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Democrats slam rush to redraw US House maps at first hearing in Texas
TEXAS, JUL 25 – Texas Republicans aim to create five more winnable U.S. House seats in a rare mid-decade redistricting effort urged by Donald Trump to strengthen their slim majority.
- On Thursday, the Texas House redistricting committee convened its first public hearing in Austin, filling a packed hearing room, two overflow rooms and a virtual waiting room at President Donald Trump's urging.
- A few weeks after President Donald Trump pressed for more seats, the Department of Justice sent a letter flagging four districts as unconstitutionally drawn based on race, prompting Gov. Greg Abbott to add redistricting to the Special Session agenda despite Texas’s decennial census redraw cycle.
- Thursday’s hearing was the first of three limited to five hours, with Democrats questioning witnesses as next sessions are scheduled Saturday in Houston and Monday in Arlington.
- Rep. Jon Rosenthal criticized the process, while U.S. Rep. Joaquin Castro called it `an attack on our democracy and minority communities,` and Rep. Cody Vasut said hearings will shape map redraws.
- With only weeks in the 30-day Special Session, Democrats call it a power grab by President Donald Trump as Texas faces litigation over racial gerrymandering.
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'Stay out of it': Ex-top Republican lawmaker rips Trump's bid to 'rig' midterms
One former high-ranking Texas Republican state legislator is now coming out forcefully against President Donald Trump's latest push to drastically redraw congressional districts in the Lone Star State.Texas Governor Greg Abbott initially convened a special session of the legislature in order to addr...
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The spokesman-ReviewDemocrats’ shotgun approach to opposing redistricting could paint them in a corner
AUSTIN, Texas — Fifteen Democratic House members traveled to Illinois and California Friday morning to spread word of Texas’ redistricting effort, while Democratic state senators in Austin mulled the idea of subpoenaing a Department of Justice attorney who wrote the…
ABC-7 Xtra Sunday: Texas Redistricting Battle
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) -- One of the priorities during the 30-day special session of the Texas Legislature is a request by Governor Greg Abbott to redraw political boundaries in the state to benefit the Republican party. Abbott had not planned to have redistricting as one of the items for the special session. But a phone call from President Donald Trump changed that. Trump wants Texas to add five more seats in the House of Representatives in orde…
THEY’RE ERASING US FROM THE MAP
By: Roy Douglas Malonson They’re doing it again—just like they always have. Quietly, behind closed doors, and in the middle of summer when they think nobody’s paying attention. Only this time, it’s not poll taxes or literacy tests. It’s lines on a map. And if we’re not careful, those lines are going to erase Black political power in Houston for the next decade. Last week, Governor Greg Abbott called a special session of the Texas Legislature. …
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