Governor Greg Abbott issued a warning to Democrats last night who fled the state in order to prevent the legislature from doing any business, given they won’t have a quorum.

Abbott said if they do not return by 3PM today when the legislature convenes, he will remove them from the state House.

He also says that they may have committed felonies in the process of doing this.

Here’s what he wrote (3rd paragraph):

Abbott wrote this morning “It seems to me that the only way some of the fleeing Democrats can avoid bribery charges is to not break quorum. It seems that would eliminate any potential quid pro quo connected to any payment they received to deny a quorum and skip a vote.”