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Texas Republicans Gerrymander 5 More Seats in New District Maps

Watch The Full Philip DeFranco Show: https://www.youtube.com/defranco?sub_... Subscribe for more Quickie News: https://www.youtube.com/defranco?sub_... Texas just unveiled a new gerrymandered map that would get Republicans five more seats in a move that is a blatant attempt to follow the demands of President Trump. Right, we recently covered how Trump talked about needing Republicans to secure more seats. And instead of trying to convince voters he wanted states like Texas to “find” up to five more seats by the midterms. That request is already inappropriate, but extra unusual because new congressional maps weren’t even supposed to be made for a few years. Regardless, Texas lawmakers obliged and this proposed version would siphon a Democrat-heavy seat in the Austin, Dallas, and Houston metro areas alongside districts in South Texas. And this isn’t a “soft” gerrymander where the newly proposed districts will be kinda close. Instead they are likely to give Republicans comfortable ten point leads all over the place. Making matters worse is that Democrats likely have little recourse in the state Legislature to stop this considering Republicans have 25 out of 38 seats. Instead they’re threatening to leave the state -- denying a quorum and preventing sessions from being held. And, of course, they’ve been bashing the plan with accusations that the new districts are racist, which is important because there are clear laws and Supreme Court precedent that block districts from being dictated by race. And looking at the numbers, the new districts would largely make districts focused around race and heavily expand how many are white, hispanic, and black majorities. Another massive criticism is that no Republican incumbent is going to have their district redrawn in a way that makes it competitive. We also saw Texas Representative like Greg Casar saying: “If Trump is allowed to rip the Voting Rights Act to shreds here in Central Texas, his ploy will spread like wildfire across the country.” “Everyone who cares about our democracy must mobilize against this illegal map.” And he’s not wrong, we talked about California Gov. Gavin Newsom threatened a similar move if Texas went through with such extreme gerrymandering He also responded to this new map, saying: “Donald Trump asks for 5 seats and Greg Abbott automatically bends the knee. The 2026 election is being rigged. California won’t sit back and watch this happen.” He also said: “It’s loyalty over country every damn day for the @GOP” in reference to how much they seemingly bend over backwards for Trump. Now, to be fair, this is unlikely to be the final version and revisions will likely be made before Governor Gregg Abbott signs anything. But it’s a clear sign about just how far many Republican lawmakers are willing to go if Trump says it needs to be done. —————————— Produced by: Cory Ray, Philip DeFranco Edited by: James Girardier, Maxwell Enright, Julie Goldberg, Christian Meeks, Matthew Henry Art Department: William Crespo Writing/Research: Brian Espinoza, Philip DeFranco ———————————— #Texas #DonaldTrump #Gerrymandering