On our next episode, Leonard Nimoy explores the vanishing of... Texas Democrats

They didn’t vanish. They absconded. They are subverting the very “democracy” that they claimed that Trump would subvert. ( And so far hasn’t)
Their pomposity is exceeded only by their hypocrisy.
The Texas Comptroller should suspend any salary payments to any of those that fail to perform the duties that their constituents hired them to do. Fines should be levied against those that refuse to attend the Special Session.
These childish shenanigans need to be punished and those that participated in fleeing Texas should be voted out of office or somehow removed and replaced.

The correct word you’re looking for is abdicated. They have abandoned their oath of office.

absconded
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past simple and past participle of abscond

abscond

[ab-skond]

Phonetic (Standard)
IPA
verb (used without object)
to depart in a sudden and secret manner, especially to avoid capture and legal prosecution.

abdicate
/ăb′dĭ-kāt″/

intransitive verb
To relinquish (power or responsibility) formally.
To relinquish formally a high office or responsibility.
To relinquish or renounce a throne, or other high office or dignity.

wanted to use and was totally appropriate to the subject matter.

None of those assholes relinquished their power or responsibility formally.
Furthermore, they didn’t relinquish or renounce a throne, their office isn’t that high, and they don’t have any dignity.

I believe they should be treated as such. And not allowed to resume their office.