Republicans control the House but only very narrowly, holding 219 seats compared with 212 for Democrats.
“We are entitled to five more seats,” Trump claimed this week.
In about half of America’s states, including Texas, state local legislatures have responsibility for drawing up the maps.
A newly proposed US congressional district map of Texas, left, beside the current US congressional district map of the state, right, displayed at the Texas State Capitol in Austin, Texas last week (Photo: Brandon Bell/Getty Images)Although there is no federal law to prevent states creating politically lopsided seats, this blatant push for more seats by Republicans has been dubbed “extreme gerrymandering”.
Under the proposal, Republicans have chosen five Democratic-held districts, cut out blue areas and moved them to constituencies safely held by one or another party. In the space, they have added areas that are solidly Republican.
Congressman Al Green has said the redistricting proposals are ‘consistent with the well- documented history of racist voting rights discrimination in Texas’ (Photo: Raquel Natalicchio/Houston Chronicle via Getty Images)Green said that the proposals were “consistent with the well-documented history of racist voting rights discrimination in Texas”.
They are already preparing to retaliate, redrawing maps in “blue” states such as California and New York, and cementing their hold in areas where they hold the advantage. If there is a “race to the bottom”, as many as 10 states could end up as new battlegrounds, ranging from Maryland to Missouri.
Republicans display a map during a Special Committee on Congressional Redistricting public testimony hearing in Austin, Texas (Photo: Brandon Bell/Getty Images)
“That’s why they’re trying to make Republicans worry about retaliation because that’s the only move they have.”
Some ended up in Illinois, where they were welcomed by Governor JB Pritzker, while others went to New York, whose governor is also among those prepared to change her state’s map.
But the legislators are aware that grassroots supporters are delighted by their bold actions and willingness to put up a fight, something they say has been largely missing among Democrats since Trump returned to the Oval Office.
Democrat Beto O’Rourke at a rally ahead of a public hearing on the proposed congressional redistricting (Photo: Raquel Natalicchio/Houston Chronicle via Getty Images)He told CNN he hoped they stayed away for as long as necessary. “I actually believe that they can stay out long enough to stop this steal in Texas.”
The term was apparently first coined that year after Massachusetts Governor Elbridge Gerry brought into law a plan that included a district many thought looked like a salamander. Opponents then nicknamed the district after him.
California Governor Gavin Newsom is pushing for an election to vote on new congressional maps in the state to balance any party losses in Texas (Photo: Carlos Barria/ Reuters)
“You can’t reform this system until you win power in it,” he said. “To do that, you’ve got to be willing to play by the rules that are presented. I’ve said it before – the high road’s not available.”
Yet while Trump beat Kamala Harris in the popular vote in Texas 56-42, Republicans have twice as many seats as Democrats: 25 compared with 12.
“We’re going to fight fire with fire,” he said. “We also will punch above our weight in terms of the impact of what we’re doing.”
People and elected officials gather for a public hearing on the proposed congressional redistricting in Houston in July (Photo: Raquel Natalicchio/Houston Chronicle via Getty Images)
Reports suggest many Republicans are fearful of the potential for backlash from voters who are not enamoured with Trump’s flagship legislation, the so-called Big Beautiful Bill, that critics say gives large tax cuts to the wealthy, sharply trims benefits and will add to the national debt.
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