The "Mess with Texas" banners flew over Albany, Annapolis, Augusta, Trenton, Springfield and Sacramento, according to Politico. They were spearheaded by "an anonymous group of self-described democracy advocates," Politico reported.

Attempting to thwart a Republican move to draw more GOP districts, Democratic lawmakers in Texas fled the state for Illinois. That maneuver, however, wouldn’t work in Florida if Gov. Ron DeSantis called lawmakers in for a redistricting session,

The Texas House of Representatives failed again on Tuesday afternoon to move forward on their redistricting effort as several Democratic members have fled the state over the proposed congressional maps.