Due to population increases, yes, Texas is the only state that picked up TWO new congressional seats. Census reports shows that 95% of the increase was to population gains among people of color.
So the redistricting that was just passed and signed by the governor actually results in the LOSS of one of the two majority Latino districts and elimination of the only majority African American district.
And if you actually look at the surgical precision with which complex lines have been skewed and skewered to compress as many people of color into as few districts as possible (or spread them among white rural areas where they can be diluted into oblivion, it is impossible not to conclude that this was carefully done for the specific purpose of unconstitutional racial exclusion, no matter how much the lying conservatives protest to the contrary.
Due to population increases, yes, Texas is the only state that picked up TWO new congressional seats. Census reports shows that 95% of the increase was to population gains among people of color.
So the redistricting that was just passed and signed by the governor actually results in the LOSS of one of the two majority Latino districts and elimination of the only majority African American district.
And if you actually look at the surgical precision with which complex lines have been skewed and skewered to compress as many people of color into as few districts as possible (or spread them among white rural areas where they can be diluted into oblivion, it is impossible not to conclude that this was carefully done for the specific purpose of unconstitutional racial exclusion, no matter how much the lying conservatives protest to the contrary.
Multiple lawsuits have already been filed.