The American president seeks to avoid losing the camera of representatives in the intermediate elections next year.
Donald Trump A clear objective became: avoid losing at least One of the two Congress cameras In the intermediate elections, something that happened to the Republican Party in 2018, during the last mandate of the current president of the USA.
Before the fear of losing the House of Representatives in November 2026, which It would block your agenda And he could even risk a political trial, the president asked the Governor of Texas, Greg Abbott, that redefined the electoral districts to guarantee Republicans a five seat victory. The Republican Party controls the camera With a minimum majority: 219 to 212, with a quorum of 218 and four vacant seats.
Last month, Trump assured the press: “We will win five new seats in Texas, but We have a couple more states where we are going to win more. ”
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Donald Trump’s strategy to guarantee five seats in Texas
Abbott followed the president’s orders immediately, and He convened a special legislative session to approve the new Map of Districts. However, Democratic legislators abandoned Texas to prevent the quorum and They will remain out of the State until the session endson August 19.
The governor has already threatened to resort to the courts to dismiss them, while the Texas Attorney General, Ken Paxton, did the same with possible arrestsalthough it has no jurisdiction over them if they remain outside the State.
In addition to Texas, they consider changing the limits of their districts Ohio, Missuri, Indiana, Nuevo Hampshire and Florida. Meanwhile, the Democrats begin to delineate an response strategy, shaping the districts in their favor to counteract the republican maneuvers.
For its part, the president of the National Democratic Committee, Ken Martin, He pointed out: “Democrats must be prepared to respond with the same force to counteract the coward Trump’s plan and the Republicans of manipulating the electoral maps in their favor. “
One of the first states to respond was California, historical rival of Texas, whose governor Gavin Newsom, He proposed a special vote in November to ask voters to change the electoral map of the golden state. “We will respond in the same way to the manipulation of the system by the president of the United States”He said.
Source: Ambito
