Texas Republicans struggle to defend redistricting
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The Texas Tribune on MSNTexas House redistricting committee’s Houston hearing draws criticism over absence of mapsDemocratic members slammed the process, questioning why hearings were happening before maps were available for review.
The University of Houston hosted a hearing of the Texas House Select Committee on Congressional Redistricting on Saturday. Almost all of the candidates running for the 18th District, vacant since Rep.
Democratic congressional candidate Isaiah Martin was dragged out of a Texas hearing and arrested after refusing to yield during a fiery speech attacking GOP lawmakers and Trump.
U.S. Democratic Reps. Sylvia Garcia, Lizzie Fletcher, Al Green and Jasmine Crockett were among the politicians who spoke against redistricting at a rally before the hearing.
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The Texas Tribune on MSNTexans, Democrats condemn GOP redistricting plans at first public hearingAt the first of at least seven hearings, members of the public aired grievances about the unusual mid-decade redistricting effort.