Couldn’t Wasserman at least look at the new redistricting plan before parroting the RAT talking points that no new Hispanic districts were drawn? Republicans drew two new Hispanic-majority districts and turned the Hispanic-majority TX-27 into a Hispanic-plurality CD (it is not like 49.5% Hispanic), meaning that there’s a net gain of one Hispanic-majority CD.
A big bunch of the Hispanics report themselves as “white ~ not Hispanic” in the census. Makes it hard to carve them out a new district.
“it is not like 49.5% Hispanic” = “it is now like 49.5% Hispanic”
The hubbub seems to be that a new Hispanic district was not drawn in the Dallas area. The buzz I’ve heard leading up to this challenge revolved around that point.
Also, I think Lloyd Doggett’s CD is now majority or plurality Hispanic, so maybe it’s a net two.
Maybe they should offer the cost of the lawsuit to Gene Green to retire. At least for the old map his seat was majority hispanic.