US Democrats block vote on Trump-backed Texas redistricting map

Texas House fails to found quorum arsenic dozens of Democrats fly authorities to artifact redrawn legislature map.

Democratic authorities legislators successful Texas person blocked a ballot connected a United States legislature representation that favours their Republican rivals by leaving the state, preventing the authorities House of Representatives from establishing a quorum.

The ballot could not proceed connected Monday afternoon, adjacent arsenic Republican Governor Greg Abbott threatened to region the fleeing lawmakers from bureau and suggested that they could look charges. At slightest 100 legislators successful the 150-member enclosure needed to beryllium contiguous for the ballot to proceed.

It is not wide erstwhile the adjacent ballot volition beryllium held.

The caller redrawn map, backed by President Donald Trump, would springiness Republicans much harmless seats to assistance them support their bulk successful the US House successful the midterm elections adjacent year.

According to the Texas Tribune newspaper, the Texas House approved successful an 85-to-six ballot a mostly symbolic measurement to way down and apprehension much than 50 legislators who near the state. The warrants are lone valid successful Texas.

The contention successful the conservative-leaning authorities has dominated the governmental speech successful the country, much than a twelvemonth up of the November 2026 midterm elections.

Gerrymandering – drafting districts astir demographic and socioeconomic lines for partisan reasons – is not uncommon successful the US. But Texas appears to person taken the signifier to its limits, each but eliminating 5 seats held by Democrats.

“We’re not present to play governmental games. We’re present to request an extremity to this corrupt process,” apical Texas House Democrat Gene Wu said astatine a quality league successful Illinois connected Sunday.

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