#Texas #Republicans Unveil #Gerrymandered House Map to Please #Trump
The Republican-dominated Legislature in Texas on Wednesday unveiled an aggressively redrawn map for the state’s US #House districts, proposing to carve up 5 Democratic seats so that Republicans would now be likely to win them in 2026 fulfilling Trump’s central demand of adding 5 Republican seats in #Congress, which could help the party keep control of the House after the 2026 #midterms.
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i have no idea why they keep voting for these assholes
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#Texas #Democrats to flee state, blocking plan to pad GOP’s control of #Congress
By leaving, Democratic state legislators can stall a #Republican plan that would give the #GOP 5 more seats to protect their narrow #House majority.
#law #gerrymandering #rigged #midterms #elections
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in reply to Nonilex • • •#Democrats in the #Texas legislature said they were fleeing the state Sunday to block a #redistricting plan backed by #Trump aimed at preserving the #GOP’s slim #House majority, escalating tensions as a broader fight over congressional district lines unfolds throughout the country ahead of the 2026 #midterms.
#law #gerrymandering #rigged #Congress #elections
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in reply to Nonilex • • •#Texas #Democrats have twice deployed the same tactic to combat #legislation in the 22 years since #Republicans have controlled all of state government, but their efforts ultimately failed. This time, Democrats plan to stay away for 2 weeks to run out the clock on a special legislative session called by Gov. #GregAbbott (R) to draw a map that would give Republicans 5 more #House seats.
#law #gerrymandering #Trump #rigged #Congress #midterms #elections
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in reply to Nonilex • • •The #Texas #House can conduct business only when two-thirds of its 150 members are present. At least 51 of the chamber’s 62 #Democrats will need to boycott the session to prevent #Republicans from acting on the new map. The lawmakers could return a couple of days before the special session ends Aug. 19 & use other stall tactics, but any success could be short-lived as #GregAbbott can immediately call another 30-day session.
#law #gerrymandering #Trump #rigged #Congress #midterms #elections
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in reply to Nonilex • • •Texas Republicans are ignoring flood victims while trying to ram through a power grab, taking orders from DC instead of fighting for Texas families.
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#GregAbbott threatens to try to expel #Democrats who left #Texas
The Texas state #House is set to reconvene at 3PM CT Monday. Democrats have left the state to try to stop #Republicans from moving ahead with enacting a new congressional map that would give the #GOP 5 more safe seats in the #US #Congress.
#law #gerrymandering #Trump
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in reply to Nonilex • • •#Texas Gov. #GregAbbott (R) is threatening to try to remove Democratic lawmakers from office for fleeing the state & claiming they could be charged with #crimes, escalating tensions overnight in a showdown over redrawing congressional lines ahead of the #MidtermElections.
Most of the #Democrats in the TX state #House exited the state Sunday…to prevent #Republicans from overhauling the state’s map to give themselves 5 more safe #GOP seats.
#law #gerrymandering #Trump
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in reply to Nonilex • • •“This truancy ends now. The derelict Democrat House members must return to Texas & be in attendance when the House reconvenes at 3:00 PM [Central Time] on Monday,” #GregAbbott said in a letter to #Democrats released late Sunday.
Democrats said Abbott’s warnings were bluster & announced they were committed to staying away for 2 weeks, when the 30-day special session is expected to end.
#law #Texas #gerrymandering #Trump
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in reply to Nonilex • • •…#GregAbbott, who also launched a $750,000 digital ad campaign Sunday against #Democrats, cited a 2021 opinion from state AG [POS] #KenPaxton (R) in his letter to contend that courts could determine Democrats had abandoned their duties & given up their jobs. That would allow Abbott to call special elections to replace them, he said.
[Paxton is not a judge. His opinion isn’t legal precedent.]
#law #Texas #gerrymandering #Trump
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in reply to Nonilex • • •“Democrats hatched a deliberate plan not to show up for work, for the specific purpose of abdicating the duties of their office and thwarting the chamber’s business,” #GregAbbott wrote in his letter.
State Rep. Gina Hinojosa (D) argued Abbott couldn’t push lawmakers out of their jobs.
“That would not be lawful, but it is not surprising,” she said. “It is in keeping with a governor who is trying to silence the will of the voters.”
#law #Texas #gerrymandering #Trump
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in reply to Nonilex • • •The escalating dispute kicked off last month, when #GregAbbott called a special session at the urging of #Trump to redraw the state’s map just 4 years after lawmakers adopted it. Ordinarily, states adopt maps just once a decade, after the census details population shifts around the country.
