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In 1973, a 32-year-old Swede named Jans-Erik Olsson strolled into a Stockholm bank holding a submachine gun. After taking four bank employees hostage, Olsson announced his demands: three million kronor (around $700,000), a getaway car, and the release of an imprisoned friend. Over the ensuing six-day police standoff, Olsson grew increasingly friendly with his hostages. They played poker, drank beer, and talked about their lives. One of them told a reporter that she was “having a rather good time here.” Even after their rescue, the hostages continued to defend Olsson. The psychological identification of hostage and kidnapper became known as Stockholm syndrome. It’s a familiar condition for Democrats in the Texas Legislature. For two decades, the Republican Party has held commanding majorities in both legislative chambers.…

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