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BumRushDaShow

(160,812 posts) Fri Jul 25, 2025, 02:05 PM Jul 25

Texas Democrats visiting California and Illinois as redistricting fight continues

Source: CBS News

July 25, 2025 / 10:40 AM EDT

With little say in the ongoing debate over redrawing congressional districts in their home state, Texas Democratic state legislators are looking beyond their borders for help. Separate delegations of Texas Democrats are flying Friday to Sacramento to meet with California Gov. Gavin Newsom and Chicago to see Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker.

The move comes as legislators are holding a series of public hearings through early next week to discuss the proposed changes to congressional boundaries, exchanges that have led to shouting matches and at least one witness being removed from a hearing Thursday night in Austin.

"Since Governor Abbott is acting like a child, we are going to find adults to go talk to," Democratic State Rep. Gene Wu, from the Houston area, said in a statement announcing the trip. Wu is leading the delegation of lawmakers visiting Pritzker. Pritzker's office said Friday he plans to meet with the legislators "about the Republican attacks to rig elections."

But nothing in Texas state law bars legislators from redrawing lines in between censuses, and President Trump has asked Lone Star State Republicans to use their complete control of government to rearrange congressional district boundaries in hopes of winning up to five more seats across the state in next year's elections. Doing so would help pad House Republicans' two-seat majority as they face historic midterm headwinds.

Read more: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/texas-redistricting-democrat-california-illinois/

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Texas Democrats visiting California and Illinois as redistricting fight continues (Original Post) BumRushDaShow Jul 25 OP

I hope they do it JustAnotherGen Jul 25 #1

They should challenge it in Court as an admitted attempt to weaken a political party at the direction of the President. cstanleytech Jul 25 #2

The courts (including the SCOTUS) have been generally deferring to the states BumRushDaShow Jul 25 #3

We worked hard to take this the hell OUT of the hands of politicians The Mouth Jul 25 #4

JustAnotherGen

(37,117 posts)

1. I hope they do it

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Fri Jul 25, 2025, 02:09 PM

Jul 25

The advantage of Murphy in NJ? Our governor is a lame duck. What's the worst thing that can happen. If he's smart - he'll do it after the election in November.

cstanleytech

(27,953 posts)

2. They should challenge it in Court as an admitted attempt to weaken a political party at the direction of the President.

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Fri Jul 25, 2025, 02:10 PM

Jul 25

Setting districts is a State issue yes but when it's at the direction of a sitting President it's a Federal one.

BumRushDaShow

(160,812 posts)

3. The courts (including the SCOTUS) have been generally deferring to the states

Reply to cstanleytech (Reply #2)

Fri Jul 25, 2025, 02:26 PM

Jul 25

when it comes to redistricting/gerrymandering (including for federal). The only times the SCOTUS has jumped in was if there was a potential VRA violation. E.g., seats in MS & AL that unnecessarily packed blacks in a 1 districts in order to make the rest of the seats red, and a change was forced to allow (D)s to pick up an additional seat in each of those states. They punted on the LA redistricting and decided to have it re-argued in the next SCOTUS term.

The Mouth

(3,395 posts)

4. We worked hard to take this the hell OUT of the hands of politicians

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Fri Jul 25, 2025, 03:43 PM

Jul 25

Districts should represent the proportions of voters.

Voters should choose their politicians, not the other way around.

Supermajorities are always bad, no matter who has them.

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