#law #Texas #gerrymandering
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in reply to Nonilex • • •How states draw districts helps determine which party has an advantage, & now #Texas #Republicans want 5 more seats to bolster the 25 they have. Republicans hope a new map could protect their narrow 219-212 #House majority next year in the #midterm #elections….
#law #gerrymandering #Trump
Nonilex
in reply to Nonilex • • •By leaving, #Texas #Democrats have thwarted the plan for now. At least two-thirds of the members of the Texas House — 100 of 150 — must be present for lawmakers to take action. That means 51 of the 62 Democrats can block the #Republicans from advancing their plans, & 57 have left the state, Democrats said. Most are in Chicago, but some are in Boston & Albany, New York, they said.
#law #gerrymandering #Trump
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in reply to Nonilex • • •Each absent Democrat faces a $500 daily fine — an amount that in two weeks would nearly match the annual $7,200 salary that #Texas lawmakers are paid. #GregAbbott argued #Democrats risked violating bribery statutes if they solicited funds to help pay their fines. Rep. Gene Wu, the chairman of the Democratic caucus in the TX House, said Democrats were using legal ways to defray their costs while they are away but did not provide details of what they are doing.
#law #gerrymandering #Trump
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in reply to Nonilex • • •#GregAbbott claimed he could extradite #Democrats from other states. Wu said he did not believe #Texas ofcls & federal authorities have the power to force Dems back to Texas but worries they could try.
State Rep John Bucy (D) said Abbott & other #Republicans are trying to scare Dems to lure them back to TX, but it won’t work.
“We're not backing down from this fight. We'll continue to do everything in our power to stand up for constituents, stand up for Texans & protect our #democracy.”
#law
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in reply to Nonilex • • •#Democrats who control other #states are threatening to retaliate by drawing new maps of their own if #Texas #Republicans carry out their plan. On Monday, the Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee called on Democratic state lawmakers from around the country to prepare for carving up their states.
#law #gerrymandering #Trump
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in reply to Nonilex • • •“All options must be on the table — including Democratic state legislatures using their power to fight back & pursue #redistricting mid-cycle in order to protect our #democracy,” the group’s president, Heather Williams, said in a statement.
#Democrats in #California have said they could hold a special election in November to ask voters to adopt a ballot measure that would give Democrats more favorable districts next year.
#law #Texas #gerrymandering #Trump
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in reply to Nonilex • • •#Republicans in #Ohio plan to redraw their map soon, & other states could join the fray, as well.
#Illinois Gov. #JBPritzker (D), who is hosting some of the #Texas #Democrats, said at a Sunday news conference that he’s considering all options in his state. But he did not offer any concrete steps he would take to establish new maps before the 2026 elections.
#law #gerrymandering #Trump
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in reply to Nonilex • • •#HakeemJeffries on the #Texas #redistricting scheme: "These extremists want to be able to choose their voters as opposed to allowing the Texas voters to choose the people who should be privileged to represent them in Washington. It's #theft. That's what #gerrymandering in its extreme form is."
#law #ElectionLaw #midterms #elections #Trump #GregAbbott #rigged
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in reply to Nonilex • • •#HakeemJeffries on how #Democrats will respond to the #Texas #redistricting scheme: "We are going to respond & respond forcefully, however we also will operate within the constraints of the #VotingRightsAct which is not what the Texas Democrats (sic; he meant #Republicans) are doing. We need fair maps & one national standard.”
#law #ElectionLaw #midterms #elections #Trump #GregAbbott #rigged
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in reply to Nonilex • • •NY Gov #KathyHochul: “I'm tired of fighting this fight w/ my hand tied behind my back. …#politics is a political process.…we’re sick & tired of being pushed around when other #states don’t have the same aspirations that we always have had. I hold those dear. But I cannot ignore that the playing field has changed dramatically. Shame on us if we ignore that fact & cling tight to the vestiges of the past. That era is over. Donald #Trump eliminated that forever.”
#law #ElectionLaw #gerrymandering
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in reply to Nonilex • • •“We’re not going to tolerate our #democracy being stolen in a modern-day stagecoach heist by bunch of law breaking cowboys,” New York Gov. #KathyHochul said Monday, flanked by several of the [#Texas] lawmakers who fled. “If #Republicans are willing to rewrite rules to give themselves an advantage, then they’re leaving us with no choice: We must do the same. You have to fight fire with fire.”
#law #ElectionLaw #gerrymandering #redistricting #midterms #elections #Trump
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