a serious political force that is a legitimate contender to win the 2027 presidential election.

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Marine Le Pen, president of the National Rally group in the National Assembly, joins Jordan Bardella, president of the National Rally (Rassemblement National), at the final rally before the recently held European Parliament election on June 9. (Artur Widak/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

She ousted her father, the late Jean-Marie Le Pen, who founded the National Front, and rejected his antisemitism. He was fined for terming the Holocaust gas chambers a «detail of history».

Marine Le Pen’s protégé, the 29-year-old Jordan Bardella, recently spoke last week at an Israeli government conference on combating antisemitism. He is expected to take over the National Rally. He urged a «peaceful mobilization» to protest the verdict. 

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According to French24, Bardella said the guilty verdict has «killed» French democracy. His party launched a petition that states:»It is no longer the government of judges, but the dictatorship of judges, which wishes to prevent the French people from expressing themselves.»

Le Pen’s lawyer, Rodolphe Bosselut, announced that he would appeal the verdict. 

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«I am shocked by the incredibly tough verdict against Marine Le Pen,» said Holland’s right-wing politician, Geert Wilders, who has been dubbed the Dutch version of Trump. 

He added,»I support and believe in her 100% and I trust she will win the appeal and become President of France.»

Fox News Digital’s Morgan Phillips, Reuters and The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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House Dem declares she is a ‘proud Guatemalan’ before American at Progressive International conference

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Several House Democrats, including members of the «Squad,» criticized the United States over the weekend at a conference in Mexico City that questioned U.S. influence and policies, with one lawmaker saying she was prouder to be Guatemalan than American. 

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The second annual Panamerican Congress brought leftist officials from all over North and South America. Those in attendance included Democratic lawmakers: Reps. Ilhan Omar of Minnesota, Rashida Tlaib of Michigan, Ayanna Presley of Massachusetts, Summer Lee of Pennsylvania and Jesús Gilberto García and Delia Ramirez of Illinois. 

All are members of the Congressional Progressive Caucus.

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Rep. Delia Ramirez, D-Ill., speaks during a news conference with immigration experts, DACA recipients, and Dreamers. Over the weekend, she attended a conference in Mexico City where she said she was a proud Guatemalan before an American.  (Getty Images)

During her remarks at the opening of the event, Ramirez spoke about the Trump administration’s illegal immigration crackdown and her own ancestry. 

«I’m a proud Guatemalan before I’m an American,» she declared in Spanish. The congresswoman also accused the U.S. of prioritizing «imperialism, militarization, conquest, control, competition in its attempt at domination.»

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On her website, Ramirez, the child of immigrant parents, said her husband is in the country illegally and that she is the only congressional lawmaker «in a mixed-status marriage, and fights for the rights of DREAMers like her husband, Boris, and for comprehensive immigration reform.»

The White House condemned the remarks made by Ramirez, as well as her fellow Democrats. 

«These Democrats’ comments are despicable and underscore their commitment to putting Americans last,» White House spokesperson Liz Huston told Fox News Digital. «In stark contrast, President Trump is working tirelessly to secure peace deals, deport illegal alien criminals, and advance America’s interests at home and abroad.»

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Members of the far-left «squad» including Tlaib hold a press conference. (Getty Images)

Fox News Digital has reached out to Ramirez’s office, as well as several lawmakers who attended the summit. 

In addition to immigration, speakers also voiced their views on the ongoing war between Israel and Hamas. 

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Mauricio Jaramillo Jassir, Colombia’s deputy minister of multilateral affairs, praised Tlaib during his speech, calling her a «symbol of resistance,» which prompted a standing ovation once he finished speaking. 

The summit was organized by the leader of Progressive International, a radical left-wing group that describes capitalism as a «virus» that must be «eradicated» — in partnership with Morena, Mexico’s ruling left-wing party, the Daily Caller News Foundation reported. 

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Gerardo Fernández Noroña, president of the Mexican Senate and member of Morena, called out the «persecution» of migrants in the U.S. under the Trump administration. 

He called it «unjust, infamous, incorrect persecution where just for being a migrant and just for your skin color or your nationality, you are persecuted.»

«They are not only imprisoned, but sent to a prison that has been banned since World War II, such as Alligator Alcatraz,» he said. «The United States government is grieving over drug use, but I haven’t seen a single raid like the one they carry out against migrants against people who sell drugs in the United States.»

