Die neu gezeichnete Kongresskarte von Texas wurde vom Gericht blockiert, ein schockierender Schlag für die Republikaner
https://www.expressnews.com/news/politics/elections/article/texas-congress-redistricting-court-case-21118138.php?utm_source=reddit
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Well, this is unexpected!
Lol!
Meanwhile, CA has asked their voters to do it because of Texas, and they said yes.
Guess they realized this was gonna backfire and needed a way out and a way to block democrats.
Whenever I read the word „shocking“ in a political post it never is.
Here’s hoping it’s not reversed on appeal.
But my heavens would it be sweet if Texas is overturned but California is allowed to keep theirs.
Oh, well isn’t that interesting?
Meanwhile California’s voter approved efforts will move forward.
The GOP probably asked the court to block it. They recently discovered the new map may have give an advantage to Democrats.
Guardians of Pedophiles
This should be interesting with what California has done. I felt like CA would stand because TX would stand. It would be funny if CA stands and TX doesn’t, because then the Republicans screwed themselves by starting it to begin with.
>Two federal judges in El Paso on Tuesday blocked Texas Republicans’ newly redrawn congressional map, dealing a setback to President Donald Trump, who hoped the redistricting would help the party pick up five more seats in next year’s midterm election.
>The three-panel ruling — with one judge dissenting — is widely expected to be appealed.
>The outcome has major implications for the upcoming March 3 primary election.
>Filing for the race opened Nov. 8 and lasts for one month.
>Some Democrats in Congress, including U.S. Rep. Lloyd Doggett of Austin, have said they won’t decide whether to run for reelection until the map is settled. The redrawn version wipes out a Democratic-leaning district in Houston, Austin and Dallas, and makes two South Texas districts held by Democrats more Republican-leaning.
>This is a developing story.
LOL eat shit.
Ha ha
Lol. No–dare I say it–lmao.
Thoughts and prayers have been sent; thank you for your attention in this matter!
I’m taking my state back from you weirdos, Vote Progressive
I expect Texas is still going to move ahead with this despite a court ruling. Ignoring unfavorable rulings is the new GOP paradigm. What would actually stop this from moving forward?
Texas is only 51% or so in favor of Dumpy, can flip it!
1996 and 2002
Court saved them from themselves.
The GOP redrawn maps were counting on not losing the gains they made with Latinos. The midterms just showed that they not only lost their gains, but they’ve lost even more support with their careless immigration crackdowns.
Even if the maps win an appeal, they might still lose seats anyway.
There are some incredibly racially inspired redrawing of the maps. If Alabama is constantly blocked even with the new SCOTUS rules, Texas should be as well.
Ahahahshs omg that is funny as heck, and we claifornia voted for it the right way take that .
Too bad Abbott can’t feel the fallout from getting f’d in the a.
Can’t wait for next week’s article where the Texas GOP ignores the court, issues the new maps, and the Supreme Court does the same thing it did with NC and says the election is too close to change the maps.
I’m not sure, but blocking it might help them out. They drew them when the had strong Latino support and since the map was approved the largely predictable fallout from their policies has cratered Latino support for the GOP.
With less solidly red districts and a growing insurgency against their policies, they might lose more than they gain with the new maps.
I believe you should never interrupt your opponent while making a mistake though so I hope they get their wish, keep the maps, and turn Texas blue in the process.
There are already some hesitations from some experts on if the gerrymandering in TX is already primed to backfire on them if it passed anyway. From my understanding the GOP has leaned pretty heavy into the Latino voters in the gerrymandering, but the recent deportations and ICE raids have obviously cause the GOP to lose many of the Latino voters. So whether the gerrymandering is permitted or not, this could blow up in their face spectacularly.
Oh boyyy, if this stands and California’s map continues as it’s supposed to and Utah’s new map stands, that’s a mighty big swing to Dems, essentially Dems gaining 6 sure seats over what they have right now, minimum. This would swing the current breakdown of 219 R to 214 D to 220 D to 213 R. Whoops.
Gerrymandering needs to go away. It’s all bullshit that either side can alter maps to benefit themselves.
I remember when Texas had a government that wasn’t an embarrassment… Ann Richards was an amazing Governor.
Greg Abbott is a piss baby
Democracy is raring back, baby!
By a Trump appointed judge!!
>U.S. District Judge Jeffrey Brown, an appointee of President Donald Trump
Well that’s one angle they can’t take at least
As a Texan: FUCK YEAH!! Now let’s turn it blue and get these fuckwads out of office!
And now we enter the „find out“ phase of Republican folly.
There is no chance this stays blocked. We all know the court this is headed to.
SCOTUS will immediately put a stay on this order, allowing the gerrymandered maps to remain in effect while the challenge goes through the courts. This delay will last long enough that the 2026 election will happen using those gerrumanded maps
Wouldn’t it be hilarious that the California one is the only one allowed.
I hope in my lifetime they get rid of the electoral college and do popular vote.
Don’t worry, they’ll appeal to the Supreme Court, who will let it slide.
You’re about to see Olympics level mental gymnastics for scotus to side with the gop
“This ruling is clearly erroneous and undermines the authority the U.S. Constitution assigns to the Texas Legislature by imposing a different map by judicial edict,“ Abbott said in a statement, vowing to appeal the case to the U.S. Supreme Court.
Abbott needs to go to jail for more than life
>Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton vowed to quickly appeal the ruling, calling it an effort to „undermine the will of the people.“
the people didn’t ask for this new map – king donold did
Sorry to burst your bubble white people. But Hispanic and African American votes matter just as much as yours.
One thing to note – The court cited communications from the DOJ that TX needed to redraw the maps because there were no districts with a racial majority.
This implies that the redistricting specifically was about race.
Womp Womp.
So a Judge blocked the TX efforts to gerrymander.
CA voters approve theirs.
CA is getting sued for illegal gerrymandering by Republicans.
Next up…
Republicans will use the Texas failure as justification as to why CA’s should be blocked as well.
Not that shocking, this is like the third time they’ve tried this and „The president told us to“ doesn’t make this one different.
I dislike titles like these, sounds like „court was mean/unfair to GOP“. Maybe it’s just me but „shocking win for democracy/texans“ would be a much better title.