Super PACs associated with billionaire George Soros and onetime rising Democrat star Beto O’Rourke are the top funders in helping dozens of AWOL Texas Democrats remain decamped in other states, according to reports.

O’Rourke’s Powered by People and Texas Majority PAC backed by megadonor Soros helped fund the exodus of 57 Texas Democrats on Sunday via private plane as well as the food and lodging expenses they’re incurring in Illinois, Massachusetts, and New York, the Texas Tribune reported.

Not only that, daily $500 fines could total $382,500 if every Democrat remains out of state for the entire special session, set to end Aug. 19.

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