Article 6Z1SG "Unprecedented Power Grab": Trump & Texas Try to Create 5 More GOP House Seats with New Gerrymander

"Unprecedented Power Grab": Trump & Texas Try to Create 5 More GOP House Seats with New Gerrymander

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President Trump is pushing for a major redrawing of Texas's congressional districts to favor Republicans and shape the outcome of future elections, including next year's midterms. Voting rights expert Ari Berman says this unprecedented" Republican gerrymandering scheme manipulates an already-gerrymandered map that limits democratic representation. It already limits representation for communities of color, and now that would be much worse." The map was released this week, and a hearing is underway today as Republicans try to ram it through.

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