AUSTIN, TEXAS — Texas House Democratic Caucus Chair Gene Wu today issued the following statement in response to Governor Greg Abbott’s release of the congressional maps for his Trump Takeover special session:
“For three weeks, as Hill Country families have grieved, Greg Abbott has held seven hearings on this corrupt racist re-redistricting scheme and only one on flood relief. Today, he finally revealed the secret maps he was hiding all along — the very reason for this shameful charade. These maps are a corrupt, racially-motivated gerrymander designed to steal the voices of Black and Latino Texans so Donald Trump can send five new hand-picked allies to Washington. This proves this special session was never about governance or protecting Texans; it was always about a corrupt political bargain for Donald Trump at the expense of Texans. It is a stunning betrayal of Abbott’s office, and we will fight it with every tool available to us.”