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Rhiannon12866

(241,931 posts) Wed Aug 20, 2025, 11:00 PM Aug 20

BREAKING: Texas Dem State Rep.: 'We're going to make every race a fight' - The Weeknight - MSNBC

The Texas House is on the verge of jamming through a new, severely rigged congressional map at the request of Donald Trump. State Rep. John Bucy III (D-Texas) and John Bisognano, president of the National Democratic Redistricting Committee, join The Weeknight to respond. - Aired on 08/20/2025.

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BREAKING: Texas Dem State Rep.: 'We're going to make every race a fight' - The Weeknight - MSNBC (Original Post) Rhiannon12866 Aug 20 OP

It can be done................. Lovie777 Aug 20 #1

The Gerrymandering War is On! MrWowWow Aug 20 #2

Thanks! And I'm all for it here in New York, plus the governor supported the "visiting" Texas State Reps. Rhiannon12866 Aug 20 #3

Lovie777

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1. It can be done.................

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Wed Aug 20, 2025, 11:12 PM

Aug 20

MrWowWow

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2. The Gerrymandering War is On!

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Wed Aug 20, 2025, 11:24 PM

Aug 20

California will show us how its done this November. All blue states that can follow suit should. Fight fire with bigger fire.

Gerrymandering:
https://www.history.com/articles/gerrymandering-origins-voting

Rhiannon12866

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3. Thanks! And I'm all for it here in New York, plus the governor supported the "visiting" Texas State Reps.

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Wed Aug 20, 2025, 11:37 PM

Aug 20

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We are a "blue state," after all, though downstate is mainly responsible for that. We got redistricted in 2013, inherited a moderate Democratic congressman from up north. But since he retired in 2015, we've been stuck with Stefanik which makes no sense since she is wildly unpopular.

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