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CNN Hosts Fact-Check Texas Republicans on Air During Redistricting Standoff

CNN hosts have exposed inconsistencies in GOP arguments defending Texas’s mid-decade congressional map plan.

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Overview

  • Texas lawmakers advanced a mid-decade redistricting proposal designed to increase Republican congressional seats in line with President Trump’s push.
  • Democratic legislators fled Texas to block a quorum and Gov. Greg Abbott threatened their arrest if they did not return by 3 p.m. CDT.
  • Rep. Brian Harrison described the plan as legal and essential for maintaining a GOP majority while citing alleged media hypocrisy.
  • On CNN, hosts Boris Sanchez grilled Harrison and Kaitlan Collins countered his claims with a supercut of past coverage of Democratic gerrymanders.
  • The televised exchanges underscore the broader contest over the unprecedented mid-cycle map redraw and its ramifications for electoral fairness nationwide.