Democrats Are On The Verge Of Defeating Trump's First Attempt To Rig Texas

Texas House Republicans have announced that if there is no quorum on Friday, they will end the special session, which means that Democrats will win round one in the battle for Texas.

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Democrats are putting up a fight and not standing aside to let Donald Trump gerrymander the Texas congressional maps.

It looks like Democrats are about to win round one of this fight.

Brad Johnson of The Daily Texan posted on X:

The speaker says that the House will convene again on Friday, saying if there is no quorum then, the chambers will sine die and the gov will call an immediate second special session.

Greg Abbott has promised to call special session after special session to wear the Democrats down, but DNC Chair Ken Martin said that Democrats are not backing down:

After enduring bomb threats and attempts at arrest and expulsion, Texas Democrats have held firm and blocked Trump’s efforts to rig the Texas maps this session.

Governor Abbott could have brought flood relief to victims in Kerr County. Instead, he chose to follow Trump’s orders to protect Republicans from accountability af…