Texas Governor Greg Abbott didn’t hesitate to agree to President Donald Trump’s request to create five new Republican congressional seats through an uncommon, though not unheard of, mid-decade redistricting. The president’s call was reminiscent of his recorded conversation in 2020 with Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger when he asked Raffensperger to “ find 11,780 votes .” This time, the president was interested in finding five more safe Republican seats in Congress, and Abbott obliged. Democratic strongholds like California and New York are planning to initiate their own redistricting in response to offset the newly created Republican districts in Texas. Texas Democrats have fled the state to prevent the legislature from proceeding and Texas Republicans ha

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