On Friday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “Morning Joe,” Sen. Alex Padilla (D-CA) stated that Republicans’ “only chance of holding on to power in the midterms is to rig the election. The redistricting is just one piece.”
Padilla said, “[I]t’s not just about redistricting. And, ideal scenario, Texas just stands down and this doesn’t go beyond that. How bad must it be? How bad must Trump and Republicans in Congress feel about their chances next November, right? You usually run on a legislative record of accomplishment, but their accomplishments have been, what? Giving tax breaks to billionaires, cutting health care, trying to destroy the federal government as we know it, that their only chance of holding on to power in the midterms is to rig the election. The redistricting is just one piece.”
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