Joining us now, former Congressman Betto Oorc of Texas. Congressman Oor, this map is pretty much a done deal as soon as Tuesday. So, what is the fight going to look like for Democrats in Texas.>> It's not a done deal. the state house Democrats can leave the state, break quorum, deny their Republican counterparts the numbers necessary to certify these maps and hold elections that would essentially steal five congressional districts in the state of Texas. My hope is that they will do this and not only deprive ...

Joining us now, semaphore politics reporter Dave Wigle, Punch Bowl News co-founder and MSNBC political contributor Jake Sherman, staff writer for The Atlantic and MSNBC contributor Mark Lieovich, and former North Dakota senator and MSNBC contributor Heidi Hydeamp. Thank you all for being with us. Jake, starting with you, this new Texas map targets Democratic US House members in Austin, Dallas, Houston, and in South Texas as well.Is this a done deal. Um will the how will the current representatives how are t ...

Republicans in Texas yesterday released the first draft of a new congressional map aimed at picking up five seats in next year's midterms. Texas Governor Greg Abbott added redistricting to the special session agenda at the urging of President Trump and his political team. Republicans currently control 25 of the 38 congressional districts in Texas.Under the new maps, the President Trump would have carried 30 of 38 seats, all by more than 10 points. House Minority Leader Hakee Jeff is in Texas meeting with De ...

And Senator Padilla joins us now. He's a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee. >> Senator, thanks for joining us.We know the Office of Special Counsel this White House submitted a new name to lead up that office, a Trump loyalist, some may say stick. Do you really believe that the office of special counsel under this administration would do an investigation into this. Look, I know there's questions and whether they may or may not actually do the job of investigating, which by the way, they have confirme ...

RT DataRepublican (small r) (@DataRepublican)@JDVance Note: California's own state Constitution mandates that its redistricting be done by a bipartisan panel.So, yes, it's fair to complain about California's gerrymandering, because they are implicitly violating their own Constitution. ...

From pole taxes to white only primaries, Texas has discriminated against voters of color for generations. >> Please complete your testimony. >> You have the power to reject that.To reject the pressure from President Trump and national Republican operatives urging you to offset their anticipated electoral losses elsewhere by redrawing the map in Texas to discriminate against minority communities. That was Democratic Congresswoman Lizzie Fletcher pushing back against the GOP plan to redraw Texas's congression ...

Joining me now is Texas Congresswoman Julie Johnson, vice ranking member on the Homeland Security Committee. Welcome, Congresswoman. Glad to have you here.And we just heard from your colleague, Congressman BC there. Whose district, like yours, could be on a redistricting target list. What could proposed maps look like for your seat.Well, you know, they're absolutely targeting Dallas County um because we are a very high voting Democrat voting uh area. And so they're trying to really fajit distribut it, howev ...

And the man you just heard there is joining me now, former Texas Congressman and 2020 presidential candidate, Better Oorc. He is the founder of the voter registration organization powered by people. We're going to talk about where you are and what you're doing in a moment, Congresswoman, but you're not just condemning this Republican power grab.You're also telling Democrats to be ruthless and blue states like California, Illinois, and New York to carve out extra congressional districts ahead of the midterms ...

Yeah, we need someone who's actually a good person. Well, >> to, you know, because the Democrats have very few candidates that are >> That was of course Joe Rogan interviewing Texas State Representative James Telerico on his podcast last week. Telerico is emerging as a rising star in the Democratic party following his interview in previous viral videos.You may have seen them that have pushed him into the spotlight. And now he is hinting at a possible run for the US Senate seat now held by Republican John Co ...

The Texas legislature is considering a proposal to gerrymander the state’s congressional districts. Here's what you need to know about gerrymandering https://t.co/yhAIEr9wwk ...