Overview

• On Fox News Sunday, Gov. Greg Abbott quipped that Rep. Jasmine Crockett “says something racist” every day in response to her criticism of the proposed Texas congressional map.
• Abbott argued that Hispanic and Black voters are now siding with Republicans because of shared positions on border security, law enforcement, and women’s sports.
• He rejected the idea of race-based seat entitlements and insisted that voters of any district should choose their representative regardless of race.
• Crockett had warned on MSNBC that the map would cut Black voting power to one-fifth, reduce Latino strength to one-third, and leave Asian voters with no effective representation.
• The dispute follows a censure effort against Crockett and her prior comments on Abbott’s disability during Texas’s contested redistricting and demographic shifts.