Gov. Hochul: Texas Republicans ‘Torching Democracy’

New York Democratic Governor Kathy Hochul is on a tear in support of fellow Democrats in Texas, blaming Texas Republicans for creating division in a column published Tuesday in the Houston Chronicle.

Hochul claimed the GOP’s Texas congressional redistricting move is “an aggressive power grab designed to flip as many as five current Democratic seats.” She wrote, “They’ve carved up diverse communities in Houston, Dallas and along the border to silence the voters who live there.”

The New York governor proclaimed, “What Texas is doing isn’t a clever strategy, it’s political arson — torching our democracy to cling to power.” She said this is the moment for Democrats to dig in. “The only viable recourse is to fight fire with fire.”

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