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Rep. Nicole Collier spends night on Texas House floor

Austin American-Statesman · 48m

Rep. Nicole Collier camps out in House chamber in Democrats' last stand against GOP redistricting

Sam Parker wears an outfit from "The Handmaid's Tale" as she protests the confinement of Rep. Nicole Collier, D-Fort Worth, outside the House Chamber at the Texas Capitol in Austin, Tuesday, Aug. 19, 2025. (Mikala Compton/Austin American-Statesman via AP)

Rep. Nicole Collier refused GOP ‘permission slip’ rule, was locked in the Texas chamber — and slept in her bonnet overnight to protest

The detainment of State Rep. Nicole Collier has drawn outrage and imagery of Black women’s suffrage in America. Texas State

New York Post on MSN · 40m

Texas Dem Rep. Nicole Collier slept in state House, calls herself ‘political prisoner’ for turning down escort after redistricting stunt

She’s having a Capitol sleepover. Texas state Rep. Nicole Collier (D) slept in the House chamber Monday into Tuesday after refusing to accept a state trooper escort, calling herself a “political prisoner.

Inside overnight protest at Texas Capitol

The Washington Post on MSN · 3h

Why this Texas lawmaker slept at the Capitol — and is taking legal action

This is just my way of resisting,” said Texas state representative Nicole Collier after Republicans ordered Democrats to be monitored by police if they left the statehouse again.

Houston Chronicle · 1h

'I would not use the word slept': Inside the overnight protest at the Texas Capitol

Gene Wu joined Democratic Texas House colleague Nicole Collier in support of Collier's overnight lock-in protest of a GOP-issued "permission slip" to consent to Department of Public Safety escorts in and outside of the Capitol.

Newsweek on MSN · 9h

Texas Democrat refuses to leave Capitol overnight in redistricting standoff

State Representative Nicole Collier plans to stay in the Texas Capitol until Wednesday in protest against a police escort policy.

24mon MSN

4 women arrested for supporting Nicole Collier's lock-in Capitol protest

Shortly after, a protest formed inside the Capitol with chants in support of Collier, including four women sitting outside ...

Why One Black Texas Democrat Refused to Go Home and Spent the Night on the House Floor

Rep. Nicole Collier was one of many Democrats who fled Texas after President Trump suggested the state's redistricting years before schedule.

26m

Texas Democratic legislator refuses to leave statehouse

Texas Democratic legislator Nicole Collier says she will remain locked in the Austin statehouse chamber until the House ...

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