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[–] chiliedogg@lemmy.world 30 points 2 days ago

I was there for this exact same thing in 2003.

In 2002, the GOP, for the first time ever, held the Texas House, Senate, and governor's mansion. Texas had just done redistricting the year before in response to the 2000 Census, but the GOP decided to do it again in 2003 for transparently corrupt reasons. And it worked.

In the 2002 election, the majority of Texas representatives elected to the US House were Democrats. In fact, the majority of Reps from Texas had NEVER been Republican because Texas isn't actually as red as people think. But after the bullshit in 2003, the 2004 election resulted in the GOP taking 2/3rds of the seats.

The thing to understand about the GOP more than anything else, is that when they get power, they will never give it up.

Nationally, our last line of defense against them from 2017-2019 was the courts. We lost the Courts, but the Blue Wave of 2018 came in time to stop a lot of the harm. Then we had the Biden administration. But this January, MAGA finally fully controlled all 3 branches, and they will not give it up.

Instead, we must take the power back.

Wasn't Molly Ivins still alive the last time they did this?