By Gabby Birenbaum, The Texas Tribune

Almost as soon as Gov. Greg Abbott signed Texas’ new congressional map into law, groups representing Latino voters sued him for discrimination.

Their allegations are not unusual. Texas’ political maps have been found to violate the Voting Rights Act in every decade since its passage in 1965. What’s different is that Republicans are countering the latest charges of racism by pointing out that the districts they intend to win are majority-Hispanic.

“Four of the five districts that we’re going to create are predominantly Hispanic districts,” Abbott said last month, referring to the handful of Democratic-held seats newly crafted to favor Republicans. “Democrats think they have an ownership right to voters who are Hispanic or Black. They’re now learning

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