Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick (R) defended GOP redistricting efforts, saying Republicans “deserve” more seats in Congress because the Lone Star State is a red state. In an interview on Fox News’s “Hannity” Tuesday evening, Patrick slammed Democrats for fleeing the state in a bid to block passage of a new Congressional map that would…

Democratic National Committee Chair Ken Martin criticized President Donald Trump’s comments that Republicans are “entitled” to redraw Texas’s congressional map to add five red seats. “No party is entitled to any district,” Martin said at a news conference Tuesday with Texas Democratic lawmakers who are trying to block the plan.

Texas Democratic lawmakers who left the state to block a Republican plan for congressional redistricting are pleading for donations to help cover their costs.