Texas Governor Greg Abbott on Friday signed into law a bill redrawing the state’s congressional maps at the behest of President Donald Trump in an effort to flip five US House seats held by Democrats to Republicans. T he Texas House of Representatives passed House Bill 4 with an 88-52 vote on August 20, and the Texas Senate with an 18-11 vote on August 23.

In July, Trump informed Texas Republican congressmen on a call about his plan with state legislatures to have them redraw Texas’s congressional districts. Three weeks later, CBS released an interview with Trump where he said that Republicans are entitled to five more congressional seats because other states with greater Democratic seats are a product of gerrymandering, the drawing of districts for po

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