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In a TV interview before the event, David Adler, the general coordinator for Progressive International and one of the summit’s main coordinators, said the intention of the summit was to confront authoritarian and fascist threats and shift authority from Washington, D.C. to developing countries, the DCNF reported, in the Global South, a term used to describe a loose division of nations across different continents that are generally poorer, have high levels of inequity and harsher living conditions. 

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President-elect Donald Trump speaks at AmericaFest, Sunday, Dec. 22, 2024, in Phoenix. The EPA said the letter was not representative of the Trump administration’s objectives. (Rick Scuteri)

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On its website, Progressive Internation described the U.S. as the «lynchpin of that imperial violence — a position it has carefully built over two centuries.»

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The group cited U.S. military installations overseas and the massive Pentagon budget. 

«US militarism sustains profound political tensions around the world. Its interventions have destroyed nation after nation, leaving a trail of violence and sorrow in their wake,» the website states. «Ending US militarism means saving lives.»

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Avanza la destrucción ambiental en Nicaragua: el régimen de Ortega entregó más de 100 mil hectáreas a la minería china en zonas protegidas

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Avanza la destrucción ambiental en Nicaragua: el régimen de Ortega entregó más de 100 mil hectáreas a la minería china en zonas protegidas

El régimen de Nicaragua otorgó en solo una semana tres concesiones mineras a cielo abierto a la empresa china Thomas Metal S.A., sumando más de 1.000 kilómetros cuadrados en la zona sur del país, específicamente en el departamento de Río San Juan, fronterizo con Costa Rica. Las concesiones fueron publicadas en el Diario Oficial La Gaceta y autorizadas por el Ministerio de Energía y Minas.

La última adjudicación corresponde al lote “El Castillo”, de 39.172 hectáreas, y fue oficializada este lunes. Se suma a otras dos: una de 47.410 hectáreas publicada el martes anterior y otra de 21.882 hectáreas del viernes. En total, el régimen entregó a la empresa china 108.464 hectáreas, en territorios que, según organizaciones ambientales, incluyen zonas protegidas y comunidades indígenas reconocidas por la legislación nacional.

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De acuerdo con la ONG Fundación del Río, las tres concesiones se ubican dentro de la Reserva Biológica Indio Maíz, el Territorio Indígena Rama y Kriol, y el Refugio de Vida Silvestre Río San Juan, zonas que forman parte del corredor biológico mesoamericano.

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Organizaciones civiles denunciaron violaciones a la legislación indígena, vacíos legales y posibles efectos transfronterizos sobre ecosistemas compartidos con Costa Rica (AP Foto/Iván Valencia, archivo)

La organización advierte que estos permisos violan la Ley del Régimen de Propiedad Comunal de los Pueblos Indígenas y que la actividad minera en estas áreas no cuenta con estudios ambientales independientes ni procesos de consulta previa con las comunidades afectadas.

La Fundación también señala que esta expansión minera se produce después de que el régimen derogara el reglamento que regulaba las áreas protegidas mediante la Ley de Áreas de Conservación Ambiental y Desarrollo Sostenible, aprobada el pasado 6 de mayo por la Asamblea Nacional. Esa legislación eliminó normas que restringían proyectos extractivos en territorios como Indio Maíz.

Además del impacto local, la ONG ha advertido sobre posibles consecuencias transfronterizas, debido a la cercanía de las concesiones con el territorio costarricense de Crucitas, donde ya se ha reportado un aumento de la minería ilegal. Según Fundación del Río, esta actividad podría estar facilitando rutas de comercio ilícito y presión ambiental sobre ecosistemas compartidos.

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En total, el régimen entregó
En total, el régimen entregó a la empresa china 108.464 hectáreas, en territorios que, según organizaciones ambientales, incluyen zonas protegidas y comunidades indígenas reconocidas por la legislación nacional (EFE/Jorge Torres/Archivo)

El avance de capitales chinos en el sector minero nicaragüense ha sido significativo. En los últimos dos años, el régimen ha entregado más de 20 concesiones a empresas chinas, que juntas suman más de 400.000 hectáreas. Hasta finales de 2023, Nicaragua había autorizado 299 concesiones mineras: 172 para minería metálica y 127 para no metálica, según registros oficiales.

En paralelo, las exportaciones mineras del país alcanzaron 1.391 millones de dólares en 2024, lo que representó un aumento del 20,1 % respecto al año anterior, según el Banco Central de Nicaragua. Estos datos reflejan el creciente peso del sector minero en la economía nacional, aunque sin que existan mecanismos públicos de control ambiental o redistribución equitativa de los beneficios.

