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Greg Abbott: “Texas is now authorized under law that changed.”

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'What gives you the right?' CNN's Jake Tapper calls out Texas gov on GOP’s election scheme

Published August 11, 2025 | Video Starts at 04:05

I mean, that's the motivation is to stave off any midterm election losses. Again, to be clear, Jake, the reason why we're doing this is because of that court decision. Texas is now authorized under law that changed. That was different than in 2021 when we last did redistricting under new law, as well as new facts that surface in the aftermath of the Trump election, showing that … (04:05–04:09)

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Asserts that Texas law regarding redistricting has changed.

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“A federal court decision that came out last year said that Texas is no longer required to have coalition districts.”
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“We wanted to remove those coalition districts and draw them in ways that in fact turned out to provide more seats for Hispanics.”
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“Districts where the electorate voted heavily for Trump, they were trapped in a Democrat congressional district.”
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“Texas has the ability to eliminate 10 Democrats in our state.”
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“The first four items on the agenda right now deal with flood relief.”
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“They [Democrats] are required to meet and consider and act on every bill that becomes before them.”
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“What I have the authority to do as governor is to require these members of the legislature to follow the Constitution.”
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“The Texas Supreme Court has required Jean Wu to respond to that.”
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“I called a special session. I put items on the agenda, and by Texas law, those runaway Democrats are required to act on that agenda.”
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“There's a violation of state law that allows me to seek the removal of those who've abdicated their responsibility.”
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“I'm going to call special session after special session after special session.”
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“I can call a special session at any time to have these districts redrawn.”
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“Even if we get to and beyond the filing deadline, we are still going to redraw these maps.”
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“We can do again, and that is have two different elections, one for all the other candidates on the ballot, one for members of Congress.”
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“All those big blue states, they've already gerrymandered.”
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