While MSNBC "Morning Joe" hosts agreed that redistricting efforts nationwide were "bad for government," several agreed that after Texas' approved gerrymandered maps, the "arms race is on." Former President Barack Obama supported Gov.

Even as it seems entirely inevitable that Texas Republicans will follow through on their goal of gerrymandering the state to help Donald Trump retain power in Congress through the 2026 elections, Democrats who fled the state to try to stop the measure are seeing success in how the matter has become a national issue,

Former President Barack Obama praised a group of Texas Democratic lawmakers for fleeing their state to stop a vote on a redistricting bill, calling their actions “inspiring."

Former President Barack Obama on Thursday sought to flip the script on accusations that he backs gerrymandering as he defended Democrats for launching retaliatory redistricting plans responding to Texas Republicans’ battle to redraw their state’s congressional map.