Greg Abbott: “A catalyst for this [redistricting] was a court decision…”

“In other states like California, California and New York, they have constitutional provisions that tie their hands. That does not exist in Texas. All that's required is a majority of the Texas House and Texas Senate. A catalyst for this [redistricting] was a court decision from the Fifth Circuit Federal Court of Appeals last year that said that coalition districts were no longer required. When you couple that with the facts from the last presidential election, it showed that counties that are predominantly Hispanic that historically had in the past voted for Democrats, this time voted Republican for Donald Trump as well as other Republicans.” (01:57–02:08)

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