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'Politics at its worst': Texas state rep. slams Trump's attempt to redistrict state
MSNBC· 2025-07-25 20:23
And I say this to you as a fellow Christian. Represent No, I know you're a a devout Christian as and so am I. This bill to me is not only unconstitutional, it's not only unamerican.I think it is also deeply uncchristian. And I say that because I believe this bill is idolatrous. I believe it is exclusionary. And I believe it is arrogant.And those three things in my reading of the gospel are diametrically opposed to the teachings of Jesus. You probably know Matthew 6:5 when Jesus says, "Don't be like the hypo ...
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Mike Benz· 2025-07-24 00:28
well there it isEnd Wokeness (@EndWokeness):Rep. Yvette Clarke (D-NY): "I need more migrants in my district, for redistricting purposes"This is how you hijack democracy https://t.co/hhQNioQoTO ...
'Run for president': Joe Rogan pushes Texas Democrat into the spotlight
MSNBC· 2025-07-23 15:11
There's reason and good reasons to be disillusioned. >> I guess I'm all I'm pushing back on is that second step of it's always going to be this way, >> right. It doesn't have to be this way.>> That is the key step, right. >> So I I'm just you need to run for president because you >> need someone who's actually a good person. >> That is Joe Rogan, the most popular podcaster on earth, telling Democratic Texas State Representative James Talerico to run for the White House in 2028.Tal Rico, who also, by the way ...
'Nobody asked for this': Trump pushes for new Texas map to flip 5 house seats
MSNBC· 2025-07-23 00:11
A special session of the Texas legislature is underway right now in Austin. While the response to the central Texas floods is a top priority, Republican Governor Greg Abbott has added redrawing the state's 38 congressional districts to the agenda. It's a key piece.That item came at the urging of President Trump and his team, who believe Republicans can add as many as five seats in next year's midterms. Texas Democrats, meanwhile, are vowing to fight the redistricting efforts. But as the minority party in bo ...
Kornacki: More Republicans are in ‘truly safe’ districts heading into 2026 midterms compared to 2018
NBC News· 2025-07-22 21:30
NBC News national political correspondent Steve Cornaki is at the big board. So Steve, break down what makes 2026 different than 2018. Yeah, it's really interesting, Ryan, because when you look at the bottom line numbers, that's what you have on the screen right now.The balance of power in the House for vacancies. Essentially, if these vacancies were filled, it would probably be 220 Republican seats, 215 Democratic seats. As thin a majority as you could get for Republicans.That means if Republicans take tha ...
‘A partisan, racial gerrymander’: Texas Lawmaker calls out Trump redistricting plan
MSNBC· 2025-07-22 11:51
A special session of the Texas legislature is underway right now in Austin. While the response to the central Texas floods is a top priority, Republican Governor Greg Abbott has added redrawing the state's 38 congressional districts to the agenda. It's a key piece.That item came at the urging of President Trump and his team, who believe Republicans can add as many as five seats in next year's midterms. Texas Democrats, meanwhile, are vowing to fight the redistricting efforts. But as the minority party in bo ...
‘Felon in The White House’ wants to retain power: Dem Rep on Trump redistricting effort
MSNBC· 2025-07-22 02:22
the plan is to go after these particular seats for the purposes of getting some type of electoral advantage. Uh I guess in 26 it makes no sense to me because the fact a couple of things. One, you've got governor Democratic governors now looking at the possibility of doing the same in their states to offset any gains here.But two, given the momentum the de the Democrats are starting to build and hoping to continue to build, um, Republicans are going to need more than four seats out of Texas to hold the House ...
Major power play for GOP? Trump pushes Texas to redistrict
MSNBC· 2025-07-21 18:06
LAWMAKERS OF TAKING AWAY THE VOICE OF THE PEOPLE AND DISENFRANCHIZING PEOPLE OF COLOR. LET'S BRING IN NBC'S RYAN CHANDLER, WHO'S IN DALLAS FOR US, JEREMY WALLACE, POLITICAL REPORTER FOR THE HOUSTON CHRONICLE, IS AT THE STATE CAPITOL. AND BRENDAN BUCK, FORMER PRESS SECRETARY TO FORMER HOUSE SPEAKER JOHN BOEHNER AND AN MSNBC POLITICAL ANALYST, JEREMY, BREAK DOWN THE REDISTRICTING PLAN FOR US.THE STATE HAS, WHAT, 38 SEATS IN THE HOUSE. WHAT HOW DO REPUBLICANS PLAN TO RECONFIGURE IT. >> WELL, OKAY, SO WE START. ...
Rep. Crockett: There’s a ‘treasure trove’ of law violations by Trump to probe if Dems get power
MSNBC· 2025-07-19 22:26
Joining me now, Texas Dynamo and Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett. She's a member of the Judiciary and Oversight and Government Reform Committees. Good to have you back on the show, Congresswoman.So, um, at Trump's direction, AG Bondi requested the release of the grand jury testimony. Why not the entire trove of Epstein documents. Because judiciary committee Democrats want a hearing with Bondie on the Epstein case.And by the way, you're a lawyer. What would you ask her. There's a lot that I would ask, Pam Bon ...
DNC Chair warns Texas Republicans: ‘We are not going to roll over’ in redistricting battle
MSNBC· 2025-07-19 22:25
Joining us now is Democratic National Committee Chairman Ken Martin. Welcome. So glad to have you here. Thank you so much, Alex.So, is the Epstein issue the one that Democrats should be concentrating on now and to what extent. Well, look, it there are huge questions that need to be answered right now and we've got a a con artist and chief basically in Donald Trump who continues to lie to the American people. He told them he was going to release these files and now he's offiscating.And you know, as I I like ...