The vote had been delayed by two weeks after Democratic legislators fled the state to halt the aggressive redistricting drive, which carves out five new Republican-friendly districts.
The rebels returned this week, but not before their protest had set off a national map-drawing war, with Trump pressuring his party’s state-level officials to do everything they can to protect the House majority.
As lawmakers in the Lone Star State debated the map, Democratic representative Chris Turner called it a “clear violation of the Voting Rights Act and the constitution,“ according to Austin-based news site The Texas Tribune.
After the map gets a green light in the state’s House, it moves to the Senate, where it has passed in a previous session, before heading to Republican Governor Greg Abbott’s desk.
Districts are usually redrawn every 10 years after the US census, and are supposed to be based on its findings, so that districts accurately represent the people who live there. But this is governed by convention, rather than by law.
There is little Democrats in Texas can do to thwart the map, but it has prompted retaliation in California, and serious discussions in other Democratic states alarmed that the Texas maneuver could be replicated nationwide.
Trump on Monday posted the proposed map of Texas on his Truth Social platform, calling it “one of the most popular initiatives I have ever supported.”
If approved in the state of 39 million residents, the referendum would appear on California’s November 4 ballot.
“Yes, we’ll fight fire with fire. Yes, we will push back. It’s not about whether we play hardball anymore, it’s about how we play hardball.”
New York Democrats may follow suit, with Governor Kathy Hochul calling the Texas redistricting plan nothing short of a “legal insurrection.” - AFP
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