Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) said Monday that Democrats cannot do “anything about” Republican redistricting plans amid tension between the two parties over the plans. “What is your response to Kathy Hochul, who says that ‘We are at war over Texas and the redistricting push that's going on in Texas,’” Fox News’s Sean Hannity asked Abbott on his show.
“That's a bunch of crazy bluster. Democrats are freaking out because they are realizing Texas has the authority to redistrict, and we're going to do so in a way that's going to lead to these additional seats that will vote Republican, and they will be serving in Congress in the next session,” Abbott replied. “And so Democrats are freaking out about it, engaging in rhetoric, but I don't think they have the capability of actually living up to it