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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 ...
‘I don’t care what the DOJ letter says’: TX Republican says gerrymandered maps did not consider race
MSNBC· 2025-08-03 17:48
when we've seen all of these blue states overperform with their maps and Texas is underperforming, that puts Republicans at a distinct disadvantage nationwide and it's right for Texas to step up. So, I have not seen any evidence that this map was racially based. What I have seen is evidence that this map was politically based and that's totally legal, totally allowed, and totally fair.So, uh, frankly don't care what the DOJ letter said, and I think it's pretty clear that no one does on the on the prevailing ...