Hakeem Jeffries Rips Greg Abbott For Trying To Gerrymander Texas As People Die In Floods

Leader Jeffries pointed to questions about Abbott's failed leadership in Texas as the governor is moving to gerrymander the state as people die in flooding.

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Trump and Speaker Mike Johnson are desperate to keep the House majority in Republican hands, because in Johnson’s own words, a Democratic midterm victory would end Trump’s presidency.

Johnson and the president have turned to Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) who has put gerrymandering the state’s congressional districts on the agenda for the state legislature.

House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) ripped Abbott in a statement:

Hundreds of people have died or are missing as a result of the deadly flooding in the Texas Hill country. There are real questions about Governor Greg Abbott’s failed leadership, lack of preparation and the reckless decision not to bolster the early warning infrastructure in flood prone communities.

Instead of aggressively addressing the failures of his administration, Governor Abbott and shameless extremists are conspiring with Donald Trump and House Republicans to try to rig the election and disenfra…