Top Texas Democrats are ringing alarm on a GOP scheme to resume the Congress map of Texas, warning in an interview with CBS News, it will dramatically dilute minority representation in Loan Star State and stop a nationwide wave effect.
Republican state MPs on Wednesday unveiled a draft Congress map, which will currently replace five American house districts in GOP-Surrender seats by Democrats-an idea blessed by President Trump as a Republican Angle to capture the majority of its narrow Congress in next year’s midampons.
A democratic member of the Congress, whose proposed map to the district can be called “gross inappropriate,”, black and lettino communities are being scrambled “and fragmented for political gains intentionally.
Referring to the state’s Congress delegation, the legalist told CBS News, “They have already completed the map – and now they are trying to make it 30 to 8 in favor of Republican.” “It is grossly inappropriate and initiates a dangerous domino effect. If Texas illuminates the fire, it will spread to other states such as California and New York. It is going to be a mess across the country.”
The Democratic Representative also argued that the Texas Republican is banking to maintain the historic margin seen among the Hispanic voters in the November election, but warned that the recent voting shows a soft in the GOP support among the Latin voters – especially in view of the backlash on the exile policies of the Trump administration.
Those voters cannot be “there,” the legalist said, warning the strategy, the Republican gains can backfire and danger.
Another top Democrat, which has previously run a statewide in Texas, called this concern “deepened”.
“We are looking at the disadvantage of representation for colorful people in Texas,” said Democrat. “Five of the affected districts are Latin-Bahul seats. They are not only piles the deck-they are doing it without any expectation to be accountable. But they will be held accountable.”
The new Congress map can expand GOP’s House Age
Mr. Trump has publicly encouraged Texas Republican to reopen the Congress districts of the state, predicting reporters earlier this month, a “simple redistribution” can purify five additional seats for their party. The GOP currently controls 25 of the 38 house districts in Texas, which was last ready after the 2020 census.
House Republican is defending a razor-thin seven-seat majority in next year’s Congress elections-a challenging work since the party controlling the White House Almost always In mid -term, it is lost from a dozen seats upwards.
Texas Republican village Greg Abbott called the state legislature in a special session, and on Wednesday, MPs released An initial draft map – although changes could be made. This will require to pass Gop-controlled State House and Senate.
The map will improve the lead of the GOP by tilting two Democratic seats in the Rio Grande Valley, making a pair of districts in the Dallas and Houston Area and two Democratic seats will merge with Austin.
For example, democratic rape. Henry Culler – who already represents a district won by Mr. Trump in 2024 – will lose parts of the San Antonio suburbs under the new map. And the Dallas-region district organized by Democratic rape Julie Johnson will be re-designed to spread over 100 miles from Dallas County to deep parts of rural northern Texas.
Texas is Republican Promised to make sure Relating plans are constitutional. Abbat The map is argued There is a need to be re -prepared due to the “constitutional concerns” raised by the Department of Justice. CBS News has reached the Texas GOP for comments.
“Rape. Greg Kaiser-whose Austin-Kshetra district will be merged with fellow Democratic Rape. Lloyd Doggate-Co This step is called” illegal voter repression of Black and Latino Central Texas “.
Governor of Some democratic stateCalifornia and New York are swimming Launch Mid-decidual redistributed processes with one eye to create more blue seats. But those plans may require constitutional amendments, unlike Texas, those two states have placed independent commissions in charge of redistribution.
Meanwhile, some experts have Texas’s plan suggested Some of them can make Newfound Red seats more competitive to create five additional GOP-shocking districts, by distributing to Republican voters in more districts.
The state has also made significant demographic changes in recent elections. Rapidly growing Dallas and Houston suburbs have shifted towards Democrats, but once newly turned red with more His Hollen voters supporting the Blue Rio Grande Valley Republican candidates.
Hunter Woodle contributed to this report.
