Texas is on its way to gerrymandering its own gerrymander. On Saturday, Republicans on the state house of representatives’ redistricting committee approved a new plan to add five Republican seats—part of a radical mid-decade scheme to help Republicans keep control of the US House of Representatives after the 2026 midterm elections. The plan could go to a full vote in the chamber early next week, after which it will move on to the Republican-controlled state senate.
That’s an odd way to say that you can only win by cheating.
If conservatives didn’t cheat, they wouldn’t have won anything for decades, and fascism wouldn’t have risen to power.