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Obama joins the fight as Democrats plan payback for Trump's Texas scheme to rig midterms
MSNBCยท2025-08-21 04:04

Earlier tonight, Republicans in the Texas House of Representatives passed their new Trump sanctioned congressional maps that aim to give Republicans more seats in Congress ahead of the 2026 midterms. Despite various efforts by Texas Democrats to block the gerrymandering, including leaving the state for two weeks to deny a quorum, they eventually traveled back to Texas this week. And tonight, the map's passed, which means that tomorrow the bill goes to the Texas Senate, where it will likely pass and land on ...