Texans Continue to Stand Against Gerrymandering

Earlier this month, CWA members joined allies and outraged residents at the Texas Capitol to voice their displeasure over Texas Republicans’ latest gerrymandering attempt. The proposed redistricting effort comes amid ongoing legal challenges by civil rights groups to Texas’s illegal gerrymander in the 2021 congressional and legislative maps. Over 3,000 residents testified against the proposed maps either in person, virtually, or via written dissent.

“I’ve been visiting this Capitol for 35 years, but I have never seen more of a sham process than what they’re trying to do today,” said Rick Levy, President of the Texas AFL-CIO. “To the Republicans: stand up to this tyranny. You know it’s wrong. To the Democrats: This is a fight for the soul of our country. Know that you need to do everything you can, by any means necessary, to put Texans first.”

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This post originally appeared on cwa-union.org.