Dems furious at Texas redistricting need to look in the mirror

 

Texas Dems Flee the State | The American Spectator

Rich Lowry; NY Post  . . . "In the meantime, the partisan effect of the new Texas lines before the 2026 midterms is unmistakable: If Republicans were likely to lose five seats from this redistricting, there’s no doubt that the state’s Republican governor and Republican legislature wouldn’t be undertaking it. 

"Drawing district lines is an inherently political enterprise, and parties tend to give themselves the best of it.

"When Democrats controlled the Texas Legislature, they maintained congressional lines in their favor.

"It wasn’t until 2002, when Republicans won the statehouse for the first time since Reconstruction, that the GOP could redraw the congressional map — and Republicans subsequently won a majority of Texas congressional seats in 2004, also for the first time since Reconstruction. 

"Since Democrats gerrymander too, they have limited options  for retaliating against Texas.

Pritzker says he may redraw his state’s lines, but this would require gerrymandering on top of  this current gerrymander."

Guess Who's Paying for the Runaway Texas Democrats' Attempt to Block GOP Redistricting – Twitchy    "Aside from the "we're saving democracy by trying to stop the democratic process from playing out in the state legislature" lunacy from many Texas Democrats, they're also making it clear they also don't believe all their "existential threat from climate change" warnings: . . ."

Go Time: Texas AG Ken Paxton Prepares to Vacate the Seats of Democrats Who Fled to Stop Redistricting – RedState   . . . "Further, a ballot initiative doing away with the quorum requirement should be proposed to stop this once and for all. Gerrymandering exists for a reason, and we can't have a system where Democrat-led states like Illinois, Maryland, California, and others get to push things to the max while Texas doesn't. The way you stop congressional gerrymandering is by winning state-level elections. Texas Democrats should try it sometime."