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Democrats, Texas

How Texas Democrats’ walkout has launched a fight across the US over political maps

Texas Republicans have escalated the penalties against Democrats as they enter a second week camped out in states across the country to block new U.S. House maps pushed for by President Donald

The Washington Post on MSN · 11h

Inside Democrats’ risky gambit to ‘fight fire with fire’ over election maps

In Texas and beyond, the party has adopted a newly combative posture following months of internal conversations. Now, they face an uphill climb.

POLITICO on MSN · 23h

Texas Democrats fight back in court against Abbott’s bid to remove them

In court papers filed Friday, the Democrats argued that their quorum-breaking tactic is an affirmation of their legislative duties, not an abdication of it.

Texas, Beto O'Rourke

Newsweek on MSN · 4h

Beto O'Rourke defiant after legal blow in Texas redistricting standoff

A judge temporarily barred O'Rourke's political group from helping to fund Texas Democratic lawmakers who left the state.

USA Today · 1d

Beto O'Rourke rallies support nationwide against Texas GOP redistricting plan

Beto O'Rourke is going to bat for Texas Democrats - on the road and online - as they attempt to stop GOP plans to redraw Texas' congressional maps.

HuffPost · 4h

Beto O’Rourke Trashes Texas Republicans: ‘These Motherf**kers Are Panicking’

Texas Republicans have called for the arrest of Democrats for leaving the state to deny House Republicans a quorum to gerrymander district lines.

Texas, Trump

The Washington Post on MSN · 4d

Trump says Republicans are ‘entitled’ to 5 more seats in Texas redistricting

President Donald Trump said Republicans deserve to redraw the Texas electoral map. “I got the highest vote in the history of Texas, as you probably know. And we are entitled to five more seats,” he said Tuesday in an interview with CNBC.

Vox.com on MSN · 3d

The Trump-Texas redistricting mess, briefly explained

Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick (R) defended GOP redistricting efforts, saying Republicans “deserve” more seats in Congress because the Lone Star State is a red state. In an interview on Fox News’s “Hannity” Tuesday evening, Patrick slammed Democrats for fleeing the state in a bid to block passage of a new Congressional map that would…

Newsweek on MSN · 1d

Trump Texas Redistricting Triggers Democrat Pushback

Everything is bigger in Texas — even political drama. Conflict reached a tipping point when state Democrats fled to halt a vote on new congressional maps backed by President Donald Trump. Democratic powerhouses like New York Gov.

ABC13 Houston16m

This Week in Texas: Redistricting standoff in Austin and an effort to build political consensus

In the latest episode of This Week in Texas, ABC13 focuses on the political standoff in Austin after Texas Democrats leave ...

MSNBC on MSN1h

‘Hug you one day and lock you up in cages the next’: the racism surfacing in TX redistricting fight

The ongoing redistricting fight in Texas has exposed some of the racial dynamics in the state. As the Democratic leader in ...

TX governor threatens to boot lawmakers from office over Trump-backed redistricting

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott says he will try to remove Democratic lawmakers from office Monday if they do not return after dozens ...

KSNT Topeka on MSN1d

Gov. Laura Kelly claims Trump’s redistricting efforts in Texas are ‘sad’

Kansas Governor Laura Kelly is calling President Donald Trump’s recent efforts to redistrict Texas “sad.” Trump, along with ...

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Why the Texas Redistricting Plan Caused Democrats to Flee and Could Help Trump in the Midterms

A political showdown is unfolding in Texas over a contentious redistricting plan backed by President Donald Trump that could ...

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Trump-led Texas redistricting gambit ignites national arms race to control Congress

Redistricting typically occurs every 10 years to incorporate the U.S. Census count. Trump has broken with that convention by ...

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Texas Democrats plead for donations to extend their walkout and block Trump’s redistricting plan

After leaving Texas for Illinois to prevent a legislative vote on a Republican redistricting plan, state House Democratic ...

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Democrats delay Texas redistricting again, escalating a standoff with GOP leaders

Texas House Speaker Dustin Burrows has said the chamber will reconvene at 2 p.m. ET (1 p.m. CT) to move ahead with ...

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