Beto O'Rourke Says Third Trump Term Is Coming If Texas Democrats Don't Fight Back
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The former congressman spoke to MSNBC about what Democrats need to do to stop GOP lawmakers from redistricting Texas's Congressional map.
Former Texas Rep. Beto O’Rourke warns Democrats of a third Donald Trump term if they don’t stop Republicans from gerrymandering Texas and giving them an additional five seats in Congress.
“No longer will we have a check on his lawlessness, accountability for his corruption and crimes, and we will see a Republican-majority Congress roll out the royal red carpet for a third Trump term,” O’Rourke said Saturday on MSNBC. “Those are the stakes and that’s why we got to fight and we got to fight to win.”
On Friday, during a special session about last month’s deadly Texas flooding, a Texas House panel advanced the redrawn map, which would add five new Republican districts in Texas, but O’Rourke said it’s not a “done deal” and Texas Democrats can deny their Republican counterparts the numbers to certify the maps.
Trump’s team requested Texas Gov. Greg Abbott to call for a special session to redraw the map and Republican lawmakers have been honest about their plans, saying they are redrawing the map for political advantage.
O’Rourke said he hopes Texas Democrats will deny Republicans the votes and “deprive” Trump of the five seats, but ultimately, he wants Democrats to inspire Americans, who have been waiting for Democrats “to fight and to fight to win.”
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