Texas house pushes forward on redistricting as Democrats vow to fight
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Lawmakers travel to Illinois, New York and elsewhere to stop vote on Republicans’ redistricting plan

Texas Democrats in the state legislature denied its speaker a legislative quorum Monday by leaving the state, forestalling plans proposed by the White House to redistrict Texas’s congressional lines to more greatly favor Republicans.

Democrats hold 62 of the 150 seats in the legislature’s lower chamber, so as long as at least 51 members remain out of Austin, the Texas legislature cannot move forward with any votes, including a plan to redraw the state’s congressional maps to give Republicans five more seats in Congress.

In an extraordinary escalation, the state’s Republican governor, Greg Abbott, said he he had ordered the Texas department of public safety to “locate, arrest and return to the House chamber any member who has abandoned their duty to Texans”

  • Lucky_777@lemmy.world
    223·
    vor 9 Monaten

    Can’t this state just declare independence and leave the union? We got enough states that will vote for this. Let’s put this up in congress. Get them the fuck outta here. Take Alabama, Mississippi, Arkansas and Oklahoma with you.

          • Triasha@lemmy.world
            1·
            vor 9 Monaten

            They are asking for an India style peaceful division.

            Still a horrendous tragedy, but without the armies trying to kill each other.

      • Angry_Autist@lemmy.worlddeleted by creator
        18·
        vor 9 Monaten

        Not every Christian is a conservative, but you don’t care because your mom wouldn’t let you bring your 3ds to church on sundays

        • naught101@lemmy.world
          41·
          vor 9 Monaten
          1. Wut
          2. I didn’t make this map
          3. I don’t think anyone thinks that, but that doesn’t invalidate the fact that Christianity (especially evangelical) is highly correlated with one political party in the US, and it’s spatially heterogeneous
          • Angry_Autist@lemmy.worlddeleted by creator
            13·
            vor 9 Monaten

            Christianity (especially evangelical) is highly correlated with one political party in the US

            Now here is where I get righteously angry.

            Conservative Christians make up roughly 20% of the Christian population. I know you don’t believe this or really understand the implication

            You have been lied to by the media’s constant portrayal of the worst aspects of Christianity, as well as you and your friends memery. The majority of Christians are not conservative, so saying Christianity and parenthesizing ‘especially evangelicals’ implies the opposite.

            The problem is none of you ever bother to think about the Christians living quiet lives and trying to be like our savior because ONE FUCKNUGGET gets on the news with a ‘god hats fags’ sign has gotten all of your attention.

            There’s really no point in discussing any of this, atheism is a cultural disease, not an individual choice.

              • Angry_Autist@lemmy.worlddeleted by creator
                13·
                vor 9 Monaten

                Every single conservative Christian votes trump because they are conservative, not because they are Christian

                They then build grand justifications in their head independent of all facts that align their conservative vote with their Christian framework. It is so funny to watch them justify the actions of a pedophile rapist who spits on everything Jesus taught.

                The thing is, not every non-conservative Christian votes, and not everyone votes Democrat.

                So even though we are 80% of the population of Christians, we make up less than 40% of Christian voters

                The thing is, only 27% of the population identifies as a conservative Christian, with the total population being around 64%, meaning 37% of non-conservative Christians outnumber conservative Christians

                but most vote 3rd party or don’t vote at all

                I don’t really blame cheetolini’s supporters, they don’t really have conscious thought and just follow whoever is the biggest and loudest on the repugnican ticket

                I really blame never-Harris progressives, non-voters, and 3rd party voters of which the majority of remaining Christians are.

                I on the other hand am a blue voting theistic Christian and I"m done with being treated like shit by the rest of you progressives

                • naught101@lemmy.world
                  1·
                  vor 9 Monaten

                  If 27% of Americans identify as conservative Christians, and 64% are Christian, that means 42% of Christians are conservative, not 20%…

    • Fleur_@aussie.zone
      81·
      vor 9 Monaten

      I feel like blue states should secede rather than hoping that red states do. Why would they leave the system that benefits them?

          • Angry_Autist@lemmy.worlddeleted by creator
            2·
            vor 9 Monaten

            I don’t need luck, I have a rural cabin, 2 years worth of food stocked, and plenty of firearms and ammo

            Honestly I’m much more worried for the rest of the world when our fascist government decides to get expansionist

            Do you honestly think they will stop at Greenland?

            • Fleur_@aussie.zone
              41·
              vor 9 Monaten

              The US didn’t even start with Greenland it has been imperialist since its inception.

              • Angry_Autist@lemmy.worlddeleted by creator
                13·
                vor 9 Monaten

                Saying stupid things like this are the reason progressives will never be taken seriously in American politics again.

                Thanks for ruining our future.

      • Lucky_777@lemmy.world
        2·
        vor 9 Monaten

        Probably right. Would be an easier vote too, more red states would vote to kick out blue states.

      • jjjalljs@ttrpg.network
        2·
        vor 9 Monaten

        The red states would just invade their neighbors or something catastrophically stupid. Conservatives should not be left alone. They are bad people that need to be removed from power.

        • Fleur_@aussie.zone
          1·
          vor 9 Monaten

          Wiki definition: ““red state” and “blue state” have referred to US states whose voters vote predominantly for one party”

          Doesn’t have anything to do with the colours on a map

    • Angry_Autist@lemmy.worlddeleted by creator
      3·
      vor 9 Monaten

      Sure they can but they also know it will collapse their economy

      But they’ll rattle that saber all the time thinking we actually want them to stay