Nicole Collier’s Texas Capitol Protest: Why One Democrat Slept on the House Floor
A fight over redistricting, police escorts, and the politics of control.
On the night of Monday, August 18, the Texas House chamber did not empty out with the final gavel. One lawmaker stayed behind. Representative Nicole Collier, who represents District 95 in east Fort Worth—a majority-minority district—refused to leave. She had declined to sign a permission slip required by House leadership, a document authorizing the Depa…
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