The GOP-led Texas state senate just released a draft congressional map, and the gerrymandering we’ve been warning about is brazen. Republicans have made it clear that they don’t care about a fair electoral process - they only care about retaining power. #txlege

Right now, state legislatures across the country are setting new boundaries for state legislative and congressional districts. And in many states, Republicans are drawing maps that allow them to hold onto power.

In Texas, for example, Republicans recently passed a law making voting harder, especially for people of color. Now they’re advancing a new congressional map that’s tilted in their favor and doesn’t reflect the state’s growth.

And in Georgia, Republicans released a congressional map that decreases the voting power of communities of color – including African Americans in a historically Black district – and ignores how the state has changed.

If we don’t stand up for democracy, we’ll see this type of gerrymandering happen in even more states. It’s why @DemRedistrict is fighting for #FairMaps. And it’s why the Senate must pass the Freedom to Vote Act to protect our communities from partisan gerrymandering.

@BarackObama Why isn’t there a “one person, one vote” and every vote counts system in the self-pronounced “country of the free?????

@BarackObama If Dems keep winning popular votes and yet lose federal and state legislative bodies that retain power by gerrymandering and voter suppression, then democracy is already dead

@BarackObama My already ridiculously gerrymandered #TX02 district isn’t enough to protect @RepDanCrenshaw, so they’re proposing a re-draw to go from +1Trump to +20. No wonder TX has one of the lowest rates of voter participation. #TXDeservesBetter

@BarackObama In Texas, for example, Republicans recently passed a law making voting harder, especially for people of color. Now they’re advancing a new congressional map that’s tilted in their favor and doesn’t reflect the state’s growth.

@BarackObama @ResisterNell They also have a backup plan to change the results they’re not happy with…can’t win one way—no problem—there’s always another way to win, when you’ve agreed to bend rules to meet that goal.