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Democrats are fighting teeth and nails to stop Texas lawmakers from re-drawing the state’s congressional map, but critics, including a prominent member of their own party, say they don’t fully grasp a high moral stance.
Democratic lawmakers Escaped from the state to avoid a vote on the redistricting is expected to add more Republican seats to the Lone Star State. When they visited the Blue State, they were being treated as a rock star, where several governors vowed to set off on Republicans in revenge on Texas’ efforts.
The Texas Legislators Commission follows a press conference held on August 3, 2025 at Carol Stream, Illinois. (Scott Olson/Getty Images)
But Democratic strategist Julian Epstein told Fox News Live on Saturday that his party is not immune to criticism because many blue countries have already restricted Republicans. Congressional representative.
“No, I don’t think they have moral authority and there are a lot of broken pearls,” he said.
Several blue states, including Massachusetts, Connecticut and New Mexico, have no Republicans in their House delegation. Many have strange regions that seem to be to limit Republican representation.
“The Democrats don’t have clean hands here. You look at states like Massachusetts, New Jersey, etc.[…] Illinois, California and Democrats effectively free Republicans from existence,” Epstein added.
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Illinois Governor JB Pritzker at a press conference held on Sunday, August 3, 2025 at the Democratic Party of DuPage County, Carol Stream, Illinois, USA.
Epstein warned that a nationwide redistricting war could create “a hardship” and leaving Republicans and Democrats in a country led opposite could lead people to feel excluded from the democratic process. Epstein cites New Jersey, with Trump receiving 46% of the vote in 2024, but Republicans have only three out of 12 seats in Congress.
Meanwhile, Republican Texas Rep. Brian Harrison told Fox News numbers Saturday that Democrats were guilty of “complete hypocritical and artificial anger.”
Harrison said: “The dirty little secret is that Democrats have no problem with the state remakes the Congress map to maximize the political advantage of the party.
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California Governor Gavin Newsom attended a July 2, 2025 press conference in Burbank, California. (Carlin Stiehl/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)
“This is because Democrats have been bringing hell to their Congress map for the decade after the democracies,” he said.
“Massachusetts, Connecticut, Vermont, Rhode Island, Delaware, all of these states have zero. If you are a Republican in those Democratic countries, you have no voice in Congress.” [there are] I think Maine and Maryland only give you one more seat. ”
exist Californiaspecial elections may be held in November to offset Texas’ redistricting plan.
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“We are talking about emergency measures to deal with what’s going on in Texas, and we will be ineffective at what’s going on in Texas,” California Gov. Gavin Newsom told some Texas lawmakers on Friday.
“We will pick up five seats with the consent of the people. That’s the difference between the approach we’re taking and the approach they’re taking,” Newsom added. “We’re doing it on the fly. We’re doing it in a completely transparent way, and we’re doing it by asking the people of California for their consent and support.”
Harrison explained that there are many reasons behind the reallocation drive in Texas, including the population growth in Lone Star states since the last census.

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