Texas Democrats Took The Redistricting Fight Nationally, And Are Now Taking the Fight Back To Texas

AUSTIN, Texas – Texas Democratic Party Chairman Kendall Scudder released the following statement on the Texas House Members returning to Texas after their successful quorum break:  

“The Texas House Democrats successfully killed the first special session and blocked Republicans from voting on their racist map, which was designed to allow Donald Trump to continue harming American citizens and the working class.

“During that time, they took the fight nationally and have successfully lobbied Democratic Governors across the nation to fight Trump’s fire with fire. Now that the nation is involved in this fight, some Texas Democrats are coming back to fight these racist maps in the legislature and then in the courts. GOP leadership in Texas has a long history of violating the Voting Rights Act, and we know these maps will be no different.

“Texans can see that the Republicans would rather serve Trump than serve the interests of Texans. Like many of you, I am putting faith in our Texas House Democratic Caucus leadership that they are making the best choice to fight back against these maps. Whatever the path forward, you can count on the TDP to fight this map to the very end, because Donald Trump needs to run on his platform, not away from it.”

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