Organizaciones como Fundación del Río han anunciado que, en colaboración con el centro de pensamiento Expediente Abierto, preparan un análisis sobre los intereses mineros chinos en Nicaragua. El estudio examinará el impacto de estos proyectos sobre el medio ambiente, los territorios indígenas y los equilibrios geopolíticos en Centroamérica.

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En los últimos dos años, el régimen ha entregado más de 20 concesiones a empresas chinas, que juntas suman más de 400.000 hectáreas (EFE/Jorge Torres)

Las concesiones mineras a cielo abierto en zonas protegidas, otorgadas sin transparencia ni estudios públicos, representan una nueva etapa en el modelo extractivo impuesto por el régimen de Ortega, que ha estrechado su alianza con China desde el rompimiento de relaciones con Taiwán en 2021. Mientras tanto, el desmantelamiento de normas ambientales y el silenciamiento de voces críticas agravan una situación que compromete no solo a Nicaragua, sino también a sus países vecinos.

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‘All-out war’: Fleeing Texas Dems side with Newsom as redistricting standoff continues: ‘fire with fire’

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California Gov. Gavin Newsom said he is ready to fight «fire with fire» as state Republican lawmakers try to enact redistricting in Texas, opposing the move though promising to pursue similar measures if needed.

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At a press conference on Monday, Newsom said he supports independent redistricting, as well as a national framework, and a proposal being advanced in the legislature reinforces what he supports.

«The proposal that we’re advancing with the legislature has a trigger only if they move forward, to dismantling the protocols that are well-established,» the governor said. «Would the state of California move forward in kind? Fighting? Yes, fire with fire.»

When asked about a meeting between California Democrats on Sunday night, during which time they drafted or were almost done with the draft of redistricting maps, and whether he had seen those maps, Newsom said he had not.

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California Gov. Gavin Newsom said he was ready to fight fire with fire if Texas lawmakers approve a measure to enact redistricting in the state. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)

But he said there has been an ongoing series of conversations into the evening last night, which continued on Monday morning and will continue until Democrats land on a process.

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«That process has to have the concurrence, the support of two-thirds of the legislature,» he said. «The maps, we believe, should be transparent. They should be provided in a transparent way to the public, and as a consequence, those maps are being processed and will be brought to light.»

At the end of the day, though, Newsom said the people of California will have the ultimate say.

«We will offer them the opportunity to make judgments for themselves, again, only if Texas moves forward,» Newsom said. «I’ll reinforce that we believe it should be a national model, independent national redistricting, and it would revert back to its original form, but it’s done in response to the existential realities that we’re now facing. Things have changed, facts have changed, so we must change.»

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«They’ve triggered this response and we’re not going to roll over and we’re going to fight fire with fire, but we’re going to do so not just punching with the weight of the fourth largest economy, the most populous state in our union, the size of 21 state populations combined,» he continued. «We also will punch above our weight in terms of the impact of what we’re doing, and I think that should be absorbed by those in the Texas delegation. Whatever they are doing will be neutered here in the state of California, and they will pay that price.»

California GOP Chairwoman Corrin Rankin told Fox News Digital that Newsom’s actions could threaten the constitutional rights of Californians while also setting a dangerous precedent.

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«While Governor Newsom frames this redistricting as a defensive move, it undermines California’s nationally respected, voter-approved Citizens Redistricting Commission, and if successful, sets a dangerous precedent that voters’ choices can be overruled whenever politicians find it politically convenient,» Rankin said. «Our primary concern is safeguarding Californians’ constitutional rights against partisan manipulation disguised as defending democracy; true democracy means empowering voters, not politicians, to decide representation.»

Dozens of Texas Democrats fled their state and went to Chicago and New York on Sunday night in an effort to block a redistricting vote on Monday.

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Texas Democrats stood next to Illinois lawmakers on Aug. 4, 2025, to oppose redistricting measures proposed by Texas Republicans. (Fox News)

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has since threatened to arrest and expel the lawmakers if they do not return by Monday afternoon.

Shortly after Abbott released his statement, the Texas House Democratic Caucus issued a simple response, writing: «Come and take it.»

The statement also described Republicans’ proposed districts, which would potentially secure five new GOP U.S. House seats in next year’s midterm elections, as a «racist mid-decade redistricting scheme.»

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Abbott criticized the Democrats’ dramatic departure, saying that «real Texans don’t run from a fight.»

On Monday evening, Illinois lawmakers hosted Texas Democrats for a press conference, during which time none of the lawmakers took a single question from the press.

