Texas Republicans insisted that Democrats have around-the-clock police escorts to ensure they wouldn’t leave again.

The national party is seeking to frame the quorum break as galvanizing event for Democrats. Texas Republicans are likely to pass the redistricted maps.

Democratic Texas state Rep. Nicole Collier has now spent over 24 hours on the Texas House floor in protest after refusing a Republican demand to be placed under the watch of the state Department of Public Safety.

The Republican-controlled Texas legislature is expected to pass a new congressional map creating five new winnable seats for the GOP.

The Texas State Capitol was cleared of visitors Tuesday evening and closed to the public after a social media threat, the Texas Department of Public Safety said.