Texas state Rep. Nicole Collier on staying in statehouse after refusing police escort

by The editor•20 August 2025•NPR

Rep. Nicole Collier, D-Fort Worth, waves to supporters from the House Chamber at the Capitol in Austin, Wednesday morning, Aug. 20, 2025, after spending two nights in the chamber for refusing to sign a permission slip to leave.

NPR’s Leila Fadel speaks to Texas state Rep. Nicole Collier, a Democrat who slept in the Texas House chamber after refusing Republicans’ demand that Democrats leave only with police escort.

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