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Hypocrite Democrats flee Texas over redistricting fight

Texas Democrats know they may lose redistricting protest, but hope to spark a national fight

Democrats concede there’s only so much they can do to keep Texas from redrawing its maps. But they want to encourage blue states to retaliate.

USA TODAY on MSN · 1d

How the Texas redistricting fight is spilling over to other states

Here's how Texas Republicans' plans to redraw its congressional map mushroomed into a multi-state standoff over the past week.

CNN on MSN · 2d

What to expect next in Texas’ redistricting standoff and whether Democrats can be expelled

Most Democrats who left the state to stop the redistricting effort are showing no signs they will come back to Texas. Republicans are escalating their threats, with Gov. Greg Abbott going to court to request the removal of a Houston lawmaker from office.

GOP sics FBI on absent Democrats

The Dallas Morning News on MSN · 11h

GOP sics FBI on absent Democrats as Texas Senate panel advances congressional map

Republicans are exhausting various law enforcement tools, including the FBI, to try and bring House Democrats back to Texas so the state Legislature can pass a new congressional map as the quorum break surpassed its fourth day Thursday.

KVUE · 10h

Texas Senate panel advances proposed new congressional district map

The redrawn map shifts voters in Austin, Houston, North Texas and the Rio Grande Valley in hopes of creating five more Republican seats in the U.S. House.

The Washington Post · 1d

Several states threaten to redraw congressional maps after Texas kicks off fight

Texas Republicans have launched efforts to redraw congressional maps to secure more GOP seats in the U.S. House

Houston Public Media12h

Black and Latino voters are big losers from proposed Texas redistricting map, senior House Democrat says

Republican state lawmakers argue their proposed congressional redistricting map would create Latino opportunity districts.

8don MSN

Texas Republicans unveil redistricting map to expand GOP foothold by 5 seats, including 1 in Houston

The biggest proposed changes are in Houston, the Dallas-area, Austin and South Texas, where several districts currently held ...

The Texas Tribune on MSN6d

Texas’ proposed congressional map dismantles districts flagged by DOJ

The Department of Justice said four districts unconstitutionally combined Black and Hispanic voters, a charge the state ...

Newsworthy Women on MSN16h

Texas Lawmaker Jolanda Jones Warns New GOP Map Silences Black Voters

The political battle over redistricting in Texas has reached an unprecedented boiling point. As Republican leaders push ...

2don MSN

Texas election map fight swells into national political warfare

The battle over Republicans’ push to create more red U.S. House seats seats has widened, with red and blue states now moving ...

13hon MSN

James Talarico: Republicans are breaking 'covenant' with redistricting map

Abbott and other Republicans in response threatened Democrats who left with arrests, fines and even removal from office.

13h

Cornyn Says F.B.I. Will Help Find Texas Lawmakers Who Left State

The senator said the agency had agreed to help locate Democratic state legislators who departed to try to block a vote on ...

1don MSN

Texas residents say ‘there should be consequences’ for Dems fleeing state to avoid vote

Local Houston residents reacted to Democratic state lawmakers fleeing Texas over the congressional district map vote as Gov. Greg Abbott calls for their arrest and return.

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