Texas, Trump and congressional maps
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President Donald Trump said he thinks Republicans could flip some congressional districts in Texas next year through “a very simple redrawing."
President Donald Trump on Tuesday described Texas as the centerpiece in a plan to add Republican U.S. House seats by redrawing congressional boundaries
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Every state "redraws its maps once a decade" after the census, said The Hill. But the president's party faces "traditional headwinds" in midterm elections, and the GOP's 220-212 majority in the House leaves it particularly vulnerable. "It's a game of inches right now," said one Republican strategist.
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Gov. Greg Abbott has acknowledged DOJ concerns that some districts were drawn “along strict racial lines.” Critics say it’s a political ploy.
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