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Rep. Blake Moore criticizes Texas GOP's redistricting plans, calling them excessive.

He warns it encourages Democrats to retaliate, eroding political norms nationwide.

Several Utah House and Senate Democrats joined lawmakers from 38 other states Wednesday to express solidarity with Texas Democrats.

SALT LAKE CITY — Rep. Blake Moore said he dislikes efforts by Texas lawmakers to redraw the state's political boundaries to favor the GOP in next year's midterms, saying it would erode norms and encourage Democrats to do the same.

"I do not agree with state efforts to redistrict mid-decade," Moore, R-Utah, said in a statement to KSL.com. "It undermines established norms and gives blue states a glaring green light to do the same. Partisan gerry

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