Yes, Texas did start this. They did it on the basis that Hispanics in Texas were now solidly MAGA. So they created several Hispanic districts, solely on the basis of race, which the Supremes said was just fine, because it was too close to the primary elections for the Court to interfere. 😈Democrats did not want to do any mid-decade redistricting. It was Trump who started it in June 2025 with a phone call to Greg Abbott after more special election losses. Dems warned they’d respond. But Texas did it anyway - without the consent of the voters. Then Dems responded.
— Ron Filipkowski (@RonFilipkowski) April 22, 2026
Then came 🧊.😈
Now Texas is stuck with several districts that lump together people who really, really don’t like Donald Trump. And there’s not a damned thing they can do about it.
BTW, Dan Patrick, the Lite Guv (courtesy of the late, great Molly Ivins), is sounding the alarm that Democrats might take the Lege this November. Which has nothing whatsoever to do with federal redistricting.
ETTD.
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