It would "suppress the votes of Black and brown Austinites," one Democrat said.

As Texas Republicans try to muscle a rare mid-decade redistricting bill through the Legislature to help Republicans gain seats in Congress – at President Donald Trump’s request – residents in Austin, the state capital, could find themselves sharing a district with rural Texans more than 300 miles away.

The proposed map chops up Central Texas’ 37th Congressional District, which is currently represented by Democrat Rep. Lloyd Doggett, will be consumed by four neighboring districts, three of which Republicans now hold.

One of those portions of the Austin-area district was drawn to be part of the 11th District that Republican Rep. August Pfluger represents, which stretches into rural Ector County, about 20 miles away from the New Mexico border.

  • T00l_shed@lemmy.world
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    3 days ago

    A lot of people, Republicans, specifically care what people in dirty white robes think, that’s why they pander to them, stand by and stand down was recently used.

    Byrd was a flaming racist until the day he died and the Democrats worshiped him.

    Source on that? Lol

    Democrats never changed their message of “Whites are superior, Blacks are inferior!” they simply repacked it as “White Privilege and Blacks can’t survive on their own so we have to give them a leg up.” It’s still white supremacy, just worded differently.

    Absolute horse shit, white privileged is not worshipong superiority, it’s recognizing the systematic injustice in the system.

    If you believe that white people hold all the power and black people can’t be held accountable for their actions because “racism”, then you are a white supremacist without even realizing it.

    The insane mental gymnastics here… I’m flabbergasted. If the Democrats were all racists like you say, why the fuck do the majority of Black people vote for them, when actual real republican policies disproportionately target black people?