When Donald Trump ordered Texas Republicans to conduct a rare mid-decade gerrymander of U.S. House seats to help protect the GOP’s fragile trifecta in the 2026 midterms, there may have been some private grumbling about the possibility the gambit would backfire by exposing some incumbents to a bit more competition. But more than likely, Trump was pushing on an open door. Texas Republicans share the president’s willingness to perpetually push his luck . They’ve been on a serious ideological bender during the last few years, and after an unusually successful 2024 election cycle in which a Trump-led ticket cut deeply into the usually Democratic Hispanic vote, they probably feel bulletproof. But it’s possible the Texas GOP has finally overplayed its hand, and retribution could come in the

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