The Knock-Down, Drag-‘Em-Out Texas Redistricting Showdown Heats Up
August 5, 2025
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The old-fashioned Western showdown is happening in Texas right now. And now, the FBI might get involved.
On one side you have Texas House Democrats who fled the state over the weekend to stop Texas Republicans from carrying out Trump’s orders to redraw the state’s maps. And Texas governor Greg Abbott who is very, very upset about it all. As of this writing, the move seems to have worked: the Texas House has failed to reach a quorum for two consecutive days. Now, Texas Senator John Cornyn wants the FBI to hunt down the Democrats and arrest them.
In this video @GarrisonHayes explains the standoff, the stakes and how both Republicans and Democrats are using the tool at their disposal to advance—or impede— competing visions for America.
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