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J_William_Ryan

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3. "...since he's not going to get his redrawn districts."

Reply to lees1975 (Original post)

Sat Aug 9, 2025, 04:37 PM

Aug 9

Unfortunately, he will – ultimately.

As we saw with Republicans in Oregon, such efforts in time fail, the opposition returns to the statehouse, business as usual continues – in the case of Texas and other Republican-controlled states, reprehensible, wrongheaded business hostile to democracy.

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This is what resistance to Trump looks like. [View all] lees1975 Aug 9 OP

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"...since he's not going to get his redrawn districts." J_William_Ryan Aug 9 #3

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These Texas House Dems face real financial and personal burdens. summer_in_TX Aug 9 #4

Even if TX fails to gerrymander brakester Aug 9 #6

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