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Gov. Abbott is being a ‘wannabe authoritarian’ with redistricting push: Texas Democratic party chair
NBC News· 2025-08-04 21:30
Joining me now uh from Chicago is the chair of the Texas Democratic Party, Kendall Scutter. So uh thanks for rolling with us here. Things are a little volatile.You know it well. So >> you know sometimes see I got to deal with a couple of nuts. >> Yes, it's part it's part of it.We we understand that and we can uh we can roll with it. Uh the Texas House, as you know, just voted to authorize arrest warrants. That's what we were trying to explain to our audience.That would compel members to return. This comes a ...
Trump Vows Substantial India Tariff Hike | Balance of Power: Early Edition 8/04/2025
Bloomberg Television· 2025-08-04 19:05
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Texas redistricting is an ‘escalation of partisan warfare’
MSNBC· 2025-08-04 17:53
Joining us now, NBC Shaquille Brewster in Chicago, NBC Sahil Kapoor is on Capitol Hill. Former Republican Congressman of Florida, Carlos Carbelloo is an MSNBC political analyst. And Basil Smeichel, former executive director of the New York State Democratic Party and MSNBC political analyst, joins me here in studio.So, Shaq, wow, another show down in Texas. It's escalating as we get closer to Governor Abbott's 400 p. m.Eastern deadline. So, tell us what's happening. Both sides digging in.>> That's exactly ri ...
Gov. Abbott has gone into ‘full-on, Trump-like authoritarian mode’: Fmr. TX Mayor
MSNBC· 2025-08-04 16:11
MAN. CHILD PRESIDENT DEMANDS OF OUR GOVERNOR. >> JOINING US NOW.NBC NEWS. >> CORRESPONDENT SHAQUILLE BREWSTER, LIVE FROM CHICAGO, WHERE SEVERAL OF THOSE TEXAS LAWMAKERS ARE NOW. AND FORMER SAN ANTONIO MAYOR AND FORMER SECRETARY OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT UNDER PRESIDENT OBAMA, JULIAN CASTRO.SHAQ, THESE LAWMAKERS ARE FACING SOME BIG THREATS FROM GOVERNOR ABBOTT WITH LOSING. >> THEIR SEATS, FELONY CHARGES. >> HOW CONCERNED ARE THESE DEMOCRATS ABOUT THOSE POSSIBLE REPERCUSSIONS.>> WELL. >> ANA, BOTH LAST ...
Texas Democrats leave the state to deny Republicans a quorum on redistricting
NBC News· 2025-08-04 15:08
fight in the lonear state heating up. >> This cornbreak is not about the Democratic party. It is about the Democratic process >> after Texas Democrats fled the state.The Republican governor threatening to remove them from office. The lawmakers leaving a last stitch attempt to block a partisan redrawing of the Texas congressional map orchestrated by state Republicans with the support of President Trump. >> Just a very simple redrawing.We pick up five seats. It would potentially give the GOP a path to pick up ...
LIVE: NY Gov. Hochul meets with Texas Dems amid redistricting standoff
MSNBC· 2025-08-04 13:32
Watch live coverage as Texas Democrats meet with Governor Kathy Hochul in Albany after a standoff over redrawn U.S. House maps sought by President Donald Trump. A showdown over redistricting in Texas played out on Sunday as dozens of state Democrats took refuge roughly 1,000 miles away from home, saying they fled Texas to deny quorum to Republican efforts to add as many as five congressional seats to their map. Many Texas Democrats flew to Chicago to stand with Illinois Governor JB Pritzker, while a smaller ...