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Texas Gov. Greg Abbott looks on during a news conference on March 15, 2023 in Austin, Texas.  (Brandon Bell/Getty Images)

Still, Rep. Robin Kelly, D-Ill., welcomed her colleagues and said they could stay as long as they wanted because they believed in what they were doing.

«What you’re doing and what…they’re trying to do in Texas affects you guys, but it affects the whole country,» she said. «When you want to remove five Democrats…that hurts us in the House.»

She explained that when there are not enough Democrats, things like the Big Beautiful Bill, or as she referred to it as «the Big Ugly Bill,» and other Republican initiatives get through.

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«They are trying to destroy our democracy, destroy fairness in our country,» Kelly said. «And unfortunately, they’re starting with Texas. But we want you to know, we stand by your side.»

Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi, D-Ill., accused Abbott of not stepping up for the people affected by devastating floods in the Hill Country region of Texas.

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U.S. Representative Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL) answers questions during a news conference about the recent Congressional delegation trip to the Indo-Pacific region, on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. August 10, 2022. (REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein/File Photo)

Specifically, he accused Abbott of not having a special session to help families rebuild, but instead of doing «the bidding» of President Donald Trump to «banish Democrats» from the federal delegation.

Krishnamoorthi then directed his comments to Abbott, saying, «don’t mess with Texas,» because the people standing with him represent Texas.

«You can silence them. You can smear them. You can saddle them with debts and fins. But you cannot intimidate them,» Krishnamoorthi said. «You can gerrymander the hell out of that map. Guess what? Two can play that game. That’s right. Other states will do exactly the same thing and neutralize what you’re trying to do in Texas.»

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Other lawmakers standing side-by-side in Illinois chose to accuse Trump’s policies of being race-driven.

Texas State Rep. Ana-Maria Rodriguez Ramos said Trump’s policies hurt working families.

«That is nothing short of racism,» she said. «He is coming after all of us who don’t look like him and his Republican colleagues in the Texas House.»

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Trump gives his joint address to Congress and is interrupted by Rep Al Green protesting his cuts to multiple government programs. March 4th (AP)

Rep. Al Green, D-Texas, followed Rodriguez Ramos with more accusations of racism, saying Republicans are doing what Trump has insisted be done.

«I want you to know that we didn’t introduce the race card when this message was sent by and through the Justice Department to the State of Texas, to our attorney general,» he said. «They mentioned the race card because they talked about racial gerrymandering. They brought it up, and when they brought it up, they did it, knowing that this was a buzz word. It was a trigger.»

«They know that that’s a buzz word that people would respond to in Texas, but we are going to respond to that buzz word by telling them that your racism is not going to change democracy in the state of Texas,» Green continued. «In the United States of America, racism is going to be met with our taking a stand for democracy. You take a stand for racism, we will stand for democracy, and we will win.»

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Rep. Julie Johnson, D-Texas, said she was pleased that states like California and New York were standing up for Texas Democrats because, once it happens in Texas, it will spread to other states.

She called the issue a «national war,» and «an all-out war» in which everything is on the table.

«We come from a state of great pride, and I never thought as a Texan, as an elected member of the Texas House of Representatives and now as an elected member from Texas to the United States House of Representatives, that I would see the governor of the proud state of Texas bend a knee to a felon from New York,» Johnson added. «I never thought I’d see the day, but here we are.»

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Rep. Jasmine Crockett, D-Texas, was also standing with fellow Democrats in Illinois and accused Abbott of talking «a lot of noise.» She also accused Republicans of being «weak.»

«The difference is they expect Democrats to kind of be the nice guys that we are,» Crockett said. «They expect us to take the punch and say thank you. Well, I am here to tell you not only are we going to punch back, but we about to beat you down.»

Still, Abbott told Fox News host Sean Hannity on Monday that Texas is doing what it is allowed to do by law.

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He also accused state Democrats of doing something «un-Texas» by turning their back on Texans and not dealing with the flooding issues still echoing across the state.

Abbott said four of the five seats that could change because of redistricting will be primarily Hispanic.

«These are seats where Democrats are having to come to grips with reality,» he said, explaining that Democrats are losing votes to Hispanics and Black voters in Texas.

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He also said Democrats are «freaking out» because they are realizing Texas has the authority to redistrict.

«Texas will continue to fight for what is right,» Abbott said.

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Fox News Digital’s Anders Hagstrom and Elizabeth Pritchett contributed to this report.

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