Texas Legislature to take another swing at redistricting vote as Democrats extend their walkout

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(AP) Texas Republicans will again try to convene the state Legislature Monday for a vote on redrawing congressional maps in their party’s favor, an effort that already sparked a national political brawl and prompted Democratic lawmakers to leave the state to deny Republicans the quorum they need.

The Republican majority is seeking to redraw five U.S. House districts at President Donald Trump’s urging as he tries to avoid a replay of the 2018 midterms. Those elections installed a new Democratic majority in the U.S. House that stymied the president’s agenda and twice impeached him.

Now, Democratic-controlled states including California, New York and Illinois are threatening to retaliate against Texas and Trump by proposing their own redistricting, putting the nation on the brink of a tit-for-tat overhaul of congressional boundaries that are typically redrawn only once a decade.

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott said he’ll call lawmakers back to the Statehouse again and again until enough Democrats show up to reach the 100-member threshold required to vote on the bill. Democratic leaders in other states are planning out their retaliatory redistricting plans if Abbott succeeds.

https://apnews.com/article/texas-redistricting-congress-california-27ec262acd96e2ec60636c47db1a0b0e

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1. Out of the top ten worst

gerrymandered states, only one is Democrat.

There are 2 million more Democrat voters in TX than there are GOP, but the state is already heavily gerrymandered in favor of the GOP. Why does the GOParty of pedo protectors, hate democracy?

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2. hem

id love to see ca get rid of that evil mclintock . unelectabe in southern ca , came up here and the rs jerry mandered his district to almost only rs could vote . he favors the rich part of his district and dosnt care about the rest.

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3. Gerrymandering poker.